fastīdĭōsus — Lewis & Short
fastīdĭōsus, a, um, adj.fastidium,
I full of disgust or aversion.
I Pass., that feels disgust, squeamish, disdainful, scornful, fastidious (class.).
A Lit.:
vaccae fastidiosae fiunt,Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 15:
aurium sensus fastidiosissimus,Auct. Her. 4, 23, 32:
quod ille fastidiosus est,Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 18. —
B Trop.:
quamvis fastidiosus aedilis est,Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 42:
in superiores contumax, in aequos et pares fastidiosus, in inferiores crudelis, etc.,Auct. Her. 4, 40, 52:
ex hac infinita licentia haec summa cogitur, ut ita fastidiosae, mollesque mentes evadant civium, ut, etc.,Cic. Rep. 1, 43 fin.:
Antonius facilis in causis recipiendis erat, fastidiosior Crassus,Cic. Brut. 57, 207.— With gen.:
C. Memmius perfectus Iitteris, sed Graecis: fastidiosus sane Latinarum,id. ib. 70, 247:
dominus terrae Fastidiosus,Hor. C. 3, 1, 37:
aestimator,i. e. that rates altogether too high, Sen. Ben. 1, 11:
fastidiosissimum mancipium,i. e. excessively haughty, proud, Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 14:
est res difficilis, ardua, fastidiosa,id. ib. 6, 17, 5.—
II Act., that creates disgust, disgusting, loathsome, disagreeable (very rare;
not in Cic.): fastidiosam desere copiam,Hor. C. 3, 29, 9:
fastidiosā tristis aegrimoniā,id. Epod. 17, 73. —Hence, fastīdĭōse, adv., squeamishly, scornfully, disdainfully, fastidiously (freq. in Cic.;
elsewh. very rare): huic ego jam stomachans fastidiose, Immo ex Sicilia, inquam,Cic. Planc. 27, 65:
spectare,id. de Or. 1, 61, 258; cf.:
diligenter et prope fastidiose judicare,id. ib. 1, 26, 118:
lente ac fastidiose probare,id. Att. 2, 1, 1:
recipior in coetum,Phaedr. 3 prol. 23:
venditare aliquid,Petr. 13.—Comp.:
fastidiosius ad hoc genus sermonis accedere,Cic. de Or. 2, 89, 364.