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(adj.adv.) : prāvus, a, um, adj.cf. Sanscr. prahva, crooked
* Crooked, not straight, distorted, misshapen, deformed (opp. rectus; class.).
* Lit.: prava, cubantia, prona, supina atque absona tecta,Lucr. 4, 517: si quae in membris prava, aut debilitata aut imminuta sunt,Cic. Fin. 5, 17, 46: talus,Hor. S. 1, 3, 48.—Absol.: in pravum, into crookedness (post-Aug.): elapsi in pravum artus,Tac. H. 4, 81: quae in pravum induruerunt,Quint. 1, 3, 12.
* Trop., perverse, irregular, improper, wrong, vicious, bad (syn.: improbus, malus, nequam).
* Of living beings: pravus factus est,Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 8: impulsores,Tac. H. 4, 68: pravissimus homo,Vell. 2, 80, 3: quae belua ruptis, Cum semel effugit, reddit se prava catenis? i. e. stulta, incauta,Hor. S. 2, 7, 71.
* With gen. (poet.): pravus fidei,faithless,Sil. 3, 253: pravus togae,id. 8, 260: audendi pravus,id. 12, 464.
* Of things: nihil pravum, perversum,Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 30: affectio,id. Tusc. 4, 13, 29: dociles imitandis Turpibus et pravis omnes sumus,Juv. 14, 40: a rectis in vitia, a vitiis in prava, a pravis in praecipitia pervenitur,Vell. 2, 10, 1: ad honesta, seu prava juxta levis,Tac. A. 11, 33: aemulatio,id. H. 4, 48: spes,id. A. 3, 56.—Comp.: quo pravius nihil esse possit, Cic. Tusc. 3, 33, 80.—Sup.: pravissima consuetudinis regula,Cic. Brut. 74, 258.—Absol.: in pravum, in perversity: frangas citius, quam corrigas, quae in pravum induruerunt,Quint. 1, 3, 12.—Hence, adv.: prāvē, crookedly; trop., improperly, wrongly, amiss, ill, badly (opp. recte; class.): hoc mihi videtur factum prave,Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 24: prave (facta), opp. recte facta,Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37: ille porro male, prave, nequiter, turpiter cenabat,id. Fin. 2, 8, 25: prave sectus unguis,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 104: sive ego prave, Seu recte hoc volui,id. S. 2, 3, 87: prave facti versus,id. Ep. 2, 1, 266: pudens prave,id. A. P. 88: prave aliquid intellegere,Plin. 17, 9, 8, § 57: prave detorta verba,Tac. A. 6, 5: facundus,id. ib. 1, 53: prave et perperam appellare,Gell. 4, 9, 4.—Sup.: pravissume, Sall. Or. Lepidi adv. Sull.
* Crooked, not straight, distorted, misshapen, deformed (opp. rectus; class.).
* Lit.: prava, cubantia, prona, supina atque absona tecta,Lucr. 4, 517: si quae in membris prava, aut debilitata aut imminuta sunt,Cic. Fin. 5, 17, 46: talus,Hor. S. 1, 3, 48.—Absol.: in pravum, into crookedness (post-Aug.): elapsi in pravum artus,Tac. H. 4, 81: quae in pravum induruerunt,Quint. 1, 3, 12.
* Trop., perverse, irregular, improper, wrong, vicious, bad (syn.: improbus, malus, nequam).
* Of living beings: pravus factus est,Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 8: impulsores,Tac. H. 4, 68: pravissimus homo,Vell. 2, 80, 3: quae belua ruptis, Cum semel effugit, reddit se prava catenis? i. e. stulta, incauta,Hor. S. 2, 7, 71.
* With gen. (poet.): pravus fidei,faithless,Sil. 3, 253: pravus togae,id. 8, 260: audendi pravus,id. 12, 464.
* Of things: nihil pravum, perversum,Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 30: affectio,id. Tusc. 4, 13, 29: dociles imitandis Turpibus et pravis omnes sumus,Juv. 14, 40: a rectis in vitia, a vitiis in prava, a pravis in praecipitia pervenitur,Vell. 2, 10, 1: ad honesta, seu prava juxta levis,Tac. A. 11, 33: aemulatio,id. H. 4, 48: spes,id. A. 3, 56.—Comp.: quo pravius nihil esse possit, Cic. Tusc. 3, 33, 80.—Sup.: pravissima consuetudinis regula,Cic. Brut. 74, 258.—Absol.: in pravum, in perversity: frangas citius, quam corrigas, quae in pravum induruerunt,Quint. 1, 3, 12.—Hence, adv.: prāvē, crookedly; trop., improperly, wrongly, amiss, ill, badly (opp. recte; class.): hoc mihi videtur factum prave,Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 24: prave (facta), opp. recte facta,Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37: ille porro male, prave, nequiter, turpiter cenabat,id. Fin. 2, 8, 25: prave sectus unguis,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 104: sive ego prave, Seu recte hoc volui,id. S. 2, 3, 87: prave facti versus,id. Ep. 2, 1, 266: pudens prave,id. A. P. 88: prave aliquid intellegere,Plin. 17, 9, 8, § 57: prave detorta verba,Tac. A. 6, 5: facundus,id. ib. 1, 53: prave et perperam appellare,Gell. 4, 9, 4.—Sup.: pravissume, Sall. Or. Lepidi adv. Sull.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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