obscenus

Latin

Alternative forms
  • obscaenus

Etymology

Uncertain. Usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱʷeyn- (“to soil; mud; filth”). According to Pokorny, cognate with inquinō, caenum, cūniō and whin.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /opˈskeː.nus/, [ɔpˈskeː.nʊs]

Adjective

obscēnus (feminine obscēna, neuter obscēnum); first/second declension

  1. inauspicious, ominous, portentous
  2. repulsive, offensive, abominable, hateful, disgusting, filthy
  3. immodest, impure, indecent, lewd, obscene

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative obscēnus obscēna obscēnum obscēnī obscēnae obscēna
Genitive obscēnī obscēnae obscēnī obscēnōrum obscēnārum obscēnōrum
Dative obscēnō obscēnae obscēnō obscēnīs obscēnīs obscēnīs
Accusative obscēnum obscēnam obscēnum obscēnōs obscēnās obscēna
Ablative obscēnō obscēnā obscēnō obscēnīs obscēnīs obscēnīs
Vocative obscēne obscēna obscēnum obscēnī obscēnae obscēna

Descendants

References
  • obscenus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • obscenus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • obscenus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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