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{{Lewis

|lshtext=<b>ab-surdus</b>: a, um, adj. ab, [[mis]]-, and Sanscr. svan = sonare; cf. [[susurrus]], and [[σῦριγξ]], = a [[pipe]]; cf. also [[absonus]],<br /><b>I</b> [[out]] of [[tune]], [[hence]] giving a [[disagreeable]] [[sound]], [[harsh]], [[rough]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: vox absona et absurda, Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 41; so of the croaking of frogs: absurdoque [[sono]] fontes et stagna cietis, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 9, 15.—<br /><b>II</b> Fig., of persons and things, [[irrational]], [[incongruous]], [[absurd]], [[silly]], [[senseless]], [[stupid]]: [[ratio]] inepta [[atque]] absurda, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 22: hoc pravum, ineptum, absurdum [[atque]] alienum a vitā meā videtur, id. ib. 5, 8, 21: [[carmen]] cum ceteris rebus absurdum tum [[vero]] in [[illo]], Cic. Mur. 26: illud [[quam]] incredibile, [[quam]] absurdum! id. Sull. 20: absurda res est caveri, id. Balb. 37: [[bene]] dicere [[haud]] absurdum est, is not [[inglorious]], per litotem for, is [[praiseworthy]], [[glorious]], Sall. C. 3 Kritz.—Homo [[absurdus]], a [[man]] [[who]] is [[fit]] or [[good]] for [[nothing]]: [[sin]] [[plane]] abhorrebit et erit [[absurdus]], Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 85: [[absurdus]] ingenio, Tac. H. 3, 62; cf.: [[sermo]] [[comis]], nec absurdum [[ingenium]], id. A. 13, 45.—Comp., Cic. Phil. 8, 41; id. N. D. 1, 16; id. Fin. 2, 13.—Sup., Cic. Att. 7, 13.—Adv.: absurdē.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lit., [[discordantly]]: canere, Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fig., [[irrationally]], [[absurdly]], Plaut. Ep. 3, 1, 6; Cic. Rep. 2, 15; id. Div. 2, 58, 219 al.—Comp., Cic. Phil. 8, 1, 4.—Sup., Aug. Trin. 4 fin.>

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|georg=ab-[[surdus]], a, um, (vgl. [[susurrus]], [[surdus]]) Adj. m. Compar. u. Superl., [[gegen]] das [[Gefühl]] verstoßend, I) eig., [[gegen]] das [[Gehör]], die Ohren beleidigend, [[widrig]] [[klingend]], [[grell]], [[unrein]], [[sonus]] (der Frösche), Cic. poët.: [[vox]] [[quasi]] [[extra]] modum absona [[atque]] absurda, Cic. de or. 3, 41. – II) übtr., [[gegen]] das [[innere]] [[Gefühl]], [[gegen]] [[Sinn]] und [[Verstand]] verstoßend, a) v. Lebl., [[unpassend]], [[ungereimt]], [[abgeschmackt]], [[ohne]] [[Sinn]] und [[Verstand]], [[sinnlos]], [[unvernünftig]], [[verbum]] [[non]] absurdum [[neque]] asperum, Gell.: [[ratio]] inepta [[atque]] absurda, Ter.: [[illud]] ineruditum absurdumque, Cic.: [[consilium]] [[non]] absurdum, Amm.: Iudaeorum [[mos]] [[absurdus]] sordidusque, Tac.: ministrorum absurdi [[mores]], Aur. Vict.: vestrae [[istae]] absurdae [[atque]] abhorrentes lacrimae, Liv.: est [[hoc]] auribus animisque omnium absurdum, Cic.: aetati utriusque [[non]] absurdum, Tac. – [[multo]] absurdiora sunt ea, [[quae]] etc., Cic.: [[quo]] [[nihil]] [[mihi]] videtur absurdius, Cic.: absurdissima mandata, Cic. – absurda [[res]] est caveri foedere, ut etc., Cic.: [[quid]] [[enim]] [[tam]] absurdum [[quam]] delectari inanibus rebus? Cic.: u. so absurdum est m. folg. Infinit., Cic.: u. [[haud]] absurdum est m. Infinit., [[bene]] dicere, Sall.: u.m. Dat., [[haud]] absurdum videtur propositi operis regulae paucis percurrere, [[quae]] etc., Vell. – m. ut u. Konj., Cassiod. u. Ambros. – m. 2. Supin., [[cognitu]] [[non]] absurda, Tac. ann. 6, 28. – m. ab u. Abl., pauca ab [[initio]] causisque talium facinorum [[non]] absurda, [[nicht]] zuwiderlaufend, Tac. hist. 4, 48. – b) v. Pers.u. deren [[Geist]], [[unbegabt]], [[unfähig]], dah. [[non]] od. [[haud]] [[absurdus]], [[nicht]] [[unbegabt]], [[gescheit]], [[aufgeweckt]], [[sin]] [[plane]] abhorrebit et erit [[absurdus]], Cic.: [[ingenium]] [[eius]] [[haud]] absurdum, Sall.: u. so [[nec]] [[absurdus]] ingenio, s. [[Nipperd]]. Tac. ann. 13, 45.

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