I.foul, filthy, loathsome, ugly, unseemly, detestable, abominable, horrible (class.; cf.: deformis, turpis).
I. Physically: “cimices foedissimum animal,” Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61: “herba odoris foedi,” id. 20, 16, 63, § 171: “odor,” Cels. 2, 8; 5, 28, 3: “facies,” id. 6, 6, 9: “sapor,” Lucr. 2, 401: “species,” id. 2, 421: “nunc eo tibi videtur foedus, quia illam (vestem) non habet,” Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 17; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 32: “immanissimum et foedissimum monstrum,” Cic. Pis. 14, 31: “foeda fit volucris (sc. bubo),” Ov. M. 5, 549: “caput impexa foedum porrigine,” Hor. S. 2, 3, 126: “foeda nigro simulacra fumo,” id. C. 3, 6, 4: “foeda cicatrix,” id. S. 1, 5, 60: “vulnus,” Ov. M. 12, 366: “tergum recentibus vestigiis vulnerum,” Liv. 2, 23, 7; cf. id. 9, 31, 2: “victus,” Hor. A. P. 392: “loca tetra, inculta, foeda, formidolosa,” Sall. C. 52, 13: “tempestates,” Liv. 25, 7, 7; Verg. G. 1, 323: “foedissima tempestas,” Liv. 29, 18, 5: “incendium,” id. 24, 47, 15.—With dat.: “pestilentia foeda homini, foeda pecori,” destructive, Liv. 3, 32, 2.—In the neutr. absol.: “foedum relatu,” Ov. M. 9, 167; cf. “foediora,” Liv. 3, 69, 2.—
II. Mentally, disgraceful, base, dishonorable, vile, shameful, infamous, foul, etc.: “quo (tyranno) neque tetrius, neque foedius, nec diis hominibusque invisius animal ullum cogitari potest,” Cic. Rep. 2, 26: “nihil fieri potest miserius, nihil perditius, nihil foedius,” id. Att. 8, 11, 4: “luxuria senectuti foedissima,” id. Off. 1, 34, 123: “homo,” Sall. C. 19, 2: “scriptores carmine foedo Splendida facta linunt,” Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 236; cf.: “foedissima ludibria,” Quint. 1, 6, 32: “bellum foedissimum,” Cic. Att. 7, 26, 3: “genus interitus,” id. ib. 15, 20, 2: “foedus et perniciosus exitus judicii,” id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1: “consilium,” Liv. 26, 38, 4: “facinus,” Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 1: “amor,” Lucr. 4, 1158: “ministeria,” Verg. A. 7, 619: “condiciones,” Hor. C. 3, 5, 15: “fuga ducum,” Val. Fl. 6, 723: “exprobratio,” Plin. 18, 26, 66, § 249: “inconsequentia rerum foedissima,” Quint. 8, 6, 50.—In the neutr. with a subject-clause: ludos vero non facere, quid foedius? (shortly before: quid turpius?) Cic. Att. 15, 10: “versum in oratione fieri multo foedissimum est,” Quint. 9, 4, 72.— Hence, adv.: foede , foully, cruelly, basely, horribly: foede divexarier, Pac. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106 (Trag. Rel. p. 84 Rib.): “aram turparunt sanguine foede,” Lucr. 1, 85: “foede aliquem distrahere,” Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 14: “laniare crura brachiaque,” Tac. H. 1, 41: “caesa manus juvenum,” Verg. A. 10, 498: “ob admissum foede dictumve superbe,” Lucr. 5, 1224: “servire,” Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 48: perire Sall. J. 31, 2: “pugnatum est,” Liv. 6, 1, 11: “foedius inde pulsus quam, etc.,” id. 2, 51, 8: “causa agetur foedissime,” Cic. Att. 9, 7, 4.
