taetra

taetra is a Latin form of taeter, meaning “foul, hideous, offensive”. It is the accusative plural neuter adjective.

Found 30 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.1.62: … eius ratione aliqua aut modo continebantur. quam multis istum ingenuis, quam multis matribus familias in illa taetra atque impura legatione vim attulisse existimatis? ecquo in oppido pedem posuit ubi non plura stuprorum flagit …

Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 2.22: … úm tori, Vestróne pressu quóndam Nemeaeús leo Frendéns efflavit gráviter extremum hálitum? Haec déxtra Lernam taétra mactata éxcetra Pacávit? haec bicórporem adflixít manum? Erymánthiam haec vastíficam abiecit béluam? Haec é T …

All forms of taeter (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.