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ignominiosus

ignominiosus · adj

disgraceful

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Where it lives

Vitellius 1 · 4.15/10k
de Origine et Situ Germanorum Liber 2 · 3.63/10k
De Arte Poetica liber 1 · 3.24/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 9 4 · 2.5/10k
De Constantia 1 · 1.89/10k
Adversus Valentinianos 1 · 1.57/10k
De Consolatione ad Helviam 1 · 1.48/10k
De Monogamia 1 · 1.43/10k
De Tranquillitate Animi 1 · 1.32/10k
De Scorpiace 1 · 1.26/10k
Adversus Judaeos Liber 1 · 0.89/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 26-30 - 29 1 · 0.81/10k

Densest 12 of 28 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ignōmĭnĭōsus — Lewis & Short

ignōmĭnĭōsus, a, um, adj.ignominia,

I disgraceful, shameful, ignominious (not freq. till after the Aug. per.).

I Of persons: exsul eras, ignominiosus, branded with public ignominy, Quint. 7, 1, 8: filia, Dig. 48, 5, 24; cf.: quid eos qui huic ignominioso agmini fuere obvii, existimasse putatis, Liv. 2, 38, 4: quibusdam judiciis damnati ignominiosi fiunt, velut furti, vi bonorum raptorum, etc., Gai. Inst. 4, 182.— Hence, subst.: ignōmĭnĭōsus, i, m., a person branded with ignominy, one publicly disgraced: nec concilium inire ignominioso fas, Tac. G. 6; Quint. 3, 6, 75; 77; 7, 5, 3.—In plur.: ignominiosis notas dempsit, Suet. Vit. 8.—

II Of inanim. and abstr. things: ignominiosissimum caput, Tert. Apol. 15: ignominiosa et flagitiosa dominatio, * Cic. Phil. 3, 14, 34: fuga, Liv. 3, 23, 5: dicta (with immunda), Hor. A. P. 247: missio, disgraceful dismissal (of a soldier), Dig. 49, 16, 3.—Adv.: ignōmĭnĭōsē, ignominiously, disgracefully: pugnare, Eutr. 4, 24; 26.—Comp.: ab hominibus magis nullis ignominiosius eos tractari, quam a vobis, Arn. 4, 147.—Sup.: ignominiosissime fugere, Oros. 7, 7 fin.

In the wild

ignominiosa Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 9 p11
ignominiosi Tertullian, De Monogamia 7
ignominiosa Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 9 p4
ignominiosae Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 9 p7
ignominiosum Tacitus, de Origine et Situ Germanorum Liber 31.3
ignominiosae Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 1-5 - 4 p1

6 of 48 attestations shown.

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