(adj.adv.) : foedus, a, um, adj.Sanscr. dhūmas, smoke; cf.: fumus, fīmus, feteo
* Foul, filthy, loathsome, ugly, unseemly, detestable, abominable, horrible (class.; cf.: deformis, turpis).
* Physically: cimices foedissimum animal,Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61: herba odoris foedi,id. 20, 16, 63, § 171: odor,Cels. 2, 8; 5, 28, 3: facies,id. 6, 6, 9: sapor,Lucr. 2, 401: species,id. 2, 421: nunc eo tibi videtur foedus, quia illam (vestem) non habet,Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 17; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 32: immanissimum et foedissimum monstrum,Cic. Pis. 14, 31: foeda fit volucris (sc. bubo),Ov. M. 5, 549: caput impexa foedum porrigine,Hor. S. 2, 3, 126: foeda nigro simulacra fumo,id. C. 3, 6, 4: foeda cicatrix,id. S. 1, 5, 60: vulnus,Ov. M. 12, 366: tergum recentibus vestigiis vulnerum,Liv. 2, 23, 7; cf. id. 9, 31, 2: victus,Hor. A. P. 392: loca tetra, inculta, foeda, formidolosa,Sall. C. 52, 13: tempestates,Liv. 25, 7, 7; Verg. G. 1, 323: foedissima tempestas,Liv. 29, 18, 5: incendium,id. 24, 47, 15.—With dat.: pestilentia foeda homini, foeda pecori,destructive,Liv. 3, 32, 2.—In the neutr. absol.: foedum relatu,Ov. M. 9, 167; cf. foediora,Liv. 3, 69, 2.
* Mentally, disgraceful, base, dishonorable, vile, shameful, infamous, foul, etc.: quo (tyranno) neque tetrius, neque foedius, nec diis hominibusque invisius animal ullum cogitari potest,Cic. Rep. 2, 26: nihil fieri potest miserius, nihil perditius, nihil foedius,id. Att. 8, 11, 4: luxuria senectuti foedissima,id. Off. 1, 34, 123: homo,Sall. C. 19, 2: scriptores carmine foedo Splendida facta linunt,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 236; cf.: foedissima ludibria,Quint. 1, 6, 32: bellum foedissimum,Cic. Att. 7, 26, 3: genus interitus,id. ib. 15, 20, 2: foedus et perniciosus exitus judicii,id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1: consilium,Liv. 26, 38, 4: facinus,Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 1: amor,Lucr. 4, 1158: ministeria,Verg. A. 7, 619: condiciones,Hor. C. 3, 5, 15: fuga ducum,Val. Fl. 6, 723: exprobratio,Plin. 18, 26, 66, § 249: inconsequentia rerum foedissima,Quint. 8, 6, 50.—In the neutr. with a subject-clause: ludos vero non facere, quid foedius? (shortly before: quid turpius?) Cic. Att. 15, 10: versum in oratione fieri multo foedissimum est,Quint. 9, 4, 72.— Hence, adv.: foede, foully, cruelly, basely, horribly: foede divexarier, Pac. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106 (Trag. Rel. p. 84 Rib.): aram turparunt sanguine foede,Lucr. 1, 85: foede aliquem distrahere,Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 14: laniare crura brachiaque,Tac. H. 1, 41: caesa manus juvenum,Verg. A. 10, 498: ob admissum foede dictumve superbe,Lucr. 5, 1224: servire,Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 48: perire Sall. J. 31, 2: pugnatum est,Liv. 6, 1, 11: foedius inde pulsus quam, etc.,id. 2, 51, 8: causa agetur foedissime,Cic. Att. 9, 7, 4.

foedus (noun N) : (for foedus, Ennius wrote fidus, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 86 Müll. Archaic form of the
* Gen. plur. foedesum, acc. to Varr. L. L. 7, § 27; v. the letter R), n. from the root FID; Sanscr. bandh, ligare; v. fido, a league, treaty, compact (cf.: sponsio, pactio).
* Polit.: FOEDERVM, PACIS, BELLI, INDVCIARVM ORATORES FETIALES IVDICESVE SVNTO,Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 21; cf. id. Rep. 1, 32: esse autem tria genera foederum, quibus inter se paciscerentur amicitias civitates regesque,Liv. 34, 57, 7: pacem foedusque facere,Cic. de Sen. 6, 16; cf.: oratrices pacis et foederis,id. Rep. 2, 8: Ambiorigem sibi societate et foedere adjungunt,Caes. B. G. 6, 2, 2: ne societates, ne foedera nova acciperemus,Sall. J. 14, 18: societatem foedere confirmare,Cic. Phil. 2, 35, 89: quibus (foederibus) etiam cum hoste devincitur fides,id. Off. 3, 31, 111: amicitiam et foedus petere, Sall J. 104, 4: foedus facere cum aliquibus,Cic. Inv. 2, 30, 91; so, foedus facere,id. Rep. 3, 18; Caes. B. C. 3, 108, 3; Sall. J. 38, 9 al.: ferire, icere, pangere, percutere, v. h. vv.: de foedere decedere, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 1, 10: foedera negligere, violare, rumpere,Cic. Balb. 5, 13; cf.: sociorum nominisque Latini jura negligere ac foedera,id. Rep. 3, 29: rumpere,Auct. Her. 4, 14, 20; Liv. 9, 1; 21, 10: violare,Cic. Rep. 1, 19; Liv. 28, 44, 7: rescindere,Vell. 2, 90, 3: solvere,Verg. A. 10, 91: turbare,id. ib. 12, 633: contra foedus facere,Cic. Balb. 4, 10; Gell. 10, 1, 10: foedus aequum dare,Liv. 23, 5, 9 (for which: ex aequo venire in amicitiam,id. 7, 30, 2); cf.: foedere iniquo alligari,id. 35, 46, 10: ex foedere,according to agreement,id. 1, 23, 7; 8, 39, 13.
* Transf., beyond the polit. sphere, in gen., a compact, covenant, agreement, stipulation, bargain: foedus fecerunt cum tribuno plebis palam, ut ab eo provincias acciperent, quas ipsi vellent, etc.,Cic. Sest. 10, 24; cf.: foedus frangere,id. Pis. 12, 28: inter se facere,id. Fin. 2, 26, 83: amorum turpissimorum foedera ferire,id. Cael. 14, 34: amicitiae,Ov. Tr. 3, 6, 1: hospitii,Just. 7, 3: thalami,i. e. marriage contract, marriage,Ov. M. 7, 403; so, vitae,Stat. Th. 2, 112: communia studii,Ov. P. 4, 13, 43.
* Poet., of inanim. and abstr. things, a law: continuo has leges aeternaque foedera certis Inposuit natura locis,Verg. G. 1, 60: omnes Foedere naturae certo discrimina servant,Lucr. 5, 924; 5, 57; 6, 906: foedere certo et premere et laxas dare habenas,Verg. A. 1, 62: neve potentis naturae pollue foedus,Ov. M. 10, 353: caeli foedera, Col. Poët. 10, 219.

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