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|lshtext=<b>caenum</b>: (less correctly [[coenum]]), i, n. cunio,<br /><b>I</b> [[dirt]], [[filth]], [[mud]], [[mire]] ([[always]] [[with]] [[access]]. [[idea]] of [[loathsomeness]], diff. from [[limus]], [[lutum]], etc.: omnes stultos insanire, ut [[male]] olere omne [[caenum]], Cic. Tusc. 4, 24, 54; freq. and [[class]]. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]); [[prop]].: pulchrum ornatum turpes [[mores]] pejus caeno collinunt, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 133; cf. id. Poen. 1, 2, 93; 4, 2, 4; Cic. Att. 2, 21, 4; id. Verr. 2, 5, 68, § 173; Lucr. 6, 977; Verg. G. 4, 49; id. A. 6, 296; Ov. M. 1, 418; * Hor. S. 2, 7, 27; Curt. 3, 13, 11; 4, 3, 25; Tac. A. 1, 73; *Suet. Vit. 17: cloacarum, Col. 2, 15, 6; 7, 4, 6; Plin. 31, 6, 32, § 61; Stat. Th. 9, 502; Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 13.— Prov.: [[mordicus]] petere e caeno cibum, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 138, 22.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., [[filth]], [[dirt]], [[uncleanness]]: ut eum ex lutulento caeno [[propere]] [[hinc]] eliciat [[foras]] (sc. ex amore meretricum), Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 17: in tenebris volvi caenoque, Lucr. 3, 77; cf.: ex caeno plebeio consulatum extrahere, Liv. 10, 15, 9.—Also as a [[term]] of [[reproach]], [[dirty]] [[fellow]], [[vile]] [[fellow]], Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 3; id. Ps. 1, 3, 132; Cic. Sest. 8, 20; id. Dom. 18, 47.
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|gf=<b>cænum</b>¹¹ (<b>cē-</b>, rar<sup>t</sup> <b>cœ-</b>), ī, n., boue, fange, ordure : Cic. Tusc. 4, 54 &#124;&#124; [fig.] e cæno [[emersus]] Cic. Vat. 17, sorti de la fange &#124;&#124; ordure [terme d’injure] : Pl. Ps. 366 ; Cic. Sest. 20.||[fig.] e cæno [[emersus]] Cic. Vat. 17, sorti de la fange||ordure [terme d’injure] : Pl. Ps. 366 ; Cic. Sest. 20.
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