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monstruosus
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Lewis Short
(adj.adv.) : monstrŭōsus (post-class. mon-strōsus), a, um, adj. monstrum
* Strange, preternatural, monstrous (class.): monstruosissima bestia, of the ape,Cic. Div. 2, 32, 69: hominum partus monstrosi,Luc. 1, 557: ferculum longe monstruosius,Petr. 69: scriptis monstruosus,Suet. Gram. 15: libidines,unnatural,id. Calig. 16: mulier si monstrosum aliquid aut prodigiosum enixa sit,Paul. Sent. 4, 9, 3 (but in Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 61, instead of monstrosi the correct reading seems to be morosi; so B. and K.; v. Madv. ad h. l.).—Hence, * adv.: monstrŭōsē (monstrōsē), strangely, unnaturally, monstrously: cogitare,Cic. Div. 2, 71, 146.
* Strange, preternatural, monstrous (class.): monstruosissima bestia, of the ape,Cic. Div. 2, 32, 69: hominum partus monstrosi,Luc. 1, 557: ferculum longe monstruosius,Petr. 69: scriptis monstruosus,Suet. Gram. 15: libidines,unnatural,id. Calig. 16: mulier si monstrosum aliquid aut prodigiosum enixa sit,Paul. Sent. 4, 9, 3 (but in Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 61, instead of monstrosi the correct reading seems to be morosi; so B. and K.; v. Madv. ad h. l.).—Hence, * adv.: monstrŭōsē (monstrōsē), strangely, unnaturally, monstrously: cogitare,Cic. Div. 2, 71, 146.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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