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Meaning of 'Foul' in English | Latin to English

Last Updated: July 4, 2026

Level: C2 Mastery

Meaning of 'Foul' in English | Latin to English

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Dictionary Entry: Essential usages of 'Foul'.
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Squalentem barbam et concretos sanguine crines, / vulneraque illa gerens, quæ circum plurima muros / accepit patrios.

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[el/la] Squalentem barbam et concretos sanguine crines, / vulneraque illa gerens, quæ circum plurima muros / accepit patrios.

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"Squalentem barbam et concretos sanguine crines, / vulneraque illa gerens, quæ circum plurima muros / accepit patrios."

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+ Squalentem barbam et concretos sanguine crines, / vulneraque illa gerens, quæ circum plurima muros / accepit patrios.

- Sola novum, dictuque nefas, Harpyia Celæno / prodigium canit, et tristes denuntiat iras / obscenamque famem. Quæ prima pericula vito, / quidve sequens tantos possim superare labores?

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Squalentem barbam et concretos sanguine crines, / vulneraque illa gerens, quæ circum plurima muros / accepit patrios.

Foul is his beard, his hair is stiff with gore, / and fresh the wounds, those many wounds, remain, / which erst around his native walls he bore.

☀️ Tone Match: The phrase Sola novum, dictuque nefas, Harpyia Celæno / prodigium canit, et tristes denuntiat iras / obscenamque famem. Quæ prima pericula vito, / quidve sequens tantos possim superare labores? generally carries a positive, uplifting connotation.

Sola novum, dictuque nefas, Harpyia Celæno / prodigium canit, et tristes denuntiat iras / obscenamque famem. Quæ prima pericula vito, / quidve sequens tantos possim superare labores?

One alone, / Celaeno, sings of famine foul and dread, / a nameless prodigy, a plague unknown. / What perils first to shun? what path to tread, / to win deliverance from such toils?

Jamque fere sicco subductæ litore puppes, / connubiis arvisque novis operata juventus; / jura domosque dabam: subito cum tabida membris, / corrupto cœli tractu, miserandaque venit / arboribusque satisque lues et letifer annus.

Scarce stand the vessels hauled upon the beach, / and bent on marriages the young men vie / to till new settlements, while I to each / due law dispense and dwelling place supply, / when from a tainted quarter of the sky / rank vapours, gathering, on my comrades seize, / and a foul pestilence creeps down from high / on mortal limbs and standing crops and trees, / a season black with death, and pregnant with disease.

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At tibi pro scelere, exclamat, "pro talibus ausis / di, si qua est cœlo pietas, quæ talia curet, / persolvant grates dignas et præmia reddant / debita, qui nati coram me cernere letum / fecisti et patrios fœdasti funere vultus."

To thee, yea, thee, fierce miscreant, he cried, / may Heaven, if Heaven with righteous eyes behold / so foul an outrage and a deed so bold, / ne'er fail a fitting guerdon to ordain, / nor worthy quittance for thy crime withhold, / whose hand hath made me see my darling slain, / and dared with filial blood a father's eyes profane."

Egresso autem Hemmor patre Sichem, ut loqueretur ad Iacob, ecce filii Iacob veniebant de agro, auditoque, quod acciderat, contristati et irati sunt valde, eo quod fœdam rem esset operatus in Israel et, violata filia Iacob, rem illicitam perpetrasset.

And when Hemor the father of Sichem was come out to speak to Jacob, behold his sons came from the field: and hearing what had passed, they were exceeding angry, because he had done a foul thing in Israel, and committed an unlawful act, in ravishing Jacob's daughter.

CEFR Difficulty: C1 Advanced

🌐 Regional Nuance: Universally understood across standard Latin dialects worldwide.

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How do you say "Foul is his beard, his hair is stiff with gore, / and fresh the wounds, those many wounds, remain, / which erst around his native walls he bore." in English?

The most natural translation is "Squalentem barbam et concretos sanguine crines, / vulneraque illa gerens, quæ circum plurima muros / accepit patrios.".

How do you say "One alone, / Celaeno, sings of famine foul and dread, / a nameless prodigy, a plague unknown. / What perils first to shun? what path to tread, / to win deliverance from such toils?" in English?

The most natural translation is "Sola novum, dictuque nefas, Harpyia Celæno / prodigium canit, et tristes denuntiat iras / obscenamque famem. Quæ prima pericula vito, / quidve sequens tantos possim superare labores?".

How do you say "Scarce stand the vessels hauled upon the beach, / and bent on marriages the young men vie / to till new settlements, while I to each / due law dispense and dwelling place supply, / when from a tainted quarter of the sky / rank vapours, gathering, on my comrades seize, / and a foul pestilence creeps down from high / on mortal limbs and standing crops and trees, / a season black with death, and pregnant with disease." in English?

The most natural translation is "Jamque fere sicco subductæ litore puppes, / connubiis arvisque novis operata juventus; / jura domosque dabam: subito cum tabida membris, / corrupto cœli tractu, miserandaque venit / arboribusque satisque lues et letifer annus.".

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