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Sordes
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Sor′des
,Noun.
[L., fr.
sordere
to be dirty or foul.] Foul matter; excretion; dregs; filthy, useless, or rejected matter of any kind; specifically
(Med.)
, the foul matter that collects on the teeth and tongue in low fevers and other conditions attended with great vital depression. Webster 1828 Edition
Sordes
SOR'DES
,Noun.
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sordes
sordes
See also: Sordes
English
Noun
sordes pl (plural only)
- Deposits of dirt or bacteria on the body, discharges; bacterial deposits on the teeth or tongue.
- 1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise:
- Fresh sheets, sponging, a spoonful of animal soup, sordes removed from his cracked lips, black in the candlelight.
- 1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise:
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From sordeō + -ēs. More at sordeō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsor.des/, [ˈsɔr.dɛs]
Noun
sordes f (genitive sordis); third declension
- dirt, filth, squalor
- meanness, stinginess
- (figurative) humiliation
Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sordes | sordēs |
| genitive | sordis | sordium |
| dative | sordī | sordibus |
| accusative | sordem sordim |
sordēs sordīs |
| ablative | sorde sordī |
sordibus |
| vocative | sordes | sordēs |
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References
- sordes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sordes in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sordes”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be in great trouble, affliction: in sordibus luctuque iacēre
- to be in great trouble, affliction: in sordibus luctuque iacēre