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scĕlus, ĕris, n. [Sanscr. root skhal, to fall, akin to khal-, to deceive; cf. Goth. skal, to owe], an evil deed; a wicked, heinous, or impious action; a crime, sin, enormity, wickedness (the strongest general term for a morally bad act or quality; very freq. both in sing. and plur.; cf. nefas).

Lit.

Absol.:

facinus est vincire civem Romanum, scelus verberare, prope parricidium necare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 66, § 170; cf. so (opp. to flagitia and delicta) Tac. G. 12:

majus in sese scelus concipere nefariis sceleribus coöpertus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9; id. Rosc. Am. 13, 37:

detestabile scelus,

id. Lael. 8, 27:

scelus atque perfidia,

id. Rosc. Am. 38, 109; so (with perfidia) id. Phil. 11, 2, 5; id. Att. 2, 22, 2; 3, 13, 2; Sall. J. 107, 2; Liv. 40, 39 al.; cf. (with audacia) Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 66, § 170; (with furor) id. ib. 2, 5, 62, § 161; (with avaritia) id. ib. 2, 5, 9, § 24; id. Clu. 8, 23:

documentum Persarum sceleris,

id. Rep. 3, 9, 15:

ex hac parte pudor pugnat, illinc petulantia... hinc pietas, illinc scelus,

id. Cat. 2, 11, 25:

scelus est igitur, nocere bestiae, quod scelus qui velit, etc.,

id. Rep. 3, 11, 19:

quid mali aut sceleris fingi aut excogitari potest, quod, etc.,

id. Cat. 2, 4, 7:

nefario scelere concepto,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 32, § 72:

concipere in se,

id. ib. 2, 1, 4, §

9 (v. supra): tantum sceleris admittere,

id. Att. 9, 10, 3:

scelus nefarium facere,

id. de Or. 1, 51, 221; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 9, 25:

perficere,

id. Clu. 68, 194:

scelus an-helare,

id. Cat. 2, 1, 1:

moliri,

id. Att. 7, 11, 1:

edere,

id. Phil. 13, 9, 21; cf.:

edere in aliquem,

id. Sest. 27, 58:

suscipere,

id. Phil. 11, 1, 2:

scelere se alligare,

id. Fl. 17, 41:

scelere astringi,

id. Sest. 50, 108:

scelere obstringi,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 32, § 71:

obrui,

Liv. 3, 19 et saep.—

With gen. obj.:

scelus legatorum contra jus gentium interfectorum,

the crime of murdering their deputies, Liv. 4, 32.—Prov.:

vulgo dicitur: Scelera non habere consilium,

Quint. 7, 2, 44.—

Transf.

Of animals or inanimate things (post-Aug.; perh. only in Plin.), a bad quality, vicious nature, a vice, fault: nec bestiarum solum ad nocendum scelera [p. 1641] sunt, sed interim aquarum quoque et locorum, Plin. 25, 3, 6, § 20:

maximum salamandrae,

id. 29, 4, 23, § 74:

Scythae sagittas tingunt viperină sanie... inremediabile id scelus,

id. 11, 53, 115, § 279.—

Concr., in vulgar lang. as a term of reproach, rascal, scoundrel, villain, rogue; and of women, drab, baggage, etc.: minime miror, navis si fracta tibi, Scelus te et sceleste parta quae vexit bona, Plant. Rud. 2, 6, 22; id. Am. 2, 1, 7; id. Bacch. 5, 1, 9; id. Mil. 3, 2, 14; 3, 2, 27; id. Pers. 4, 9, 6; Ter. And. 2, 1, 17; 4, 1, 42; id. Eun. 5, 4, 19; id. Ad. 5, 1, 6; 5, 1, 12 al.; cf.:

scelus viri,

you scoundrel of a man, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 60.— With a masc. pron.:

is me scelus attondit, etc.,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 9:

ubi illic est scelus, quid me perdidit?

Ter. And. 3, 5, 1; cf.:

scelus, quemnam hic laudat?

id. ib. 5, 2, 3.—

In Plaut., Ter., and Mart., a mishap (qs. arising from wickedness), a misfortune, calamity (cf. sceleratus, B. 2., and scelestus, II.):

perdidi unum filium puerum quadrimum... Major potitus hostium est: quod hoc est scelus!

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 104: Pa. Quid hoc est sceleris? Ch. Perii, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 34 Ruhnk.; Mart. 7, 14, 1.—

A natural catastrophe: scelera naturae, i. e. earthquakes, inundations, etc., Plin. 2, 93, 95, § 206.

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carnĭfex or carnŭfex, fĭcis, m. [v. caro-facio], an executioner, hangman, Plaut Bacch. 4, 4, 37; id. Capt. 5, 4, 22; id. Rud. 3, 6, 19; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118; id. Phil. 11, 3, 7; id. Quint. 15, 50; id. Rab. Perd. 4, 12; Quint. 5, 10, 59; Lucr. 3, 1017; Cat. 97, 12; Juv. 8, 175 al.; this office was considered so disgraceful that he was not permitted to live in the city, Cic. Rab. Perd. 4 sq.; but in the Subura, Mart. 2, 17, 1 sqq.—

As a term of reproach, scoundrel, villain, rascal, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 220; 2, 1, 41; Ter. And. 1, 2, 12; id. Eun. 4, 4, 3; Cic. Pis. 5, 11.—

Trop., tormenter, murderer, Ter. And. 4, 1, 27 Don.; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 9; Liv. 2, 35, 1; 2, 56, 8; 2, 42, 23 fin.:

Fortuna gloriae carnifex,

murderer, destroyer of fame, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 39. — Poet., adj., murderous, killing:

carnifex avis,

Mart. 11, 84, 10:

pedes (sc. podagrici),

id. 12, 48, 10:

manus,

Sil. 1, 173:

epulae,

deadly, Claud. B. Gild. 178:

libido,

Arn. 1, 41.

carnĭfex or carnŭfex, fĭcis, m. [v. caro-facio], an executioner, hangman, Plaut Bacch. 4, 4, 37; id. Capt. 5, 4, 22; id. Rud. 3, 6, 19; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118; id. Phil. 11, 3, 7; id. Quint. 15, 50; id. Rab. Perd. 4, 12; Quint. 5, 10, 59; Lucr. 3, 1017; Cat. 97, 12; Juv. 8, 175 al.; this office was considered so disgraceful that he was not permitted to live in the city, Cic. Rab. Perd. 4 sq.; but in the Subura, Mart. 2, 17, 1 sqq.—

As a term of reproach, scoundrel, villain, rascal, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 220; 2, 1, 41; Ter. And. 1, 2, 12; id. Eun. 4, 4, 3; Cic. Pis. 5, 11.—

Trop., tormenter, murderer, Ter. And. 4, 1, 27 Don.; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 9; Liv. 2, 35, 1; 2, 56, 8; 2, 42, 23 fin.:

Fortuna gloriae carnifex,

murderer, destroyer of fame, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 39. — Poet., adj., murderous, killing:

carnifex avis,

Mart. 11, 84, 10:

pedes (sc. podagrici),

id. 12, 48, 10:

manus,

Sil. 1, 173:

epulae,

deadly, Claud. B. Gild. 178:

libido,

Arn. 1, 41.

flāgĭtĭum, ii, n. [flagito; cf. Doed. Syn. 2, p. 143; Corss. Ausspr. 1, 398 sq.; orig., burning desire, heat of passion].

Lit., an eager or furious demand, importunity, urgency (post-Aug. and rare; cf.

flagitatio): Lentulus credebatur illa militiae flagitia primus aspernari,

Tac. A. 1, 27:

pro Plancina cum pudore et flagitio disseruit, matris preces obtendens,

id. ib. 3, 17.—

Transf.

Esp., a shameful or disgraceful act done in the heat of passion; a burning shame, disgraceful thing (class.;

syn.: scelus, nefas, facinus, maleficium, peccatum, delictum, crimen): quae (convivia) domesticis stupris flagitiisque flagrabunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 32, § 71; so,

flagrantissima (with adulteria),

Tac. A. 14, 51; cf.:

stupra et adulteria et omne tale flagitium,

Cic. de Sen. 12, 40; id. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26:

domesticis vitiis atque flagitiis se inquinare,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 72; cf.:

homo sceleribus flagitiisque contaminatissimus,

id. Prov. Cons. 6, 14; and id. Rosc. Am. 9, 25:

tantum sceleris et tantum flagitii admittere,

id. Att. 10, 3:

quae libido ab oculis, quod facinus a manibus umquam tuis, quod flagitium a toto corpore abfuit? etc.,

id. Cat. 1, 6, 13; cf.:

Q. Curius, flagitiis atque facinoribus coopertus,

Sall. C. 23, 1;

so with facinora,

id. ib. 14, 2 Kritz. N. cr.:

nihil facinoris, nihil flagitii praetermittere,

Liv. 39, 13, 10; 39, 16, 1:

tanta flagitia facere et dicere,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 34, 73:

in hoc flagitio versari ipsum videmus Jovem (corresp. to stuprum),

id. ib. 4, 33, 70:

in tot flagitia se ingurgitare,

id. Pis. 18, 42.—

In gen., any shameful or disgraceful act or thing (without the accessory idea of passion):

petere honorem pro flagitio more fit,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 28:

flagitium fiet, nisi dos dabitur virgini,

id. ib. 3, 1, 11:

cum loquimur terni, nihil flagitii dicimus: at cum bini, obscoenum est,

Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3:

flagitium rei militaris admittere,

id. Clu. 46, 128: flagiti principium est, nudare inter cives corpora, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 33, 70 (Trag. v. 426 ed. Vahl.):

nonne id flagitium est, te aliis consilium dare, foris sapere, tibi non posse auxiliarier?

is it not a shame? Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 49:

praeesse agro colendo flagitium putes,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50:

quantum flagitii commisisset (for which, shortly before: nihil turpius, quam, etc.),

id. Brut. 61, 219; cf.:

ita necesse fuit aut haec flagitia concipere animo aut susceptae philosophiae nomen amittere,

disgraceful assertions, absurdities, id. N. D. 1, 24, 66.—Comically: Co. Fores hae fecerunt magnum flagitium modo. Ad. Quid id est flagitii? Crepuerunt clare, Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 32.— Leg. t. t.: perfectum flagitium, a completed crime (opp. imperfectum), Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 14.—

In vulg. lang., concr. like scelus, shame, disgrace, as a term of reproach, i. q. rascal, scoundrel:

flagitium illud hominis!

Plaut. Cas. 2, 1, 8; id. As. 2, 4, 67; id. Cas. 3, 2, 22; id. Men. 3, 2, 24; 5, 1, 9:

ipsa quae sis stabulum flagitii,

id. Truc. 2, 7, 31: etiam opprobras vim, flagiti flagrantia, burning shame, i. e. outrageous villain, id. Rud. 3, 4, 28:

omnium flagitiorum atque facinorum circum se tamquam stipatorum catervas habebat,

Sall. C. 14, 1.—

(Causa pro effectu.) Shame, disgrace (rare but class.):

id erat meum factum flagiti plenum et dedecoris,

Cic. Att. 16, 7, 4; cf.:

magnum dedecus et flagitium,

id. Off. 3, 22, 86: qui non gloria movemini neque flagitio, Sall. Or. Licin. fin. (p. 236 ed. Gerl.):

beatus qui pejus leto flagitium timet,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 50:

flagitio additis damnum,

id. ib. 3, 5, 26:

quia illa forma matrem familias flagitium sit si sequatur,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 71:

facere damni mavolo, Quam obprobramentum aut flagitium muliebre inferri domo,

id. ib. 2, 3, 85; id. Ep. 3, 4, 79:

flagitium imperio demere,

Liv. 25, 15, 19:

consul moveri flagitio timoris fatendi,

id. 42, 60, 4.

illic (archaic ollic, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 196 Müll.), illaec, illuc, or illoc, pron. [ille-ce].

He, she, or it yonder, that (only ante-class.):

sed Amphitruonis illic est servos Sosia, A portu illic nunc cum laterna huc advenit,

Plaut. Am. prol. 148 sq.; id. ib. 1, 1, 138:

nimis demiror, Sosia, Qui illaec (i. e. Alcumena) illi me donatum esse aurea patera sciat,

id. ib. 2, 2, 134:

cupio dare mercedem, qui illunc, ubi sit, commonstret mihi,

id. Curc. 4, 4, 34:

unde auscultare possis, quom ego illanc osculer,

id. Cas. 1, 45:

latuit intus illic in illac hirnea,

id. Am. 1, 1, 275; cf.:

quid illac impudente audacius?

id. ib. 2, 2, 186:

sed quid illuc est?

id. ib. 1, 1, 114; cf. id. As. 2, 1, 17:

illuc sis vide,

id. Ps. 4, 1, 4:

illuc est sapere?

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 12:

cum illoc pacisce, si potes: perge obsecro: Pacisce quidvis,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 29 et saep.:

ubi illic est scelus, qui me perdidit?

that scoundrel, Ter. And. 3, 5, 1.—

With the interrogative part. ne: illicine, etc.: Si. Illicine est? Ps. Illic ipsus est, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 44:

illancine mulierem alere cum illa familia?

Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 3.—

Hence, advv.

illac (sc. viā), that way, on that side, there:

angiporto Illac per hortum circuit clam,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 152:

ita nunc hac an illac eam, incerta sum consili,

id. Rud. 1, 3, 31:

hac atque illac perfluo,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 25:

hac illac circumcursa,

id. Heaut. 3, 2, 1:

omnes damnatos, omnes ignominia adfectos illac facere,

stand on that side, belong to that party, Cic. Att. 7, 3, 5.—

illuc or illoc (the old form, like hoc for huc), adv., to that place, thither.

Lit.

Form illuc: imus huc, illuc hinc; cum illuc ventum est, ire illinc lubet, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 258 Vahl.):

clam illuc redeundum est mihi,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 29:

cum illuc veneris,

id. Merc. 3, 4, 64: paulo momento huc illuc impelli, Ter. And. 1, 5, 31:

huc illuc quasi vitabundi agitare,

Sall. J. 60, 4:

salientes huc illuc,

Quint. 10, 7, 6; so,

huc atque illuc intuens,

Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184:

huc et illuc Cursitant mixtae pueris puellae,

Hor. C. 4, 11, 9:

illuc ex his vinculis,

i. e. into the other world, Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 75:

proponimus illuc ire, ubi, etc.,

Juv. 3, 24:

illuc, unde fugit mus,

id. 6, 339. —

Form illoc:

post illoc veni quam, etc.,

Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 3:

cum illoc advenio,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 25 (dub.; Fleck. illo).—

Transf., to that person or thing, thereto (very rare): Pe. Illuc redi. Me. Quo redeam? Pe. Equidem ad phrygionem censeo, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 54:

quo res haec pertinet? illuc: Dum vitant stulti vitia, in contraria currunt,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 23:

illuc, unde abii, redeo: Nemon' ut avarus, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 1, 108; cf. ib. 1, 3, 38:

illuc cuncta vergere,

to Nero, Tac. A. 1, 3.—

To that point, to such a pitch:

tunc adversis urgentibus, illuc decidit ut malum ferro summitteret,

Juv. 12, 53.

illic (old form illi, Verg. G. 1, 54; 1, 251; 3, 17 Rib.; cf. id. A. 2, 548; Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 36 Donat. ad loc.), adv. [1. illic], in that place, yonder, there (most. freq. ante-class.).

Lit.:

haec illi vi pugnata pugnast usque a mane ad vesperum,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 97; id. ib. 261;

1, 3, 36: illic sum atque hic sum,

id. Trin. 4, 4, 17:

sive illic sive alibi libebit,

id. Men. 5, 2, 42:

multo melius, hic quae fiunt, quam illic, ubi sum adsidue, scio,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 20; so with ubi:

vivendum est illic, ubi nulla incendia,

Juv. 3, 197:

illic, quicquid ero, semper tua dicar imago,

Prop. 1, 19, 11; 13:

cives Romani, qui illic negotiarentur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 102, 6:

illic radices, illic fundamenta sunt, illic, etc.,

Quint. 10, 3, 3.—

Transf., with that person or thing (very rare): non isto vivitur illic, Quo tu rere, modo, there, i. e. with him, with Mœcenas, Hor. S. 1, 9, 48:

civile bellum a Vitellio coepit et... initium illic fuit,

Tac. H. 2, 47:

hic, ubi opus est, non verentur: illic, ubi nihil opus est, ibi verentur,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 14.—

In that matter, therein:

res publica et milite illic et pecunia vacet,

i. e. in that war, Liv. 2, 48, 9:

ego illi maxumam partem fero,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 36:

ego illic me autem sic adsimulabam quasi stolidum,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 39; Quint. 1, 3, 4.

mastīgĭa, ae, m., = mastigias, a scoundrel, rascal, rogue.

Lit. (anteclass.), Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 11; id. Capt. 3, 4, 69; 3, 5, 1; id. Cas. 2, 6, 9; 2, 8, 10; id. Most. 1, 1, 1; 3, 1, 71; id. Poen. 1, 2, 108; 177; 178; id. Rud. 4, 83; id. Trin. 4, 3, 14:

non manum abstines, mastigia?

Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 6.—

Transf., f., a whip, scourge (late Lat.), Sulp. Sev. Dial. 2, 3, 6.