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Menander, Monostichoi, 545

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

portentōsus: (-tŭōsus), a, um, adj. portentum,
I full of monsters, monstrous, portentous, unnatural, hideous, revolting, etc. (class., but not used of abstract things till after the Aug. period): si quando aliqua portentosa aut ex pecude aut ex homine nata dicuntur, Cic. Div. 2, 28, 60: puer portentoso parvoque capite, Suet. Dom. 4: portentosissima genera ciborum, id. Calig. 37: labyrinthi, vel portentosissimum humani impendii opus, Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 84: mendacia Graeciae, id. 5, 1, 1, § 4: scientia, i. e. of wonderful things, id. 23, 1, 27, § 58: ars, id. 30, 1, 2, § 8: ingenia, id. 9, 41, 65, § 140: quo quid fieri portentosius potest? Sen. Ep. 87, 19: oratio portentosissima, id. ib. 114, 8.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

portentōsus,¹³ a, um (portentum), qui tient du prodige, merveilleux, prodigieux, monstrueux : Cic. Div. 2, 60 ; Domo 72 ; Suet. Dom. 4 ; Cal. 37 ; Sen. Ep. 92, 9 || -ior Sen. *Ep. 87, 23 ; -issimus Sen. Ep. 114, 8.

Latin > German (Georges)

portentōsus, a, um (portentum), außerordentlich, übernatürlich, im üblen Sinne = widernatürlich, unnatürlich, abenteuerlich, mißgestaltet, portentosi fetus, Mißgeburten, Sen.: serpens portentosae magnitudinis, Liv. epit.: puer portentoso parvoque capite, Suet.: quid fieri portentosius potest? Sen.: oratio portentosissima, Sen. – n. plur. subst., portentōsa, ōrum, Mißgeburten, Cic. de div. 2, 60. – / Die Form portentuosus oft Variante von portentosus; außerdem bei Iul. Val. 3, 19 (17); 3, 47 (27). Ps. Cypr. de bono pudic. 3 extr. Isid. orig. 11, 3, 6; 14, 3, 32. Interpr. Iren. 1. praef. § 2 (wo portentuosissima mysteria); vgl. Gloss. II, 453, 23 ›τερατολόγος, portentuosus‹.