adjective

in-dĕcens

gen. in-dĕcentis

unseemly; unbecoming; indecent poetic

unseemly, unbecoming, indecent, improper, unsightly, ugly (post-Aug. and poet.).

Of persons: numquid indecens sum? Petr. 128; Mart. 5, 14, 7. — •

Of persons: numquid indecens sum? Petr. 128; Mart. 5, 14, 7. —

unbecomingly; indecently; disgracefully poetic ••

Of things: nasus, Mart. 2, 11, 4: morbus, id. 11, 61, 13: risus, Suet. Claud. 30: morae, Quint. 11, 3, 158: nihil est tam indecens quam, etc., id. 10, 2, 19; cf. 11, 1, 82.—Hence, indĕcenter, adv., unbecomingly, indecently, disgracefully (post-Aug. and poet.): non indecenter efferri, Quint. 1, 5, 64: lusca, Mart. 12, 22, 1. — Comp.: numquam vidi hominem beatum indecentius, Sen. Ep. 27.—Sup.: intersistere indecentissime, Quint. 8, 3, 45.

Perseus ID: n22702 Key: indecens