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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• shocking (adj.): producing a feeling of disgust or horror:
      1. 1. foedus (foul, offensive: both lit. and fig.): a s. wound, f. vulnus, Ov. M. 12, 366: abominable and s. places, loca tetra et f., Sall. C. 52, ad med.: s. tempests, tempestates f., Liv. 25, 7. Fig.: a s. crime, facinus f., Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 1: Cic.
      2. 2. taeter or tēter, tra, trum (extremely disagreeable and offensive: both lit. and fig.): a horrible and s. face, vultus horridus et t., Suet. Cal. 50: a very s. winter, teterrima hiems, Coel. in Cic. Fam. 8, 15. Fig.: a very s. war, bellum teterrimum, Cic. Fam. 10, 14, 2: a s. crime, facinus t., id. Off. 3, 25, 95.
      3. 3. atrox, ōcis (abominably cruel): a thing so abominable, so s., and so wicked, cannot be believed, res tam scelesta, tam a., tam nefaria credi non potest, id. Rosc. Am. 22, 62: a s. tempest, a. tempestas, Tac. A. 11, 31, extr.: that seemed a s. crime to the senators and people, a. visum id facinus patribus plebique, Liv. 1, 26.
      4. 4. ĭnhŏnestus (that which brings disgrace or shame): nostrils mutilated with a s. wound, truncas inhonesto vulnere nares, Virg. Aen. 6, 497: most s. covetousness, inhonestissima cupiditas, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6.
      5. 5. nĕfārius, nĕfandus (abominably wicked): s. cruelty [singularis et] nefaria crudelitas, Caes. B. G. 7, 77: s. adultery with a most noble woman, nefandum adulterium nobilissimae feminae, Cic. Mil. 27, 72: v. wicked, abominable, execrable. As exclamation: indignum facinus! Pl.: or, simply, indignum: cf. Ov. M. 5, 36 (indignum? scelerato profuit ara): or expr. by *turpe dictu: fie, s.! *phui, turpe dictu!
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• SHOCKING
  • Offensive, quod offensioni est; quod offensionem habet or affert: quod offendit: quod non vacat offensione: quod displicet (that gives offence): exemplo haud saluber: mali or pessimi exempli (that sets a bad example).
  • Atrocious, dirus (of things that excite horror): atrox (exciting fear; e.g., facinus): foedus (foul): abominandus: detestandus: detestabilis (detestable): nefandus: nefarius (the former of actions; the latter of men, their thoughts and actions): immanis (shocking; of actions): teter (hideous, shocking; abominable in character and conduct): odiosus (hateful, abominable). A shocking villain, homo omni parte detesrabilis: homo impurus: monstrum hominis.