sordido

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

sordĭdo, āre, v. a. [sordidus], to dirty, foul, defile, pollute (late Lat.).

I Lit.: terram moto pulvere, Sid. Carm. 23, 347.—

II Trop.: templum cordis malis cogitationibus, Lact. de Ira Dei, 23, 28; 5, 19, 34; cf. Prisc. 800 P.