filth Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. coenum (gen. term2. sordes, is, f.; usu. pl. (f. resulting from uncleanly habits3. squālor (a state of personal shabbiness and dirt)4. paedor (personal offensive state5. collŭvies, ēi; also collŭvio, ōnis (strictly, that which has been washed together; a mass of impurity)6. illŭvies, ēi (as resting upon anything)7. lŭtum (mud of any kindII. Fig. • filth: I. Lit.: 1. coenum (gen. term: offensive mire): f. of sewers, c. cloacarum, Cic.: Col.: besmeared with f., coeno oblitus, Cic.: v. to besmear. Fig.: to wallow in gloom and f., in tenebris volvi c.que, Lucr. 3, 77. 2. sordes, is, f.; usu. pl. (f. resulting from uncleanly habits: but oftener in fig. sense: v. meanness): ears suffering from accumulated f., auriculae collecta s. dolentes, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 53: let the nails be free from f., sint sine sordibus ungues, Ov. A. A. 1, 519. Freq. a term of contempt: amongst the f. and dregs of the city, apud sordem urbis et faecem, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 6. 3. squālor (a state of personal shabbiness and dirt): covered with f. and dust, s. plenus ac pulveris, Cic. Verr. 3, 12, 31: clothes covered with f., vestis squalore obsita, Liv. 2, 23, ad init. 4. paedor (personal offensive state: stronger than preced.): limbs disgustingly covered with f., membra paedore horrida, Lucr. 6, 1269: disgusting f., foedus p., Sen.: cf. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26. 5. collŭvies, ēi; also collŭvio, ōnis (strictly, that which has been washed together; a mass of impurity): a sewer is a hollow place through which the f. flows, cloaca est locus cavus per quem colluvies fluit, Ulp. Dig. 43, 22, 1: f. of sewers, colluviones cloacarum, Arnob.: Cic. (who uses the word fig.: cf. Cic. Sen. 23, 85). 6. illŭvies, ēi (as resting upon anything): covered with f. and dust, illuvie ac squalore obsitus, Tac. 7. lŭtum (mud of any kind: v. dirt, mire): Pl. II. Fig.: moral impurity: impūrĭtas, foedĭtas, obscaenĭtas: v. obscenity, impurity.