foul (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. foedus (offensive in any way)2. tēter (taet-), tra, trum (noisome, loathsome3. immundus, lŭtŭlentus, etc.II. Fig.1. foedus (v. supr.)2. tēter (v. supr.)3. inquīnātus (polluted)III. Opp. to honest; fraudulentIV. In naut. phr., to fall foul of • foul (adj.): I. Lit.: dirty, begrimed, offensive: 1. foedus (offensive in any way): a head f. with scurf, caput porrigine f., Hor.: a f. smell, f. odor, Plin.: v. filthy, disgusting. 2. tēter (taet-), tra, trum (noisome, loathsome: a strong term): f. aspect, t. aspectus, Lucr. 2, 510: a f. smell, t. odor, Caes. B. C. 3, 49: v. loathsome. 3. immundus, lŭtŭlentus, etc.: v. dirty, filthy. To be f., squalēre: e. g., of untilled, overgrown fields, Virg. G. 1, 507. II. Fig.: heinous, abominable: 1. foedus (v. supr.): a f. deed, f. factum, facinus, Ter. Join: neque tetrius neque foedius, Cic. Rep. 2, 26. 2. tēter (v. supr.): a f. crime, t. facinus, Cic.: f. lust, t. libido, Hor. 3. inquīnātus (polluted): v. filthy, polluted. III. Opp. to honest; fraudulent: f. play, dolus malus, Cic.: Ulp. Dig. 4, 3, 1: to try to compass one's ends by f. play, dolis atque fallaciis contendere, Sall. Cat. 11: to suspect f. play, doli mali nonnihil subesse suspicari: by fair means if you can: if not by f. (lit. by any means), recte si possis; si non quocunque modo, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 65: v. dishonest. IV. In naut. phr., to fall foul of: incurrere, illīdi, collīdi: v. to fall (foul of).