obscenus
Θεοὶ μὲν γὰρ μελλόντων, ἄνθρωποι δὲ γιγνομένων, σοφοὶ δὲ προσιόντων αἰσθάνονται → Because gods perceive future things, men what is happening now, but wise men perceive approaching things
Latin > English
obscenus obscena -um, obscenior -or -us, obscenissimus -a -um ADJ :: repulsive, detestable; foul; indecent, obscene, lewd; (sexual/excretory things)
obscenus obscenus obscena -um, obscenior -or -us, obscenissimus -a -um ADJ :: inauspicious/unpropitious; ill-omened/boding ill; filthy, polluted, disgusting
obscenus obscenus obsceni N M :: sexual pervert; foul-mouthed person
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
obscēnus: (obscaen-, and less properly obscoen-), a, um, adj. perh. ob and caenum, filth,
I of adverse, unfavorable, evil omen; ill-boding, inauspicious, ominous, portentous (cf.: sinister, funestus): apud antiquos omnes fere obscena dicta sunt, quae mali ominis habebantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 201 Müll.: obsceni interpres funestique ominis auctor, Matius ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 96 Müll.; Att. ap. Non. 357, 16: deūm rixa vertat verba obscena, Lucil. ib. 357, 17; Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 361 (Ann. v. 182 Vahl.): montem istum (Aventinum) excluserunt, quasi avibus obscenis ominosum (viz., by reason of the birds, which gave unfavorable omens to Remus), Mess. ap. Gell. 13, 14, 6; so, volucres, birds of illomen, i. e. owls, Verg. A. 12, 876: canes, id. G. 1, 470: obscenum ostentum, Suet. Galb. 4: omen, Cic. Dom. 55, 140: puppis, the fatal ship, that bore Helen when she eloped with Paris to Troy, Ov. H. 5, 119; cf.: Troja, Cat. 68, 99: anus, old witches, hags, Hor. Epod. 5, 98.—Sup.: Alliesis dies dicebatur apud Romanos obscenissimi ominis, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Alliesis, p. 7 Müll.—
II Transf., repulsive, offensive, abominable, hateful, disgusting, filthy.
A In gen. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn.: immundus, turpis): (Allecto) frontem obscenam rugis arat, Verg. A. 7, 417: volucres pelagi, i. e. the harpies, id. ib. 3, 241; 262: upupa, obscena alias pastu avis, Plin. 10, 29, 44, § 86; cf. fames, Verg. A. 3, 367: haustus, of filthy water, Luc. 4, 312: cruor, Verg. A. 4, 455.— As subst.: obscēna, ōrum, n., the excrements, Sen. Ep. 8, 1, 20; also, the urine: qui clam latuit reddente obscena puellā, Ov. R. Am. 437; cf. Mel. 1, 9.—
B In partic., offensive to modesty, i. e. immodest, impure, indecent, lewd, obscene (class.; syn.: spurcus, impurus): delicatae et obscenae voluptates, Cic. N. D. 1, 40, 111: adulterium, Ov. Tr. 2, 212: obscenas tabellas pingere, Prop. 2, 5, 19 (6, 27): carmina, id. 1, 16, 10: gestus motusque, Tac. A. 15, 37: obscenum in modum formata commotaque manus, i. e. so as to suggest impure thoughts, Suet. Calig. 56: jocandi genus flagitiosum, obscenum, Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104: si obscena nudis nominibus enuntientur, Quint. 8, 3, 38: quodque facere turpe non est, modo occulte, id dicere obscenum est, Cic. Off. 1, 35, 127; cf. id. ib. § 128; Quint. 11, 3, 125. —Comp.: illud Antipatri paulo obscenius, Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112: abjectior et obscenior vita, Val. Max. 3, 5 fin.—Sup.: obscenissimi versus, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2; Vell. 2, 83, 2.—
2 Subst.
(a) obscēnus, i, m., a lewd person: quis enim non vicus abundat Tristibus obscenis, Juv. 2, 9.—
(b) obscēna, ōrum, less freq. in the sing., obscēnum, i. n., the private parts, τὰ αἰδοῖα.—Plur.: Nymphe fugiens obscena Priapi, Ov. M. 9, 347; cf.: pars nudi agunt, pars tantum obscena velati, Mel. 3, 7: obscena, Suet. Calig. 58; id. Dom. 10: obscena corporis, Just. 1, 6.—Sing.: virile, Ov. F. 6, 631; Lact. 1, 21, 28; id. Epit. 23, 8; Jul. Obsequ. 84.—Hence, also, adv.: obscēnē (acc. to II. B), impurely, indecently, lewdly, obscenely (class.): latrocinari, fraudare, adulterare, re turpe est, sed dicitur non obscene, Cic. Off. 1, 35, 128.—Comp.: cujus (Mercurii) obscenius excitata natura traditur, Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 56: obscenius concurrerent litterae, id. de Or. 45, 154.—Sup.: impudicissime et obscenissime vixit, Eutr. 8, 22.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
obscēnus,¹⁰ a, um,
1 de mauvais augure, sinistre : Virg. G. 1, 470 ; En. 12, 876 ; Cic. Domo 140 ; cf. P. Fest. 201 ; Varro L. 7, 96 || funeste, fatal : Catul. 68, 99 ; Ov. H. 5, 119
2 indécent, obscène : Cic. Nat. 1, 111 ; Off. 1, 104 ; Fam. 9, 22, 1 ; -nissimus Cic. Q. 2, 3, 2 ; re honestum est, nomine obscenum Cic. Off. 1, 128, c’est moral comme action, obscène dans les termes || obscena, n. pl., Ov. M. 9, 347, les parties viriles, cf. Suet. Cal. 58 ; [sing. Ov. F. 6, 631 ]
3 sale, dégoûtant, hideux, immonde : Virg. En. 4, 455 ; 7, 417 ; Luc. 4, 312 || obscena, n. pl., les excréments : Sen. Ep. 70, 20 || -nior Cic. Tusc. 5, 112.
Latin > German (Georges)
obscēnus (obscaenus, nicht obscoenus), a, um (ob u. cenum, caenum), kotig, schmutzig, ekelhaft, garstig, I) eig., für das ästhetische Gefühl, volucres, die Harpyien, Verg.: cruor, Verg.: avis, der Wiedehopf, Plin.: risus, Ov.: fetus, Mißgeburten, Liv.: vas, das Nachtgeschirr, Sen. ep. 77, 14. – subst.: a) obscenum, ī, n., das Schamglied, magnitudo obsceni, Lact.: virile, Ov. u. Lact.: puer duplici obsceno natus, Iul. Obsequ. Vgl. Burm. Ov. fast. 6, 631. Bünem. Lact. 1, 21, 28 u. Lact. epit. 23, 8. – b) Plur., obscēna, ōrum, n., α) (sc. membra) der Hintere, Sen., oder die Schamglieder, Schamteile, das Gemächt, Mela, Suet. u.a. – β) = excrementa, der Kot, Ov. u. Mela. – II) übtr.: A) für das moralische Gefühl, schmutzig, unflätig, ekelhaft, anstößig, zotig, unzüchtig, unsittlich, pöbelhaft, verba, Varro: sermones, Hor.: obsceno verbo uti, eine Zote reißen, Sen.: illud est obscenius (dictum), Cic.: versus obscenissimi, Cic. -gestus, Tac.: voluptates, Cic.: flammae (Liebe), Ov.: adulterium, Ov.: puellae, Huren, Sen. rhet.: viri, Unzüchtige (pathici u. dgl.), Liv.: so greges, v. den Priestern der Cybele, Ov.: vita obscenior, Val. Max. – subst., a) obscēnī, ōrum, m., Unzüchtige (pathici u. dgl.), Sen. exc. contr. 4. praef. § 10. Lampr. Alex. Sev. 15, 2 (vgl. Plin. 28, 9 etiam cum obscenus vixeris aut nefandus). – b) obscēna, ōrum, n., Unzüchtigkeiten, α) = unzüchtige Handlungen, Sen. rhet. – β) = unzüchtige Worte, unzüchtige Lieder, Zoten, Quint. u. Ov. – B) eine böse Anzeige gebend, ungünstig, unheilvoll, dicta, Acc. tr. fr.: omen, Cic.: fames, Verg.: canes, volucres (Nachteulen), Verg.
Latin > Chinese
obscenus vel obscaenus, a, um. adj. c. s. :: 凶兆者。醜。邪淫者。Obscenae volucres 凶兆之鳥。Troja obscena 凶造之朶羅亞城。Reddere obscena 出恭。Obscena. plur. 小便。