meanness Copy link Outline I. Of birth, etc.1. sordes, ium, f.2. hŭmĭlĭtas, obscūrĭtas (less strong)3. expr. by sordĭdus, sordĭdēII. Poorness, as proper to those in humble circumstancesIII. Niggardliness1. sordes, is, f.; esp. pl.2. ăvārĭtia • meanness: I. Of birth, etc.: 1. sordes, ium, f.: from extreme m. of rank, ex summis et fortunae et vitae sordibus, Cic. Br. 62, 224. Join: obscuritas et s., id. Vat. 5, 11. 2. hŭmĭlĭtas, obscūrĭtas (less strong): v. humbleness (I.). 3. expr. by sordĭdus, sordĭdē: the greater the m. of their extraction, quo sordidius [et abjectius] nati sunt, Tac. Dial. 8: quo sordidiore loco nati sunt: v. mean, adj. (II.), meanly (I.). II. Poorness, as proper to those in humble circumstances: expr. by adj.: m. of attire, sordida s. obsoleta vestis, etc.: v. mean, adj. (II.). III. Niggardliness: 1. sordes, is, f.; esp. pl.: to charge any one with such m., tantas s. alicui objicere, Hor. S. 1, 6, 68: m. and churlishness, sordes (pl.) et inhumanitas, Cic. Mur. 36, 76: Cic. has, nullam in re familiari sordem, i. e. no act of meanness, Fl. 3, 7. Join: sordes (sing.) et avaritia, Tac. H. 1, 52. 2. ăvārĭtia: v. niggardliness.