Surdus, Adiect. Te. Deafe: Also that speaketh not, or sowneth not: that maketh no noyse. That whiche hath no sauour. Insensible.Aequoribus surdior Ouid.More deafe than the Sea, which in the tempest wil heare no intreatie.Freto surdior Ouid.In illis linguis quas non intelligimus, surdi profectò sumus.Cic.In those tongs that we vnderstand not, we be deafe & perceiue nothing.Ad munera surdus.Ouid.That is not moued with giftes & bribes. Aures surdæ.Ouid.Buccina surda.Iuuen.A trumpet that is not heard.Diserimen surdum vt facies surdo diserimine figurarÛ. Pli. Faces % are not liuely fashioned to the proportion of those that they were made for.Fluctus surdi.Ouid. Fores surdas tundere Ouid.Non erit officij gratia surda tui.Ouid.I wil not forget to thanke you for the pleasure that you haue done me.Herbæ surdæ. Plin. Hearbes nothing notable or spoken of.Ianua surda.Ouid.Ictus surdi. Pli. Strokes that be not harde, or make no noise.Iudex surdus.Cic. Littora surda. Propert. Locus surdus. Vitru. A place that rendereth not the sowne of a voyce.Mens surda.Ouid.A minde that marketh not, nor heareth that one faith to him.Nomen surdum. Sil A name nothing famous or notable.Posteritas surda. Curt. Res surdæ & sensu carentes. Plin. Things vnsensible.Saxa surda.Ouid.Verbere surdo cædit hominem mens conscia sceleris. Iuue. A giltie conscience of wickednesse committed, scourgeth & tormenteth a man inwardly that no man can perceiue it.Vota surda. Pers. Vowes and pryers that God heareth nct. Cinnama spirant surdum. Pers. Cinamone being corrupted, hath a dul sanour, or scant any sauout. Surdus color. Plin. A darke colour.Materia surda. Plinius. Plaine timber without any trimme graine. Surdus veritatis. Col. That hearkeneth not to the truth.Surdis etiam retum sua cuioue sunt venena. Pli. Euen vnsensible things haue ech of them their poyson.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
surdus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. svar, heavy; svaras, weight; cf. O. H. Germ. swārida, weight], deaf.I.Lit.: ne mi ut surdo verbera auris, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 204; id. Cas. 3, 3, 12: si surdus sit, varietates vocum noscere possit?Cic. Div. 2, 3, 9: utinam aut hic surdus aut haec muta facta sit, Ter. And. 3, 1, 5.—Sup., stone-deaf, Mart. Cap. 9, 926; Aug. Ep. 39.—Prov.: surdo narrare, canere, etc., preach to deaf ears, talk to the wind: nae ille haud scit, quam mihi nunc surdo narret fabulam, Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 10: cantabant surdo, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 47; cf.: non canimus surdis, Verg. E. 10, 8; and: quae (praecepta) vereor, ne vana surdis auribus cecinerim, Liv. 40, 8, 10; 3, 70, 7; Tib. 4, 14, 2: narrare asello Fabellam surdo, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 200; cf.: suadere surdis, quid sit opus facto, Lucr. 5, 1050.—II.Transf.A.Deaf to any thing, i. e. not listening, unwilling to hear, inattentive, regardless, insensible, inexorable; also, not understanding, not apprehending: orando surdas jam aures reddideras mihi, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 89; so, aures, Liv. 24, 32, 6; cf. Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 48; id. 2, 20 (3, 13), 13: non surdus judex, Cic. Font. 11, 25 (7, 15): ad mea munera surdus, Ov. H. 7, 27: per numquam surdos in tua vota deos, id. P. 2, 8, 28: surdae ad omnia solacia aures, Liv. 9, 7, 3: surdae ad fortia consilia Vitellio aures, Tac. H. 3, 67 init.: surdus adversus aliquid, Aug. Serm. 50, 13: surdus sum,
I will not hear
, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 24: surdas clamare ad undas, Ov. A. A. 1, 531: litora, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 6.—Hence, poet. transf.: vota, i. e.
to which the gods are deaf
,
to which they will not hearken
, Pers. 6, 28: surdaeque adhibent solatia menti, Ov. M. 9, 654: tuas lacrimas litora surda bibent, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 6: leges rem surdam, inexorabilem esse, Liv. 2, 3: surda tellus,
not susceptible of cultivation
, Plin. 18, 3, 4, 21: surdus timori,
not capable of fear
, Sil. 11, 354: tuis lacrimis, Mart. 10, 13, 8: in alicujus sermone, Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 116.—Comp.: scopulis surdior Icari Voces audit adhuc integer (i. e. castus), Hor. C. 3, 7, 21: surdior illa freto surgente, Ov. M. 14, 711: surdior aequoribus, id. ib. 13, 804: non saxa surdiora navitis, Hor. Epod. 17, 54.—(b). With gen.: Mars genitor, votorum haud surde meorum, Sil. 10, 554: pactorum, id. 1, 692: veritatis, Col. 3, 10, 18.— B. Of things that give out a dull, indistinct sound, dull-sounding (very rare): theatrum, Varr. L. L. 9, 58 Müll.: locus, Vitr. 3, 3: loca, Sen. Herc. Fur. 576: vox, Quint. 11, 3, 32: surdum quiddam et barbarum, id. 12, 10, 28.—C.Pass., that is not heard, noiseless, silent, still, mute, dumb (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): lyra, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 58: buccina, Juv. 7, 71: plectra, Stat. S. 1, 4, 19: non erit officii gratia surda tui,
unsung
, Ov. P. 2, 6, 31; cf. fama, Sil. 6, 75: surdum et ignobile opus, Stat. Th. 4, 359: nomen parentum, Sil. 8, 248: herbae, Plin. 22, 2, 3, 5: quos diri conscia facti mens surdo verbere caedit,