ab-surdus, a, um, adj. [ab, mis-, and Sanscr. svan = sonare; cf. susurrus, and σῦριγξ, = a pipe; cf. also absonus], out of tune, hence giving a disagreeable sound, harsh, rough.
I Lit.: vox absona et absurda, Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 41; so of the croaking of frogs: absurdoque sono fontes et stagna cietis, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 9, 15.—
II Fig., of persons and things, irrational , incongruous , absurd , silly , senseless , stupid : ratio inepta atque absurda, Ter. Ad. 376: hoc pravum, ineptum, absurdum atque alienum a vitā meā videtur, id. ib. 944: carmen cum ceteris rebus absurdum tum vero in illo, Cic. Mur. 26: illud quam incredibile, quam absurdum! id. Sull. 20: absurda res est caveri, id. Balb. 37: bene dicere haud absurdum est, is not inglorious , per litotem for, is praiseworthy , glorious , Sall. C. 3 Kritz.—Homo absurdus, a man who is fit or good for nothing : sin plane abhorrebit et erit absurdus, Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 85: absurdus ingenio, Tac. H. 3, 62; cf.: sermo comis, nec absurdum ingenium, id. A. 13, 45.— Comp. , Cic. Phil. 8, 41; id. N. D. 1, 16; id. Fin. 2, 13.— Sup. , Cic. Att. 7, 13.—Adv.: absurdē .
1 Lit., discordantly : canere, Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12.—
2 Fig., irrationally , absurdly , Plaut. Ep. 3, 1, 6; Cic. Rep. 2, 15; id. Div. 2, 58, 219 al.— Comp. , Cic. Phil. 8, 1, 4.— Sup. , Aug. Trin. 4 fin.