fastidiosus

fastīdĭōsus, a, um, adj. [fastidium], full of disgust or aversion.

I.

Pass., that feels disgust, squeamish, disdainful, scornful, fastidious (class.).

A.

Lit.:

vaccae fastidiosae fiunt,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 15:

aurium sensus fastidiosissimus,

Auct. Her. 4, 23, 32:

quod ille fastidiosus est,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 18. —

B.

Trop.:

quamvis fastidiosus aedilis est,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 42:

in superiores contumax, in aequos et pares fastidiosus, in inferiores crudelis, etc.,

Auct. Her. 4, 40, 52:

ex hac infinita licentia haec summa cogitur, ut ita fastidiosae, mollesque mentes evadant civium, ut, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 43 fin.:

Antonius facilis in causis recipiendis erat, fastidiosior Crassus,

Cic. Brut. 57, 207.— With gen.:

C. Memmius perfectus Iitteris, sed Graecis: fastidiosus sane Latinarum,

id. ib. 70, 247:

dominus terrae Fastidiosus,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 37:

aestimator,

i. e. that rates altogether too high, Sen. Ben. 1, 11:

fastidiosissimum mancipium,

i. e. excessively haughty, proud, Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 14:

est res difficilis, ardua, fastidiosa,

id. ib. 6, 17, 5.—

II.

Act., that creates disgust, disgusting, loathsome, disagreeable (very rare;

not in Cic.): fastidiosam desere copiam,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 9:

fastidiosā tristis aegrimoniā,

id. Epod. 17, 73. —Hence, fastīdĭōse, adv., squeamishly, scornfully, disdainfully, fastidiously (freq. in Cic.;

elsewh. very rare): huic ego jam stomachans fastidiose, Immo ex Sicilia, inquam,

Cic. Planc. 27, 65:

spectare,

id. de Or. 1, 61, 258; cf.:

diligenter et prope fastidiose judicare,

id. ib. 1, 26, 118:

lente ac fastidiose probare,

id. Att. 2, 1, 1:

recipior in coetum,

Phaedr. 3 prol. 23:

venditare aliquid,

Petr. 13.— Comp.:

fastidiosius ad hoc genus sermonis accedere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 89, 364.