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in-dĕcens , tis, adj.,
I.unseemly, unbecoming, indecent, improper, unsightly, ugly (post-Aug. and poet.).
I. Of persons: “numquid indecens sum?” Petr. 128; Mart. 5, 14, 7. —
II. Of things: “nasus,” Mart. 2, 11, 4: “morbus,” id. 11, 61, 13: “risus,” Suet. Claud. 30: “morae,” Quint. 11, 3, 158: “nihil est tam indecens quam, etc.,” id. 10, 2, 19; cf. 11, 1, 82.—Hence, indĕcenter , adv., unbecomingly, indecently, disgracefully (post-Aug. and poet.): “non indecenter efferri,” Quint. 1, 5, 64: “lusca,” Mart. 12, 22, 1. — Comp.: “numquam vidi hominem beatum indecentius,” Sen. Ep. 27.—Sup.: “intersistere indecentissime,” Quint. 8, 3, 45.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Suetonius, Divus Claudius, 30
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 5.64
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 3.45
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 2.19
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 3.158
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 27
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