ac-cursed

ănăthēmă, ătis, n., = anathêma, an offering, a gift, Prud. Psych. 540:

in anathema oblivionis,

Vulg. Judith, 16, 23.

ănăthĕmă, ătis, n., = anathema, a later form of anathêma, used in mal. part. (eccl. Lat.), pr. an offering not to be redeemed; and of a living thing, to be put to death, doomed; hence, an accursed thing, a curse.

Concr., of things:

vocavit nomen loci illius Horma, id est anathema,

Vulg. Num. 21, 3; ib. Jud. 1, 17; ib. Deut. 13, 16.—

A curse of excommunication, anathema:

anathematis injuria,

Aug. Ep. 75.—

Meton. (like the Heb.).

The person cursed:

nec inferes quippiam ex idolo in domum tuam, ne fias anathema, sicut et illud est,

Vulg. Deut. 7, 26. —

The person excommunicated:

aliquem anathema dicere,

Tert. adv. Haer. 6; Vulg. Rom. 9, 3; ib. 1 Cor. 12, 3; 16, 22; ib. Gal. 1, 8; 1, 9.

mălĕdīco (or separately, mălĕ dīco;

rarely in reverse order: qui bonis dicunt male,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 10; cf. id. Trin. 4, 2, 79), xi. ctum, 3, v. n. and a. [male-dico], to speak ill of, to abuse, revile, slander, asperse; constr. absol., or with a dat. (so class.) or acc. (post-Aug.).

Absol.:

aliud est maledicere, aliud accusare,

Cic. Cael. 3, 6.—

With dat.:

optimo viro maledicere,

Cic. Deiot. 10, 28:

turpissime alicui,

id. N. D. 1, 33, 93:

petulanter alicui,

id. Cael. 3, 8:

utrique,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 140:

Christo,

Plin. Ep. 10, 97, 5; Sen. Contr. 1, 4, 1.— Impers. pass.:

indignis si maledicitur, maledictum id esse dico,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 27; Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 14. —

With acc.:

si me amas, maledic illam,

Petr. 96; v. id. 74.—

Esp., to curse, utter a curse upon (eccl. Lat.):

populo huic,

Vulg. Num. 22, 6 al. —Hence,

mălĕdī-cens, entis, P. a., evil - speaking, foulmouthed, abusive, scurrilous (syn. maledi cus):

maledicentes homines,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 75.— Comp.:

maledicentior,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 31.— Sup.:

in maledicentissimā civitate,

Cic. Fl. 3, 7:

carmina,

Suet. Caes. 23; Nep. Alc. 11, 1.—

mălĕdictus, a, um, P. a., accursed (post-class. for exsecrabilis):

maledicte parricida,

Spart. Get. 3, 3:

maledictus es inter omnia animantia,

Vulg. Gen. 3, 14: omnes incesti, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 7 praef.—Hence, as subst.: mălĕ-dictum, i, n., a foul or abusive word.

In gen. (class.):

maledicta in aliquem dicere,

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

in vitam alicujus conicere,

id. Planc. 12, 31:

maledictis figere aliquem,

id. N. D. 1, 34, 93:

maledicta in aliquem conferre,

id. Att. 11, 8, 2:

quod crimen (i. e. majestatis) non solum facto, sed et verbis impiis ac maledictis maxime exacerbatur,

Paul. Sent. 5, 29, 1.—

In partic., a curse, imprecation:

esse in maledictis jam antiquis strigem, convenit,

Plin. 11, 39, 95, § 232:

scribere maledicta,

Vulg. Num. 5, 23.—

Transf., a cursed thing:

Christus factus pro nobis maledictum,

Vulg. Gal. 3, 13:

maledictum non erit amplius,

id. Apoc. 22, 3.

mălĕdīco (or separately, mălĕ dīco;

rarely in reverse order: qui bonis dicunt male,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 10; cf. id. Trin. 4, 2, 79), xi. ctum, 3, v. n. and a. [male-dico], to speak ill of, to abuse, revile, slander, asperse; constr. absol., or with a dat. (so class.) or acc. (post-Aug.).

Absol.:

aliud est maledicere, aliud accusare,

Cic. Cael. 3, 6.—

With dat.:

optimo viro maledicere,

Cic. Deiot. 10, 28:

turpissime alicui,

id. N. D. 1, 33, 93:

petulanter alicui,

id. Cael. 3, 8:

utrique,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 140:

Christo,

Plin. Ep. 10, 97, 5; Sen. Contr. 1, 4, 1.— Impers. pass.:

indignis si maledicitur, maledictum id esse dico,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 27; Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 14. —

With acc.:

si me amas, maledic illam,

Petr. 96; v. id. 74.—

Esp., to curse, utter a curse upon (eccl. Lat.):

populo huic,

Vulg. Num. 22, 6 al. —Hence,

mălĕdī-cens, entis, P. a., evil - speaking, foulmouthed, abusive, scurrilous (syn. maledi cus):

maledicentes homines,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 75.— Comp.:

maledicentior,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 31.— Sup.:

in maledicentissimā civitate,

Cic. Fl. 3, 7:

carmina,

Suet. Caes. 23; Nep. Alc. 11, 1.—

mălĕdictus, a, um, P. a., accursed (post-class. for exsecrabilis):

maledicte parricida,

Spart. Get. 3, 3:

maledictus es inter omnia animantia,

Vulg. Gen. 3, 14: omnes incesti, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 7 praef.—Hence, as subst.: mălĕ-dictum, i, n., a foul or abusive word.

In gen. (class.):

maledicta in aliquem dicere,

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

in vitam alicujus conicere,

id. Planc. 12, 31:

maledictis figere aliquem,

id. N. D. 1, 34, 93:

maledicta in aliquem conferre,

id. Att. 11, 8, 2:

quod crimen (i. e. majestatis) non solum facto, sed et verbis impiis ac maledictis maxime exacerbatur,

Paul. Sent. 5, 29, 1.—

In partic., a curse, imprecation:

esse in maledictis jam antiquis strigem, convenit,

Plin. 11, 39, 95, § 232:

scribere maledicta,

Vulg. Num. 5, 23.—

Transf., a cursed thing:

Christus factus pro nobis maledictum,

Vulg. Gal. 3, 13:

maledictum non erit amplius,

id. Apoc. 22, 3.

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.