Meaning of monstrum | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a divine omen indicating misfortune, an evil omen, portent
   declension-2
2. a monster, monstrosity, whether in size or character
   declension-2, metonymically
3. a thing that evokes fear and wonder
   declension-2, figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“PAMPHILUS: Nisi sī id est quod suspicor: / aliquid mōnstrī alunt; ea quoniam nēminī obtrūdī potest, / ītur ad mē!”

PAMPHILUS: Unless it’s what I suspect: they’re raising some kind of monster — and since she can’t be foisted off on anyone, they’re coming to me! (In other words, Pamphilus assumes — to comical extreme — the very worst of the woman he’s been arranged to marry.)

““Īnstāmus tamen inmemorēs caecīque furōre,”

“We press on nevertheless, heedless, and blinded by passion, and we set the accursed monster on our sacred citadel.” (Despite repeated difficulties and multiple warning signs the Trojans move the wooden horse into the city.)

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