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|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.>