dirty (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. sordĭdus2. spurcus (offensive and disgusting)3. lŭteus, lŭtŭlentus4. illōtus5. coenōsus6. squālĭdus (strictly, rough)II. Mean, shabbyIII. Bawdy • dirty (adj.): I. Lit.: 1. sordĭdus: a d. napkin, s. nappa, Hor.: d. children, s. nati, Hor.: very d. teeth, sordidissimi dentes, Petron. (In prose, sordidus is chiefly used fig. = mean, base.) 2. spurcus (offensive and disgusting): v. foul. 3. lŭteus, lŭtŭlentus: v. muddy. 4. illōtus: v. unwashed. 5. coenōsus: v. miry. 6. squālĭdus (strictly, rough): Plin.: Ov. Phr.: to be d., sordere, Pl.: Sen. (more usu. fig., to be little valued): to become d., sordescere, Hor.: Plin.: the d. swine, amica luto sus, Hor. II. Mean, shabby: sordĭdus: v. mean. III. Bawdy: turpis, obscēnus: v. obscene.