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|lshtext=<b>sordĭdus</b>: a, um, adj. [[sordeo]],<br /><b>I</b> [[dirty]], [[unclean]], [[foul]], [[filthy]], [[squalid]], [[sordid]] ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit. (syn.: [[squalidus]], [[obscenus]]): vestem squalam et sordidam, Enn. ap. Non. 504, 6 (Trag. v. 370 Vahl.): [[amictus]], Verg. A. 6, 301; cf.: sordidior [[toga]], Mart. 1, 104, 5: [[mappa]], Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 22; Mart. 7, 20, 8: [[lana]], Ov. A. A. 3, 222: [[fumus]], Hor. C. 4, 11, 11: at pol nitent, [[haud]] sordidae videntur ambae, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 6: servolicolae, id. Poen. 1, 2, 55: nati, Hor. C. 2, 18, 28; cf.: magnos duces Non [[indecoro]] pulvere sordidos, id. ib. 2, 1, 22: [[puer]] sordidissimus dentibus, Petr. 64, 6 et saep.—Esp.: [[sordido]] in [[loco]] sedere, Val. Max. 9, 13, 2.— Transf., of mourners, clad in [[mourning]], Cic. Mur. 40, 86.—Poet.: Auctumnus calcatis [[sordidus]] uvis, Ov. M. 2, 29; id. F. 4, 897; Col. poët. 10, 44: terga suis, [[sooty]], [[dingy]], Ov. M. 8, 648.—Prov.: [[saepe]] est [[etiam]] sub palliolo [[sordido]] [[sapientia]], [[wisdom]] is [[often]] hid under a [[ragged]] [[cloak]], Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 23, 56.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., [[low]], [[base]], [[mean]], as to [[birth]], [[rank]], or [[condition]]; [[poor]], [[humble]], [[small]], [[paltry]] (syn.: [[illiberalis]], [[infimus]]): causam commisisse homini egenti, [[sordido]], [[sine]] honore, sme censu, Cic. Fl. 22, 52; id. Att. 8, 4, 2; id. Leg. 3, 16, 35; Hor. C. 1, 28, 14.—Sup.: sordidissimus [[quisque]], Liv. 1, 47, 11: familiae sordidissima [[pars]], Petr. 132, 3; cf.: [[loco]] non humili [[solum]] sed [[etiam]] [[sordido]] [[ortus]], Liv. 22, 25, 18: a sordidis initiis ad [[summa]] crevere, Just. 2, 6, 2: sordidum et obscurum Macedonum [[nomen]], id. 6, 9, 7: [[genus]] alicujus, id. 22, 1, 1: [[panis]], Plaut. As. 1, 2, 16; Sen. Ep. 18, 5: [[villula]], Cic. Att. 12, 27, 1; cf. tecta, Luc. 4, 396: [[sedes]], id. 5, 9: lar villae, Mart. 12, 57, 2: rura ([[with]] humiles casae), Verg. E. 2, 28: aratra, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 414; [[hence]] also, [[otia]], i. e. ruris, Mart. 1, 56, 4—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., [[low]], [[mean]], [[base]], [[abject]], [[vile]], [[despicable]], [[disgraceful]] (syn. [[turpis]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., Cic. Phil. 1, 8, 20: [[iste]] omnium turpissimus et sordidissimus, id. Att. 9, 9, 3: [[multo]] [[homo]] sordidissimus, id. Scaur. 2, § 23: [[homo]] [[furiosus]] ac [[sordidus]], id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 19: nec [[minus]] laetabor, cum te [[semper]] sordidum, [[quam]] si [[paulisper]] sordidatum viderem, id. Pis. 41, 99: illiberales et sordidi [[quaestus]] mercenariorum omnium, quorum operae, non quorum artes emuntur ... Sordidi [[etiam]] putandi, qui mercantur a mercatoribus, [[quod]] [[statim]] vendant, etc.... Opifices omnes in sordidā [[arte]] versantur, etc.... [[mercatura]] [[autem]], si [[tenuis]] est, sordida putanda est, etc., id. Off. 1, 42, 150: [[lucrum]], Quint. 1, 2, 16 sq.; cf.: sordidissima [[ratio]] et inquinatissima, Cic. Off. 2, 6, 21: qui (oratores) ne sordidiores [[quidem]] (artis) repudiarint (opp. praeclarissimas), id. de Or. 3, 32, 128: [[virtus]] repulsae nescia sordidae, Hor. C. 3, 2, 17: [[adulterium]], Liv. 1, 58: [[nomen]], Quint. 8, 3, 21: verba, id. 8, 3, 17; 8, 3, 49; 2, 5, 10: [[multa]], id. 2, 12, 7: omnia, id 10, 1, 9: homines nullā re bonā dignos, cum quibus comparari sordidum, confligere [[autem]] miserum et periculosum [[sit]], Cic. Rep. 1, 5, 9; id. Off. 2, 14, 50; cf.: qui pecuniam praeferre amicitiae sordidum existiment, id. Lael. 17, 63.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., [[mean]], [[niggardly]], [[penurious]], [[sordid]] (cf. [[parcus]]): ita [[sordidus]], ut se Non [[umquam]] [[servo]] [[melius]] vestiret, Hor. S. 1, 1, 96; 1, 1, 65; 1, 2, 10; 2, 3, 164; Quint. 5, 13, 26; Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 1 (opp. [[sumptuosus]]): perjurium, Phaedr. 4, 19, 23: [[cupido]], Hor. C. 2, 16, 16; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150 [[supra]].—Hence, adv.: sordĭdē.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lit., dirtily, [[foully]]: per plateas [[tractus]] est sordidissime, [[through]] the deepest [[mire]], Lampr. Heliog. 33 med.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf., [[meanly]], [[basely]]: quo sordidius et abjectius nati sunt, Tac. Or. 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Vulgarly, [[unbecomingly]], [[poorly]]: loquitur [[laute]] et [[minime]] [[sordide]], Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 11: dicere, Cic. de Or. 2, 83, 339: contionari, id. Att. 15, 2, 2: declamare (opp. [[splendide]] [[atque]] [[ornate]]), Suet. Rhet. 6; Gell. 15, 4, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Meanly, [[stingily]], [[penuriously]], [[sordidly]]: [[nimis]] illum [[sordide]] Simonidi dixisse, se [[dimidium]] ejus ei, [[quod]] [[pactus]] esset, pro [[illo]] carmine daturum, Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 352: facere aliquid (opp. largissime), Suet. Dom. 9: gerere proconsulatum, Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 2.

|georg=sordidus, a, um ([[sordes]]), [[schmutzig]], [[unsauber]], [[unflätig]], I) eig.: [[vestis]], Liv.: [[tunica]], Iustin.: [[catena]] (Ggstz. [[aurea]]), Sen.: [[lana]], Ov.: [[amictus]], Verg.: [[fumus]], Hor.: terga [[suis]], geräucherter Schweinsrücken, Ov.: rura, Verg.: [[sordido]] in [[loco]] ([[auf]] dem [[Abtritt]]) sedere, Val. Max. 9, 13, 2 ed. [[Halm]]. – II) übtr.: 1) [[niedrig]], [[gering]], [[armselig]], [[verächtlich]], [[unbedeutend]], [[homo]], Cic.: [[reus]], Cic.: sordidi nati, armselige, Hor. carm. 2, 18, 28: verba, Quint.: [[homo]] [[sordido]] [[loco]] [[natus]], Liv.: oratores sordidiores, artes sordidiores, Cic.: ut [[quisque]] sordidissimus videbitur, je niedriger in seinen Verhältnissen [[einer]] in den Augen der [[Leute]] erscheint, Cic.: [[genus]] Agathoclis, Iustin.: a sordidis initiis ad [[summa]] crescere, Iustin. – 2) [[niederträchtig]], [[unedel]], [[schmählich]], [[schimpflich]], [[iste]] omnium turpissimus et sordidissimus, Cic.: [[multo]] [[homo]] sordidissimus, Cic. – sord. [[lucrum]], Quint.: illiberales et sordidi [[quaestus]], Cic.: sord. [[adulterium]], Liv.: pecuniam praeferre amicitiae sordidum existimant, Cic.: cum quibus comparari sordidum est, Cic. – [[bes]]. knickerig, [[schmutzig]] [[geizig]] (Ggstz. [[praelautus]]), [[homo]], Cic.: [[cupido]], Hor.: [[aedilis]], der [[für]] [[Geld]] [[pflichtwidrig]] gehandelt hat, Suet.: [[caelum]] fatigas [[sordido]] periurio, Phaedr.

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