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nĕfārĭus, a, um, adj. [nefas], impious, execrable, abominable, nefarious (class.;

syn.: impius, sacrilegus): homo nefarius et impius,

Cic. Off. 2, 14, 51:

nefarius Atreus,

Hor. A. P. 186:

voluntates consceleratae ac nefariae,

Cic. Sull. 9, 28:

scelestum ac nefarium facinus,

id. Rosc. Am. 13, 37:

singularis et nefaria crudelitas,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77; Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 14:

multa commemorare nefaria in socios,

id. Off. 2, 8, 28:

nefario scelere se obstringere,

Caes. B. C. 2, 32: nuptiae. Gai. Inst. 1, 64.—

Subst.: nĕfārĭum, ii, n., a heinous act, a crime: rem publicam nefario obstringere. Liv 9, 34.—Hence, adv.: nĕfārĭē, impiously, execrably, heinously, abominably:

aliquid nefarie flagitioseque facere,

Cic. Verr. 1, 13, 37; id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 38:

nefarie moliri pestem patriae,

id. Cat. 2, 1, 1:

nefarie occisus pater,

id. Rosc. Am. 11, 30.

nĕfārĭus, a, um, adj. [nefas], impious, execrable, abominable, nefarious (class.;

syn.: impius, sacrilegus): homo nefarius et impius,

Cic. Off. 2, 14, 51:

nefarius Atreus,

Hor. A. P. 186:

voluntates consceleratae ac nefariae,

Cic. Sull. 9, 28:

scelestum ac nefarium facinus,

id. Rosc. Am. 13, 37:

singularis et nefaria crudelitas,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77; Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 14:

multa commemorare nefaria in socios,

id. Off. 2, 8, 28:

nefario scelere se obstringere,

Caes. B. C. 2, 32: nuptiae. Gai. Inst. 1, 64.—

Subst.: nĕfārĭum, ii, n., a heinous act, a crime: rem publicam nefario obstringere. Liv 9, 34.—Hence, adv.: nĕfārĭē, impiously, execrably, heinously, abominably:

aliquid nefarie flagitioseque facere,

Cic. Verr. 1, 13, 37; id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 38:

nefarie moliri pestem patriae,

id. Cat. 2, 1, 1:

nefarie occisus pater,

id. Rosc. Am. 11, 30.

sā̆crĭlĕgus, a, um, adj. [sacer-lego], that steals sacred things, that robs a temple, sacrilegious:

sacrilegas admovere manus,

Liv. 29, 18:

altare sacrilegum,

Vulg. Jos. 22, 16; cf.:

quorum templis et religionibus iste bellum sacrilegum habuit indictum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 188.—As subst. (so usually): sā̆crĭlĕgus, i, m., one who robs or steals from a temple, one who commits sacrilege:

sacrilego poena est, neque ei soli, qui sacrum abstulerit, sed etiam ei, qui sacro commendatum,

Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

non sacrilegum, sed hostem sacrorum religionumque,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 9: an sacrilegus, qui, ut hostes urbe expelleret, arma [p. 1613] templo affixa detraxit? Quint. 5, 10, 36; cf. id. 3, 6, 38; 3, 6, 41; 4, 2, 68 (v. sacrilegium init.):

cavendum ne fortiori subjungatur aliquid infirmius, ut sacrilego fur,

Quint. 9, 4, 23:

punit furta sacrilegus,

Sen. Ira, 2, 28, 8; Vulg. Act. 19, 37.—

Transf., in gen., that violates or profanes sacred things, sacrilegious, impious, profane (freq. since the Aug. per.).

Adj.:

hominem perditum Miserumque, et illum sacrilegum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 29; Ov. M. 4, 23; cf.:

o genera sacrilega!

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 6:

quorum civis Romanus nemo erat sed Graeci sacrilegi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69:

sacrilegos ignes admovere templis,

Tib. 3, 5, 11:

manus,

id. 2, 4, 26; Hor. C. 2, 13, 2; Ov. F. 3, 700; id. Am. 1, 7, 28:

dextra,

id. M. 14, 539:

meretricum artes,

id. A. A. 1, 435:

nefas (Catilinae),

Mart. 9, 70, 2:

hami (on account of the preceding sacris piscibus),

id. 4, 30, 12.— Sup.:

exi e fano, sacrilegissime,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 1.—

Subst., an impious, wicked, or profane person:

parricida, sacrilege, perjure, etc.,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 129; Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 1; id. Eun. 5, 3, 2; 5, 3, 13; Sall. C. 14, 3; Ov. M. 8, 792; 8, 817.—With gen.:

nuptiarum,

i. e. a violator of marriage vows, an adulterer, Cod. Just. 9, 9, 29 fin. —In fem.: sā̆crĭlĕga, ae, Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 13; Ov. M. 11, 41.— Adv.: sā̆crĭlĕgē, sacrilegiously, impiously (late Lat.), Tert. Apol. 12.

sā̆crĭlĕgus, a, um, adj. [sacer-lego], that steals sacred things, that robs a temple, sacrilegious:

sacrilegas admovere manus,

Liv. 29, 18:

altare sacrilegum,

Vulg. Jos. 22, 16; cf.:

quorum templis et religionibus iste bellum sacrilegum habuit indictum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 188.—As subst. (so usually): sā̆crĭlĕgus, i, m., one who robs or steals from a temple, one who commits sacrilege:

sacrilego poena est, neque ei soli, qui sacrum abstulerit, sed etiam ei, qui sacro commendatum,

Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

non sacrilegum, sed hostem sacrorum religionumque,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 9: an sacrilegus, qui, ut hostes urbe expelleret, arma [p. 1613] templo affixa detraxit? Quint. 5, 10, 36; cf. id. 3, 6, 38; 3, 6, 41; 4, 2, 68 (v. sacrilegium init.):

cavendum ne fortiori subjungatur aliquid infirmius, ut sacrilego fur,

Quint. 9, 4, 23:

punit furta sacrilegus,

Sen. Ira, 2, 28, 8; Vulg. Act. 19, 37.—

Transf., in gen., that violates or profanes sacred things, sacrilegious, impious, profane (freq. since the Aug. per.).

Adj.:

hominem perditum Miserumque, et illum sacrilegum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 29; Ov. M. 4, 23; cf.:

o genera sacrilega!

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 6:

quorum civis Romanus nemo erat sed Graeci sacrilegi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69:

sacrilegos ignes admovere templis,

Tib. 3, 5, 11:

manus,

id. 2, 4, 26; Hor. C. 2, 13, 2; Ov. F. 3, 700; id. Am. 1, 7, 28:

dextra,

id. M. 14, 539:

meretricum artes,

id. A. A. 1, 435:

nefas (Catilinae),

Mart. 9, 70, 2:

hami (on account of the preceding sacris piscibus),

id. 4, 30, 12.— Sup.:

exi e fano, sacrilegissime,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 1.—

Subst., an impious, wicked, or profane person:

parricida, sacrilege, perjure, etc.,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 129; Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 1; id. Eun. 5, 3, 2; 5, 3, 13; Sall. C. 14, 3; Ov. M. 8, 792; 8, 817.—With gen.:

nuptiarum,

i. e. a violator of marriage vows, an adulterer, Cod. Just. 9, 9, 29 fin. —In fem.: sā̆crĭlĕga, ae, Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 13; Ov. M. 11, 41.— Adv.: sā̆crĭlĕgē, sacrilegiously, impiously (late Lat.), Tert. Apol. 12.

scĕlĕro, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to pollute, defile, contaminate, desecrate (in the verb. finit. rare, and only poet.;

syn.: temero, polluo): impia non verita est divos scelerare parentes,

Cat. 64, 405; cf. Stat. Th. 2, 663:

sanguine fauces,

id. ib. 8, 761:

parce pias scelerare manus,

Verg. A. 3, 42:

Cererem,

Juv. 9, 25:

animum,

Sil. 16, 122; cf.:

dextram sanguine,

Stat. Th. 9, 666. —Hence, scĕlĕrātus, a, um, P. a., polluted, profaned by crime.

Lit. (appellatively;

only in the poets): terra,

Verg. A. 3, 60:

terrae,

Ov. P. 1, 6, 29:

limina Thracum,

id. M. 13, 628.—

In partic., as an adj. prop., denoting places where crimes had been committed or criminals punished. So,

Sceleratus Vicus, that part of the Vicus Cyprius, on the Esquiline, in which Tullia, daughter of Servius Tullius, drove over her father ' s corpse, Liv. 1, 48; Varr. L. L. 5, § 159 Müll.; Ov. F. 6, 609; Fest. pp. 332 and 333 Müll.—

Sceleratus Campus, under the city will hard by the porta Collina, where unchaste Vestals were buried alive, Liv. 8, 15; Fest. l. l.; Serv. Verg. A. 11, 206.—

Scelerata sedes, the place of punishment for the wicked in Tartarus, Tib. 1, 3, 67; Ov. M. 4, 455;

also called Sceleratum limen,

Verg. A. 6, 563.—For Scelerata Porta and Castra, v. infra, B. 2. b.—

Transf.

Subjectively, bad, impious, wicked, ac-cursed, infamous, vicious, flagitious; in the masc. subst., a bad, impious, or vicious person; a wretch, miscreant (the predom. signif.; freq. with nefarius, impious, etc.; cf. consceleratus);

of persons: virum sceleratum, facinorosum, nefarium,

Cic. Rep. 3, 17, 27:

deliberantium genus totum sceleratum et impium,

id. Off. 3, 8, 37; id. Mur. 30, 62 (with nefarius); id. Att. 9, 15, 5 (with impurus); Caes. B. G. 6, 13 (with impius); Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 4; Ter. And. 1, 1, 132; id. Ad. 4, 2, 14; Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 23; Caes. B. G. 6, 34; Sall. C. 52, 36:

facto plus et sceleratus eodem,

Ov. M. 3, 5:

puella,

id. R. Am. 299; Liv. 1, 59; 31, 31; Suet. Ner. 46; Hor. S. 2, 3, 71; 2, 3, 221 al.— Comp.:

homo sceleratior,

Ov. M. 11, 781.— Sup.:

refertam esse Graeciam sceleratissimorum hominum,

Cic. Planc. 41, 98; Sall. J. 14, 2; 31, 12; Liv. 4, 32 et saep.—Of things:

sceleratas ejus preces et nefaria vota cognovimus,

Cic. Clu. 68, 194:

contra patriam scelerata arma capere,

id. Phil. 11, 1, 1; Ov. M. 5, 102:

conjuratio,

Liv. 2, 6:

insania belli,

Verg. A. 7, 461:

caput,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 33:

vox (with inhumana),

Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 64:

consilia,

Vell. 2, 130, 3:

amor habendi,

Ov. M. 1, 131:

munera,

id. ib. 8, 94:

ignes,

id. F. 6, 439.— Comp.:

a sceleratiore hastā,

Cic. Off. 2, 8, 29:

causa parricidii,

Just. 10, 2, 1. — Sup.:

res,

Quint. 3, 8, 45:

fraus humani ingenii,

Plin. 34, 14, 39, § 138.— Poet.:

subit ira sceleratas sumere poenas,

i.e. to take satisfaction for her crimes, Verg. A. 2, 576. —

(As a result of viciousness or criminality; cf. scelus, II. C.) Hurtful, harmful, noxious, pernicious, unhappy, unfortunate, calamitous, etc. (only poet. and in postAug. prose):

teritur sinapis scelerata: qui terunt, oculi ut exstillent, facit,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 28:

herba,

App. Herb. 8.— Sup.:

sceleratissimis serpentium haemorrhoidi et presteri,

Plin. 24, 13, 73, § 117:

frigus,

Verg. G. 2, 256:

lues,

Mart. 1, 102, 6:

poëmata,

id. 3, 50, 9 et saep.: MATER, Inscr. Rein. cl. 12, 122; so Inscr. Fabr. p. 237, 631:

PARENTES,

Inscr. Murat. 1187, 2.—

Made hurtful, i. e. poisoned:

scelerata sucis spicula,

Sil. 3, 272.—

As an adj. prop.

Scelerata Porta, the gate (also called Porta Carmentalis) through which the three hundred Fabii marched on their fatal expedition, Fest. pp. 334 and 335 Müll.; Serv. Verg. A. 8, 337; Flor. 1, 12, 2.—

Scelerata Castra, the camp in which D. Drusus died, Suet. Claud. 1.—Hence, adv.: scĕlĕrātē (acc. to B. 1.), impiously, wickedly, nefariously (Ciceronian):

peccavi scelerateque feci,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 2:

facere (with audacter),

id. Sull. 24, 67:

dicere (opp. pie),

id. Mil. 38, 103:

susceptum bellum,

id. Cat. 1, 10, 27.— Comp.:

sceleratius,

Vulg. Ezech. 16, 52. — Sup.:

sceleratissime machinatus omnes insidias,

Cic. Sest. 64, 133.

scĕlestus, a, um, adj. [scelus; like funestus, from funus], wicked, villanous, infamous, accursed, abominable; knavish, roguish; and subst., a wicked person, a knave, rogue, scoundrel, miscreant (freq. ante-class. in Plaut. and Ter.; after the class. per. sceleratus is more freq.; by Cic. not used of persons).

Lit., of persons:

ego sum malus, Ego sum sacer, scelestus,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 14:

eheu, scelestus galeam in navi perdidi,

id. Rud. 3, 5, 22:

perjuravisti, sceleste,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 120 sq.:

o scelestum atque audacem hominem!

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 41; Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 36; id. Merc. 1, 90; id. Ps. 3, 2, 103 et saep.; Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 17; id. Ad. 2, 1, 5; id. Eun. 1, 1, 26 al.; Sall. C. 51, 32; 52, 15; Quint. 2, 16, 2; Hor. C. 2, 4, 17; 3, 2, 31; 3, 11, 39; id. Epod. 7, 1.— Comp., Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 5; id. Cist. 4, 1, 8; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 22 al.— Sup., Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 2.—As a term of reproach or abuse: sceleste, scelesta, etc., you knave! you wretch! sceleste. Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 120; 1, 3. 126; Ter. And. 4, 4, 51; id Eun. 4, 4, 1; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 71:

scelesta,

Plaut. As. 1, 2, 23; id. Most. 1, 3, 26; Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 1; 5, 1, 16:

scelesti,

Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 28; cf. sup.:

scelestissime, audes mihi praedicare id?

you arrant rogue! id. Am. 2, 1, 11.—Of things:

scelestum ac nefarium facinus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 13, 37:

res scelesta, atrox, nefaria,

id. ib. 22, 62:

numquam quidquam facinus feci pejus neque scelestius,

Plaut. Men. 3, 1, 2:

scelesto facinori scelestiorem sermonem addidit,

Liv. 5, 27:

scelestae hae sunt aedes, impia est habitatio,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 73:

scelestior cena,

id. Rud. 2, 6, 24:

lingua,

id. Am. 2, 1, 7:

facta,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 139:

ser-vitus,

id. Curc. 1, 1, 40:

vacuam domum scelestis nuptiis fecisse,

Sall. C. 15, 2:

servitium,

id. H. Fragm. 3, 61, 9 Dietsch:

malitia,

Phaedr. 2, 4, 5.—

Transf., in Plaut. for sceleratus (B. 2.), baleful, calamitous, unlucky, unfortunate:

scelestiorem ego annum argento faenori Numquam ullum vidi,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 1:

me (vidisti) adeo scelestum, qui, etc.,

id. Rud. 4, 4, 123; id. Cas. 3, 5, 34:

ne ego sum miser, Scelestus,

id. Most. 3, 1, 36; id. Capt. 3, 5, 104; id. As. 5, 2, 6; id. Rud. 3, 5, 22; id. Men. 3, 1, 2; id. Cist. 4, 2, 17; cf.

scelesta, vae te!

Cat. 8, 15 Ellis ad loc.— Adv.: scĕlestē (acc. to. I.), wickedly, viciously, impiously, abominably, detestably:

sceleste atque impie facere,

Liv. 24, 25:

parta bona,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 22:

insimulare,

Vell. 2, 60, 3:

exercere arma,

Val. Max. 5, 1, 3.— Comp.:

interit pudor,

Aug. Ep. 202.—Humorously: tu sceleste suspi-caris, ego aphelôs scripsi, roguishly, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 8.