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taeter (less correctly tēter), tra, trum, adj. [perh. from taedet].

  1. I. Physically, offensive, foul, noisome, shocking, hideous, loathsome (class.; syn.: foedus, putidus).
    1. A. Absol.: taetra et immanis belua, Cic. Tusc. 4, 20, 45: odor ex multitudine cadaverum, Caes. B. C. 3, 49: cadavera, Lucr. 2, 415: aut foedā specie taetri turpesque videntur, id. 2, 421: sapor, id. 6, 22: absinthia, id. 1, 936: ulcera, id. 5, 995; 5, 1126; 4, 172; 6, 976: cruor, Verg. A. 10, 727: spiritus, Hor. C. 3, 11, 19; Luc. 1, 618: loca taetra, inculta, foeda atque formidolosa, Sall. C. 52, 13; cf.: taetris tenebris et caligine, Cic. Agr 2, 17, 44: alter, o dii boni, quam taeter mcedebat, quam truculentus, quam terribilis aspectu! id. Sest. 8, 19; cf.: vultus naturā horridus ac taeter, Suet. Calig. 50; Juv. 10, 191: hanc tam taetram, tam horribilem tamque infestam rei publicae pestem toties jam effugimus, Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11.
      Comp.: aliis aliud retro quoque taetrius esset Naribus, etc., Lucr. 2, 510.
      Sup.: taeterrima hiems, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 1.
    2. B. With abl.: foedā specie taetri, Lucr. 2, 421; cf.: mulier taeterrima vultu, Juv. 6, 418.
      As subst.: taetrum, i, n., offensiveness: quae profluentia necessario taetri essent aliquid habitura, Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 141.
  2. II. Mentally or morally.
    1. A. In gen.
      1. 1. Of persons, horrid, hideous, repulsive, shameful, disgraceful, abominable, etc. (syn.: immanis, turpis): taeter et ferus homo, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 2.
        Sup.: quid ais tu, hominum omnium taeterrume? Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 65: quamquam es omni diritate atque immanitate taeterrimus, Cic. Vatin. 3, 9: quis taetrior hostis huic civitati, id. Cael. 6, 13: qui in eum fuerat taeterrimus, id. Tusc. 1, 40, 96.
      2. 2. Of things: postquam discordia taetra Belli ferratos postes portasque refregit, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 7, 622 (Ann. v. 270 Vahl.): libido, Hor. S. 1, 2, 33: facinus, Cic. Off. 3, 29, 95: prodigia, Liv. 22, 9.
        Comp.: quibus (sc. cupiditatibus) nihil taetrius nec foedius excogitari potest, Cic. Off. 3, 8, 36: nullum vitium taetrius est, quam avaritia, id. ib. 2, 22, 77.
        Sup.: taeterrimum bellum, Cic. Fam. 10, 14, 2.
    2. B. Esp., neutr. as adv., horridly, horribly, etc.: taetrum flagratHorror conscius, Prud. Cath. 4, 22.
      Hence, adv.: taetrē, foully, shockingly, hideously, Cato ap. Charis. p. 196 P.; Cic. Div. 1, 9.
      Sup., Cic. Att. 7, 12, 2.

taetrĭcĭtas (tētr-), ātis, f. [taetricus], a grave or serious expression; gravity, seriousness: habitus oris taetricitate decorus, Auct. Pan. ad Pis. 90.

taetrĭcus (tētr-), a, um, adj. [taeter], forbidding, harsh, crabbed, gloomy, sour, stern, severe (perh. not ante-Aug.; cf.: tristis, severus): puella, Ov. A. A. 1, 721: Sabinae, id. Am. 3, 8, 61: taetricus et asper censor udorum, Mart. 12, 70, 4: lector, id. 11, 2, 7: deae, i. e. the Fates, id. 4, 73, 6; 7, 96, 4: taetrica ac tristis disciplina Sabinorum, Liv. 1, 18, 4: animus (ccupled with horridus), Sen. Ep. 36, 3: febres, Mart. 6, 70, 8: tubae, fierce, warlike, id. 7, 80, 2.

taetrĭtūdo (tētr-), ĭnis, f. [teter, I.], loathsomeness, hideousness, Att. ap. Non. 179, 33 (Trag. Rel. v. 556 Rib.).

taetro (tētr-) (perf. and sup. perh. not found), āre, 1, v. a. [teter, I.], to render foul, Pac. ap. Non. 178, 7 (Trag. Rel. v. 303 Rib.).

teta, ae, f., a kind of dove: columbae, quas vulgus tetas vocat, Serv. Verg. E. 1, 58.

tĕtănĭcus, i, m., = τετανικός, one affected with tetanus (cramp in the neck), Plin. 20, 22, 87, § 239; 26, 12, 81, § 130; 32, 10, 41, § 120.

tĕtănōthrum, i, n., = τετάνωθρον, a cosmetic for removing wrinkles (pure Lat. tentipellium), Plin. 32, 7, 24, § 73 (dub.; Jahn, et tetanis).

tĕtănus, i, m., = τέτανος, a stiffness or spasm of the neck, tetanus, Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 48; 31, 10, 46, § 122; Scrib. Comp. 101 (in Cels. 4, 3, written as Greek).

tĕtartēmŏrĭa, ae, f., = τεταρτημοπία, a fourth in music, Mart. Cap. 9, §§ 930 and 959.

tĕtartēmŏrĭon, ii, n., = τεταρτημόριον, a fourth of the zodiac, Plin. 7, 49, 50, § 160; Hyg. Limit. p. 173 Goes.

tētē, v. tu.

tēter, v. taeter.

tĕthălassōmĕnon, i, n. (sc. vinum), = τεθαλασσωμένον, wine mixed with sea-water, Plin. 14, 8, 10, § 78.

tēthĕa, ae, f., = τήθεα, a kind of sponge, Plin. 32, 9, 31, § 99; 32, 9, 30, § 42, 32, 10, 39, § 117.

Tēthys, yos, f., = Τηθύς,

  1. I. a sea-goddess, wife of Oceanus, and mother of the seanymphs and river-gods; acc. Tethyn, Ov. F. 5, 81: Tethyos neptes, id. ib. 5, 168; Verg. G. 1, 31; Cat. 64, 29; 66, 70.
  2. II. Transf., the sea, Ov. M. 2, 69; 2, 509; Luc. 1, 413; Sil. 3, 60; Mart. Spect. 3, 6; Sen. Herc. Fur. 886.

tē̆trachmum, v. tetradrachmum.

tē̆trăchordos, on, adj., = τετράχορδος, ον, having four strings or notes.

  1. I. Adj.: machina, a water-organ, Vitr. 10, 13.
  2. II. Subst. tē̆trăchordon (-dum), i, n., a chord of four notes, a tetrachord.
    1. A. Lit., Vitr. 5, 4; Mart. Cap. 9, §§ 935 and 941; Macr. S. 1, 19 med.
    2. B. Trop.: anni, i. e. the four seasons, Varr ap. Non. 71, 16.

tē̆trăcōlon, i, n., = τετράκωλον, a period consisting of four members, Sen. Contr. 4, 25 fin.; 5 praef. med.

tē̆trădĭcē, ēs, f., a plant, Plin. 11, 16, 15, § 42.

tē̆trădĭum, ii, n., = τετράδιον, the number four, a quaternion, tetrad, Col. 3, 20, 3; Sen. Contr. 5 praef.

tē̆trădōros, on, adj., = τετράδωρος, ον, of four palms or hand-breadths, Plin. 35, 14, 49, § 170; Vitr. 2, 3.

tē̆trădrachmum and tē̆trach-mum, i, n., = τετράδραχμον, a silver coin of four drachmas among the Greeks, Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 4.
Form tetrachmum, Liv 34, 52, 6; 37, 58, 4; 37, 46, 3; 39, 7, 1 Weissenb.

tē̆trăgnăthĭus, ii, m., = τετράγναθος (having four jaws), a kind of poisonous spider, Plin. 29, 4, 27, § 87.

Tetragŏnis, ĭdis, f., a town in Asia, near the Caucasus, Plin. 6, 24, 25, § 92.

tē̆trăgōnum, i, n., = τετράγωνον, a quadrangle, tetragon, Aus. Ecl. de Ratione Puerp. 21 and fin.; Mart. Cap. 6, § 712.

tē̆trălix, ĭcis, f., = τετράλιξ, a plant, heath, = erice, sisara, Plin. 11, 16, 15, § 42 (al. tetradice); 21, 16, 56, § 95.

tē̆trămĕtrus, i, m., = τετράμετρος, a verse of four metrical feet, a tetrameter, Ter. Maur. p. 2430 P.; Diom. p. 506 ib. al.

tē̆trans, antis (gen. plur., heterocl., tetrantorum, Vitr. 3, 3 med.), m., = τετρᾶς.

  1. I. A fourth part, a quarter: columnarum, Vitr. 4, 2; 4, 3: circini, a quadrant, id. 10, 11.
  2. II. Among surveyors, the place where two lines meet, Hyg. Limit. pp. 160, 164 and 181 Goes.; Front. Limit. p. 132 al.

tē̆trăo, ōnis, m., = τετράων, a heatkcock, moor-fowl, Plin. 10, 22, 29, § 56; Suet. Calig. 22 med.; Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 13 fin.

tē̆trăpharmăcum, i, n., = τετραφάρμακον.

  1. I. A plaster composed of four ingredients, Veg. Vet. 4, 28 med. (in Cels. 5, 19, 9; 5, 26, 35, and Scrib. Comp. 211, written as Greek).
  2. II. A mess of four kinds of food, Spart. Hadr. 21; Ael. Ver. 5; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 30.

tē̆trăphŏros, on, adj., = τετράφορος, of four bearers: tetraphori phalangarii, four bearers carrying any thing together, Vitr 10, 8, 7.

Tē̆traphȳlĭa, ae, f., a town of Athamania in Epirus, Liv. 38, 1.

tē̆trăplăsĭus, a, um, adj., = τετραπλάσιος, fourfold: ratio, Mart. Cap. 9, § 953.

tē̆traptōta, ōrum, n., = τετράπτωτα, words which occur in only four cases, tetraptotes, Diom. 1; Prisc. 5; Isid. 1, 6, 43.

Tē̆trăpūs, pŏdis, m., = τετράπους (four-footed), the title of the eighth book of Apicius, which treats of the dishes prepared from quadrupeds.

tē̆trarches, ae, m., = τετράρχης, a ruler who governed the fourth part of a country, a tetrarch; in gen., the title of a petty prince, Cic. Att. 2, 9, 1; id. Phil. 11, 12, 31; id. Balb. 5, 13; id. Mil. 28, 76; id. Deiot. 9, 27; Caes. B. C. 3, 3; Sall. C. 20, 7; Vell. 2, 51; Tac. A. 15, 25; Hor. S. 1, 3, 12; Luc. 7, 227; Sid. Ep. 5, 7.
Also tē̆trar-cha, Vulg. Matt. 14, 1; id. Luc. 3, 19.

tē̆trarchĭa, ae, f., = τετραρχία, the dominions of a tetrarch, a tetrarchy, Cic. Deiot. 15, 42; id. Div. 1, 15, 27; Auct. B. Alex. 78, 3.

tē̆tras, ădis, f., = τετράς, the number four, a quaternion, tetrad, Tert. adv. Val. 7; 8; Mart. Cap. 7, § 734.

tē̆trăsēmus, a, um, adj., = τετράσημος, of four syllables, quadrisyllabic: pes, a poetical foot of four syllables, Mart. Cap. 9, § 987.

tē̆trastĭchos, on, adj., = τετράστιχος, containing four rows or lines.

  1. I. Adj.: porticus, Treb. Gall. 18.
  2. II. Subst.: tē̆-trastĭchon, i, n., a poem of four verses, a tetrastich, Quint. 6, 3, 96 Spald. N. cr.; Mart. 7, 85, 1.

tē̆trastȳlos, on, adj., = τετράστυλος, having four columns.

  1. I. Adj.: frons loci, Vitr. 3, 2: cava aedium, id. 6, 3.
  2. II. Subst.: tē̆trastȳlon, i, n., a building with four columns, a tetrastyle, Capitol. Gord. 32; Inscr. Orell. 2270.

tētrē, adv., v. teter fin.

Tĕtrĭca, ae, f., a rocky mountain in the Sabine territory, abounding in wild goats, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 5; Verg. A. 7, 713; called Tetrica rupes, Sil. 8, 419.

tē̆trĭcĭtas, v. taetricitas.

tē̆trĭcus, v. taetricus.

tē̆trinnĭo, īre, v. n., to utter the natural cry of the duck, to quack, Auct. Carm. Philom. 22.

tē̆trĭtūdo, v. taetritudo.

* tē̆tro, v taetro.

tettīgŏmētra, ae, f., = τεττιγομήτρα, the larva or matrix of the cicada, Plin. 11, 26, 32, § 93.

tettīgŏnĭa, ae, f., = τεττιγόνια, a kind of small cicada, Plin. 11, 26, 32, § 92.

tĕtŭli, v. fero init.