caenum
δέξηται, δέχονται, ύπεδέξατο, προσδέχεται → should receive, receive, received, receives
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
caenum: (less correctly coenum), i, n. cunio,
I 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.—
II 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cænum¹¹ (cē-, rart cœ-), ī, n., boue, fange, ordure : Cic. Tusc. 4, 54 || [fig.] e cæno emersus Cic. Vat. 17, sorti de la fange || ordure [terme d’injure] : Pl. Ps. 366 ; Cic. Sest. 20.
Latin > German (Georges)
caenum (cēnum), ī, n. (viell. zu cunio, inquino), der Schmutz, Kot, Unflat (stets mit dem Nbbgr. des Ekelhaften; vgl. limus, lutum), limus ac caenum, Lucil. fr.: caeno peius, Plaut.: caenum acervatum, Lucil. fr.: res cruenta aut caeno oblita, Cornif. rhet.: male olēre omne c., Cic.: volvi in caeno, eig. b. Lucr. 6, 978; bildl. (= in Niedrigkeit leben) b. Lucr. 3, 77: e caeno emersus, Cic. Vatin. 17: ex caeno plebeio consulatum extrahere, Liv. 10, 15, 9. – als Schimpfwort, caenum! Plaut. Pseud. 366: o caenum! Cic. de domo 47: labes illa atque caenum, Cic. Sest. 20.
Latin > English
caenum caeni N N :: mud, mire, filth, slime, dirt, uncleanness; (of persons) scum/filth
