loathsome Copy link Outline 1. foedus (offensive, revolting)2. tēter (taet.), tra, trum (from which the senses recoil3. fastīdiendus (exciting nausea4. obscaenus (strictly of ill omen; hence repulsive • loathsome: 1. foedus (offensive, revolting): a most l. creature (the bug), animal foedissimum [et dictu quoque fastidiendum], Plin. 29, 4, 17: l. tracks (of the Harpies), f. vestigia, Virg. Aen. 3, 244: Cic.: Sall. 2. tēter (taet.), tra, trum (from which the senses recoil: stronger than the preced.): l. corpses, t. cadavera, Lucr. 2, 415: l. smell, t. odos, Caes. B. C. 3, 49: Cic. 3. fastīdiendus (exciting nausea: v. rare): Plin. 25, 7, 38. (Fastidiosus, of that which one has no appetite for, Hor. Od. 3, 29, 9; but not in the present sense.) 4. obscaenus (strictly of ill omen; hence repulsive: poet.): epith. of the Harpies, Virg. Aen. 3, 241: l. drink, obs. haustus, Lucan. 4, 312.
LOATHSOME Copy link • LOATHSOMEfastidiosus (Plin., Hor., Ep.): fastidium creans or afferens (that excites loathing, of things): teter (foul, ugly; e.g., sapor, odor, aqua, etc.): odiosus (disgusting, hateful; of persons or things).