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  • 1 vituperō

        vituperō āvī, —, āre    [vitium+1 PAR-], to inflict censure, find fault with, blame, censure, reproach, disparage, vituperate: notare ac vituperare: multimodis cum istoc animo es vituperandus, T.: si quis universam (philosophiam) velit vituperare: (Rhodiorum res p.) minime quidem vituperanda.—Prov.: qui caelum vituperant, find fault with heaven itself, Ph.
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    vituperare, vituperavi, vituperatus V
    find fault with, blame, reproach, disparage, scold, censure

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  • 2 offendo

    1.
    offendo, di, sum, 3, v. a. and n. [obfendo]. to hit, thrust, strike, or dash against something (syn.: illido, impingo; class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    offendere caput ad fornicem,

    Quint. 6, 3, 67:

    latus vehementer,

    Cic. Clu. 62, 175:

    coxam,

    to hurt himself in the haunch, Col. 5, 9, 1: pedem, Auct. B. Hisp. 23; Ov. F. 2, 720:

    solido,

    against something solid, Hor. S. 2, 1, 78:

    in scopulis offendit puppis,

    strikes on, Ov. P. 4, 14, 22:

    in redeundo offenderunt,

    ran aground, Caes. B. C. 3, 8:

    in cornua,

    Sol. 40:

    ne quem in cursu capite, aut cubito, aut pectore offendam, aut genu,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 2:

    visco,

    id. Poen. 2, 37.—
    B.
    Transf., to hit upon, light upon a person or thing, i. e. to come upon, meet with, find (syn.: deprehendo, invenio): si te hic offendero, moriere, Enn. ap. Cic. Rab. Post. 11, 29 (Trag. v. 301 Vahl.); cf. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1:

    haec, cum ego a foro revortar, facite ut offendam parata,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 30:

    paululum si cessassem, Domi non offendissem,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 5:

    si te in plateā offendero hac post umquam, periisti,

    id. ib. 5, 8, 34; id. Phorm. 5, 1, 31:

    imparatum te offendam,

    will come upon you unawares, will surprise you, Cic. Fam. 2, 3:

    eundem bonorum sensum,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 17:

    nondum perfectum templum offendere,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64:

    omnia aliter ac jusserat offendit,

    id. Rep. 1, 38, 59.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to suffer damage, receive an injury:

    quis est tam Lynceus, qui in tantis tenebris nihil offendat, nusquam incurrat?

    Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 2:

    in causis,

    id. de Or. 2, 74, 301:

    ad fortunam,

    Phaedr. 4, 14, 6.—
    B.
    In partic., to stumble, blunder, make a mistake, commit a fault; to commit an offence, to be offensive (syn.:

    pecco, delinquo): in quo ipsi offendissent, alios reprehendissent,

    Cic. Clu. 36, 98:

    sin quid offenderit, sibi totum, tibi nihil offenderit,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 3:

    offendebant illi quidem apud gravīs et honestos homines, sed populi judiciis florebant,

    gave offence to, id. Sest. 49, 105:

    se apud plebem offendisse de aerario,

    id. Att. 10, 4, 8:

    neque in eo solum offenderat, quod,

    Nep. Phoc. 2, 2: legi, to offend against or violate the law, Dig. 22, 1, 1.—Hence (eccl. Lat.), to offend, commit a sin:

    in multis enim offendimus omnes,

    Vulg. Jac. 3, 2.— Of things, to be offensive:

    cum nihil aliud offenderit,

    Liv. 2, 2, 2; cf. id. 4, 42, 2.—
    C.
    To find fault with, be displeased with, take offence at any thing:

    at credo, in Caesarem probatis, in me offenditis,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 32:

    si in me aliquid offendistis,

    have taken any offence at me, Cic. Mil. 36, 99.—
    D.
    To fail in any thing, i. e. to have a misfortune, to be unfortunate, meet with ill success:

    apud judices offendere, opp. causam iis probare,

    Cic. Clu. 23, 63:

    cum multi viri fortes offenderint,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131:

    tamquam M. Atilius primo accessu ad Africam offenderit,

    i. e. met with a calamity, Liv. 28, 43, 17; cf. I. A. supra.— Impers. pass.:

    sin aliquid esset offensum,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7:

    quoties culpā ducis esset offensum,

    might have met with a defeat, Caes. B. C. 3, 72; cf.:

    nullum ejusmodi casum exspectans, quo... in milibus passuum tribus offendi posset,

    id. B. G. 6, 36 Kraner ad loc.:

    at si valetudo ejus offendissit,

    failed, Gell. 4, 2, 10.—
    E.
    To shock, offend, mortify, vex, displease one:

    me exquisisse aliquid, in quo te offenderem,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

    tuam existimationem,

    id. ib. 3, 8, 7:

    neminem umquam non re, non verbo, non vultu denique offendit,

    id. Balb. 26, 59:

    offensus nemo contumeliā,

    id. Att. 6, 3, 3:

    ne offendam patrem,

    id. ib. 6, 3, 9:

    ut eos splendor offendat,

    id. Fam. 1, 7, 7:

    extinctum lumen recens offendit nares,

    Lucr. 6, 791:

    offendere tot caligas, tot Milia clavorum,

    provoke, Juv. 16, 24:

    polypodion offendit stomachum,

    disagrees with, Plin. 26, 8, 37, § 58:

    ne colorum claritas aciem oculorum offenderet,

    id. 35, 10, 36, § 97.— Pass., to be displeased, feel hurt:

    multis rebus meus offendebatur animus,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10.— With inf.:

    ut non offendar subripi (ista munera),

    so that I am not offended at their being taken from me, Phaedr. 4, 11, 6: componi aliquid de se, offendebatur, he took it ill, if, etc., Suet. Aug. 8, 9 fin. —Hence, of-fensus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Offensive, odious (cf.:

    invisus, odiosus, infensus): miserum atque invidiosum offensumque ordinem senatorium!

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 145:

    offensum et invisum esse alicui,

    id. Sest. 58, 125.—As subst.: offensum, i, n., the offence:

    offensum est quod eorum, qui audiunt, voluntatem laedit,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 49, 92.—
    B.
    Offended, displeased, vexed, incensed, imbittered:

    offensus et alienatus animus,

    Cic. Att. 1, 17, 7:

    aliena et offensa populi voluntas,

    id. Tusc. 5, 37, 106: offensos merere [p. 1259] deos, Ov. H. 21, 48: offensi animi regum, Auct. B. Alex. 32.— Comp.:

    quem cum esse offensiorem arbitrarer,

    Cic. Att. 1, 5, 2:

    quem sibi offensiorem sciebat esse,

    id. Clu. 62, 172; id. Att. 1, 5, 5.
    2.
    offendo, ĭnis, f. [1. offendo], an offence, Afran. ap. Non. 146, 32 (offendo, offensio, Non.).

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  • 3 offensum

    1.
    offendo, di, sum, 3, v. a. and n. [obfendo]. to hit, thrust, strike, or dash against something (syn.: illido, impingo; class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    offendere caput ad fornicem,

    Quint. 6, 3, 67:

    latus vehementer,

    Cic. Clu. 62, 175:

    coxam,

    to hurt himself in the haunch, Col. 5, 9, 1: pedem, Auct. B. Hisp. 23; Ov. F. 2, 720:

    solido,

    against something solid, Hor. S. 2, 1, 78:

    in scopulis offendit puppis,

    strikes on, Ov. P. 4, 14, 22:

    in redeundo offenderunt,

    ran aground, Caes. B. C. 3, 8:

    in cornua,

    Sol. 40:

    ne quem in cursu capite, aut cubito, aut pectore offendam, aut genu,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 2:

    visco,

    id. Poen. 2, 37.—
    B.
    Transf., to hit upon, light upon a person or thing, i. e. to come upon, meet with, find (syn.: deprehendo, invenio): si te hic offendero, moriere, Enn. ap. Cic. Rab. Post. 11, 29 (Trag. v. 301 Vahl.); cf. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1:

    haec, cum ego a foro revortar, facite ut offendam parata,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 30:

    paululum si cessassem, Domi non offendissem,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 5:

    si te in plateā offendero hac post umquam, periisti,

    id. ib. 5, 8, 34; id. Phorm. 5, 1, 31:

    imparatum te offendam,

    will come upon you unawares, will surprise you, Cic. Fam. 2, 3:

    eundem bonorum sensum,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 17:

    nondum perfectum templum offendere,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64:

    omnia aliter ac jusserat offendit,

    id. Rep. 1, 38, 59.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to suffer damage, receive an injury:

    quis est tam Lynceus, qui in tantis tenebris nihil offendat, nusquam incurrat?

    Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 2:

    in causis,

    id. de Or. 2, 74, 301:

    ad fortunam,

    Phaedr. 4, 14, 6.—
    B.
    In partic., to stumble, blunder, make a mistake, commit a fault; to commit an offence, to be offensive (syn.:

    pecco, delinquo): in quo ipsi offendissent, alios reprehendissent,

    Cic. Clu. 36, 98:

    sin quid offenderit, sibi totum, tibi nihil offenderit,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 3:

    offendebant illi quidem apud gravīs et honestos homines, sed populi judiciis florebant,

    gave offence to, id. Sest. 49, 105:

    se apud plebem offendisse de aerario,

    id. Att. 10, 4, 8:

    neque in eo solum offenderat, quod,

    Nep. Phoc. 2, 2: legi, to offend against or violate the law, Dig. 22, 1, 1.—Hence (eccl. Lat.), to offend, commit a sin:

    in multis enim offendimus omnes,

    Vulg. Jac. 3, 2.— Of things, to be offensive:

    cum nihil aliud offenderit,

    Liv. 2, 2, 2; cf. id. 4, 42, 2.—
    C.
    To find fault with, be displeased with, take offence at any thing:

    at credo, in Caesarem probatis, in me offenditis,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 32:

    si in me aliquid offendistis,

    have taken any offence at me, Cic. Mil. 36, 99.—
    D.
    To fail in any thing, i. e. to have a misfortune, to be unfortunate, meet with ill success:

    apud judices offendere, opp. causam iis probare,

    Cic. Clu. 23, 63:

    cum multi viri fortes offenderint,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131:

    tamquam M. Atilius primo accessu ad Africam offenderit,

    i. e. met with a calamity, Liv. 28, 43, 17; cf. I. A. supra.— Impers. pass.:

    sin aliquid esset offensum,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7:

    quoties culpā ducis esset offensum,

    might have met with a defeat, Caes. B. C. 3, 72; cf.:

    nullum ejusmodi casum exspectans, quo... in milibus passuum tribus offendi posset,

    id. B. G. 6, 36 Kraner ad loc.:

    at si valetudo ejus offendissit,

    failed, Gell. 4, 2, 10.—
    E.
    To shock, offend, mortify, vex, displease one:

    me exquisisse aliquid, in quo te offenderem,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

    tuam existimationem,

    id. ib. 3, 8, 7:

    neminem umquam non re, non verbo, non vultu denique offendit,

    id. Balb. 26, 59:

    offensus nemo contumeliā,

    id. Att. 6, 3, 3:

    ne offendam patrem,

    id. ib. 6, 3, 9:

    ut eos splendor offendat,

    id. Fam. 1, 7, 7:

    extinctum lumen recens offendit nares,

    Lucr. 6, 791:

    offendere tot caligas, tot Milia clavorum,

    provoke, Juv. 16, 24:

    polypodion offendit stomachum,

    disagrees with, Plin. 26, 8, 37, § 58:

    ne colorum claritas aciem oculorum offenderet,

    id. 35, 10, 36, § 97.— Pass., to be displeased, feel hurt:

    multis rebus meus offendebatur animus,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10.— With inf.:

    ut non offendar subripi (ista munera),

    so that I am not offended at their being taken from me, Phaedr. 4, 11, 6: componi aliquid de se, offendebatur, he took it ill, if, etc., Suet. Aug. 8, 9 fin. —Hence, of-fensus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Offensive, odious (cf.:

    invisus, odiosus, infensus): miserum atque invidiosum offensumque ordinem senatorium!

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 145:

    offensum et invisum esse alicui,

    id. Sest. 58, 125.—As subst.: offensum, i, n., the offence:

    offensum est quod eorum, qui audiunt, voluntatem laedit,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 49, 92.—
    B.
    Offended, displeased, vexed, incensed, imbittered:

    offensus et alienatus animus,

    Cic. Att. 1, 17, 7:

    aliena et offensa populi voluntas,

    id. Tusc. 5, 37, 106: offensos merere [p. 1259] deos, Ov. H. 21, 48: offensi animi regum, Auct. B. Alex. 32.— Comp.:

    quem cum esse offensiorem arbitrarer,

    Cic. Att. 1, 5, 2:

    quem sibi offensiorem sciebat esse,

    id. Clu. 62, 172; id. Att. 1, 5, 5.
    2.
    offendo, ĭnis, f. [1. offendo], an offence, Afran. ap. Non. 146, 32 (offendo, offensio, Non.).

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  • 4 vitupero

    1.
    vĭtŭpĕro, āvi, ātum ( inf. vituperarier, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 21), 1, v. a. [vitiumparo, qs. to find fault, accuse of a fault; hence, transf.], to inflict censure, to blame, censure, disparage, vituperate (class.; syn.: culpo, objurgo, damno).
    I.
    In gen.:

    deos,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 142:

    an mavis vituperarier falso quam vero extolli?

    id. Most. 1, 3, 21:

    notare ac vituperare,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 85, 349:

    multimodis cum istoc animo es vituperandus,

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 1, 1:

    Pompeius noster in amicitiā P. Lentuli vituperatur,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5:

    artem aut scientiam aut studium quodpiam vituperare propter eorum vitia, qui in eo studio sunt,

    Auct. Her. 2, 27, 44:

    si quis universam (philosophiam) velit vituperare,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 1, 4:

    mensae, quae a Platone graviter vituperantur,

    id. Fin. 2, 28, 92:

    tuum consilium,

    id. Mur. 29, 60:

    (Rhodiorum res publica) minime quidem vituperanda,

    id. Rep. 3, 35, 48.— Prov.: qui caelum vituperant, who find fault with heaven itself, i. e. are satisfied with nothing, Phaedr. 4, 7, 26.—
    * II.
    In relig. lang., to render defective, to spoil an omen:

    cur omen mihi vituperat?

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 59 dub.
    2.
    vĭtŭpĕro, ōnis, m. [1. vitupero], a blamer, censurer, vituperator (post-class.), Gell. 19, 7, 16; Sid. Ep. 4, 22; 8, 1.

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  • 5 culpō

        culpō āvī, ātus, āre    [culpa], to reproach, blame, censure, reprove, disapprove, condemn: quos culpavi, O.: culpatur ab illis, H.: faciem deae, O.: versūs duros, H.: culpetne probetne, O.: defendere (amicum) alio culpante, H. — To throw blame upon, find fault with, complain of: arbore nunc aquas Culpante, H.: culpantur calami, H.
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    culpare, culpavi, culpatus V TRANS
    blame, find fault with, censure, reproach, reprove, disapprove; accuse, condemn

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  • 6 incusatus

    incūso, āvi, ātum, āre, v. a. [in-causa], to accuse one of something, to complain of, find fault with, blame (cf.: arguo, accuso, vitupero; class., but not in Cic.).—Constr. aliquem alicujus rei, aliquem quod, aliquid, etc.—With acc. of person:

    qui alterum incusat probri,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 58:

    te ipse jure optumo merito incuses licet,

    id. Most. 3, 2, 24:

    aliquem luxūs et superbiae,

    Tac. A. 2, 78:

    vehementer eos incusavit, quod,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40; 2, 15; Verg. A. 11, 471.— With acc. of the thing (post-class.), Liv. 1, 9, 13; 8, 23, 4:

    factum alicujus,

    Ov. R. Am. 479:

    angustias stipendii, duritiam operum,

    to complain of, Tac. A. 1, 35:

    casus,

    id. ib. 6, 23.—With acc. and inf.:

    incusaverat bella ex bellis seri,

    Liv. 31, 6, 4; 26, 12, 11; 33, 35, 11:

    cum Poenus dolo dimissum Romanum incusaret,

    id. 24, 1, 10; cf. pass., with nom. and inf., Amm. 14, 11, 24.—In part. pass.: incūsātus, a, um, complained of, found fault with:

    sterilitas cacuminis jure incusata,

    Col. 3, 17, 3:

    in Augusto incusatae liberorum mortes,

    charged upon, attributed to, Plin. 7, 45, 46, § 149.

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  • 7 incuso

    incūso, āvi, ātum, āre, v. a. [in-causa], to accuse one of something, to complain of, find fault with, blame (cf.: arguo, accuso, vitupero; class., but not in Cic.).—Constr. aliquem alicujus rei, aliquem quod, aliquid, etc.—With acc. of person:

    qui alterum incusat probri,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 58:

    te ipse jure optumo merito incuses licet,

    id. Most. 3, 2, 24:

    aliquem luxūs et superbiae,

    Tac. A. 2, 78:

    vehementer eos incusavit, quod,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40; 2, 15; Verg. A. 11, 471.— With acc. of the thing (post-class.), Liv. 1, 9, 13; 8, 23, 4:

    factum alicujus,

    Ov. R. Am. 479:

    angustias stipendii, duritiam operum,

    to complain of, Tac. A. 1, 35:

    casus,

    id. ib. 6, 23.—With acc. and inf.:

    incusaverat bella ex bellis seri,

    Liv. 31, 6, 4; 26, 12, 11; 33, 35, 11:

    cum Poenus dolo dimissum Romanum incusaret,

    id. 24, 1, 10; cf. pass., with nom. and inf., Amm. 14, 11, 24.—In part. pass.: incūsātus, a, um, complained of, found fault with:

    sterilitas cacuminis jure incusata,

    Col. 3, 17, 3:

    in Augusto incusatae liberorum mortes,

    charged upon, attributed to, Plin. 7, 45, 46, § 149.

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  • 8 accuso

    ac-cūso (also with ss; cf. Cassiod. 2283 P.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [fr. causa; cf. cludo with claudo], orig. = ad causam provocare, to call one to account, to make complaint against, to reproach, blame.
    I.
    In gen., of persons:

    si id non me accusas, tu ipse objurgandus es,

    if you do not call me to account for it, you yourself deserve to be reprimanded, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 59:

    quid me accusas?

    id. As. 1, 3, 21:

    meretricem hanc primum adeundam censeo, oremus, accusemus gravius, denique minitemur,

    we must entreat, severely chide, and finally threaten her, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 94 sq.:

    ambo accusandi,

    you both deserve reproach, id. Heaut. 1, 1, 67:

    cotidie accusabam,

    I daily took him to task, id. ib. 1, 1, 50:

    me accusas cum hunc casum tam graviter feram,

    Cic. Att. 3, 13; id. Fam. 1, 1 Manut.:

    me tibi excuso in eo ipso, in quo te accuso,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 2:

    ut me accusare de epistularum neglegentia possis,

    that you may blame me for my tardiness in writing, id. Att. 1, 6. —Also metaph. of things, to blame, find fault with:

    alicujus desperationem,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 1: inertiam adolescentium, id. de Or. 1, 58 (cf. incusare, Tac. H. 4, 42);

    hence also: culpam alicujus,

    to lay the fault on one, Cic. Planc. 4, 9; cf. id. Sest. 38, 80; id. Lig. 1, 2; id. Cael. 12, 29.—Hence,
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    Transferred to civil life, to call one to account publicly (ad causam publicam, or publice dicendam provocare), to accuse, to inform against, arraign, indict (while incusare means to involve or entangle one in a cause); t. t. in Roman judicial lang.; constr. with aliquem alicujus rei (like katêgorein, cf. Prisc. 1187 P.):

    accusant ii, qui in fortunas hujus invaserunt, causam dicit is, cui nihil reliquerunt,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 5:

    numquam, si se ambitu commaculasset, ambitus alterum accusaret,

    id. Cael. 7:

    ne quis ante actarum rerum accusaretur,

    that no one should be called to account for previous offences, Nep. Thras. 3, 2; Milt. 1, 7. Other rarer constructions are: aliquem aliquid (only with id, illud, quod), Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 59; cf. Ter. Ph. 5, 8, 21:

    aliquo crimine,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 16; Nep. Milt. 8; id. Lys. 3, 4; id. Ep. 1 al.:

    de pecuniis repetundis,

    Cic. Clu. 41, 114; cf.:

    de veneficiis,

    id. Rosc. Am. 32, 90:

    inter sicarios,

    id. ib. 32; cf. Zumpt, § 446; Rudd. 2, 165 sq.; 169, note 4.—The punishment that is implied in the accusation is put in gen.:

    capitis,

    to accuse one of a capital crime, Nep. Paus. 2, 6; cf. Zumpt, § 447. —
    B.
    Casus accusandi, the fourth case in grammar, the accusative case, Var. L. L. 8, § 66 Müll.; v. accusativus.

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  • 9 accūsō

        accūsō āvī, ātus, āre    [ad + causa], to call to account, make complaint against, reproach, blame, accuse: alqm ut hostem: alqm graviter, quod, etc., Cs.: cum diis hominibusque accusandis senesceret, L.—Supin. acc.: me accusatum advenit, T.— Meton., of things, to blame, find fault with, throw the blame on: fortunas vestras: culpam alicuius. —In law, to call to account, bring to trial, prosecute, accuse, arraign, indict: accusant ii, qui in fortunas huius invaserunt: ambitūs alterum: ante actarum rerum accusari, for previous offences, N.: accusatus capitis, prosecuted capitally, N.: eum certis propriisque criminibus: crimine Pario accusatus, of treason in the matter of Paros, N.: ne quid accusandus sis, vide, T.: de pecuniis repetundis: inter sicarios et de veneficiis: Lysandrum, quod... conatus esset, etc., N.
    * * *
    accusare, accusavi, accusatus V
    accuse, blame, find fault, impugn; reprimand; charge (w/crime/offense)

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  • 10 culpanda

    culpo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [culpa].
    I.
    To reproach or blame a person or thing as wrong or faulty, to censure, reprove, disapprove, condemn (syn.: reprehendo, vitupero; opp. laudo, probo, etc.; rare; mostly post-Aug.; never in the Cic. per.).
    a.
    With personal objects:

    quos modo culpavi,

    Ov. M. 10, 581:

    illum,

    Quint. 8, 4, 23:

    alium,

    id. 4, 2, 26: Neronem, Suet. Vit. Pers. — Pass.:

    laudatur (prodigus) ab his, culpatur ab illis,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 11; 1, 4, 25; id. C. 4, 5, 20; Quint. 3, 6, 60:

    cum ob id culparetur,

    Suet. Caes. 72:

    sola est, in quā merito culpetur, pecuniae cupiditas,

    id. Vesp. 16 init.:

    num culpandus est qui coepit?

    Plin. Ep. 7, 17, 4; 9, 19, 8.—
    b.
    With things as objects:

    hoc (opp. laudare),

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 13:

    quod,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 96:

    faciem deae,

    Ov. M. 11, 322:

    versus duros (with reprehendere inertes),

    Hor. A. P. 446:

    statuas,

    Mart. 9, 60, 12:

    modum praemii poenaeve,

    Quint. 2, 4, 38:

    factum ipsum,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 15:

    plura culpanda sunt quam laudanda,

    id. ib. 5, 8, 13.—
    c.
    Absol.:

    culpetne probetne,

    Ov. M. 3, 256; 9, 524; Hor. S. 1, 4, 82.— Hence, subst.: culpanda, ōrum, n., things deserving censure:

    et probandorum et culpandorum ex iis confirmatio eosdem gradus habet,

    Quint. 5, 11, 7.—
    II.
    Culpare aliquid, to declare something as a crime, to impute a fault to, to complain of, find fault with:

    arbore nunc aquas Culpante, etc.,

    Hor. C. 3, 1, 31; cf.:

    agrorum infecunditatem,

    Col. 1, prooem. §

    1: culpantur frustra calami,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 7.—Hence, culpā-tus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Worthy of reproach, blamable:

    Paris,

    Verg. A. 2, 602:

    culpatius esse arbitror,

    Gell. 11, 7, 1.—
    B.
    Corrupted, spoiled:

    vinum,

    Macr. S. 7, 6.

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  • 11 culpo

    culpo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [culpa].
    I.
    To reproach or blame a person or thing as wrong or faulty, to censure, reprove, disapprove, condemn (syn.: reprehendo, vitupero; opp. laudo, probo, etc.; rare; mostly post-Aug.; never in the Cic. per.).
    a.
    With personal objects:

    quos modo culpavi,

    Ov. M. 10, 581:

    illum,

    Quint. 8, 4, 23:

    alium,

    id. 4, 2, 26: Neronem, Suet. Vit. Pers. — Pass.:

    laudatur (prodigus) ab his, culpatur ab illis,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 11; 1, 4, 25; id. C. 4, 5, 20; Quint. 3, 6, 60:

    cum ob id culparetur,

    Suet. Caes. 72:

    sola est, in quā merito culpetur, pecuniae cupiditas,

    id. Vesp. 16 init.:

    num culpandus est qui coepit?

    Plin. Ep. 7, 17, 4; 9, 19, 8.—
    b.
    With things as objects:

    hoc (opp. laudare),

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 13:

    quod,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 96:

    faciem deae,

    Ov. M. 11, 322:

    versus duros (with reprehendere inertes),

    Hor. A. P. 446:

    statuas,

    Mart. 9, 60, 12:

    modum praemii poenaeve,

    Quint. 2, 4, 38:

    factum ipsum,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 15:

    plura culpanda sunt quam laudanda,

    id. ib. 5, 8, 13.—
    c.
    Absol.:

    culpetne probetne,

    Ov. M. 3, 256; 9, 524; Hor. S. 1, 4, 82.— Hence, subst.: culpanda, ōrum, n., things deserving censure:

    et probandorum et culpandorum ex iis confirmatio eosdem gradus habet,

    Quint. 5, 11, 7.—
    II.
    Culpare aliquid, to declare something as a crime, to impute a fault to, to complain of, find fault with:

    arbore nunc aquas Culpante, etc.,

    Hor. C. 3, 1, 31; cf.:

    agrorum infecunditatem,

    Col. 1, prooem. §

    1: culpantur frustra calami,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 7.—Hence, culpā-tus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Worthy of reproach, blamable:

    Paris,

    Verg. A. 2, 602:

    culpatius esse arbitror,

    Gell. 11, 7, 1.—
    B.
    Corrupted, spoiled:

    vinum,

    Macr. S. 7, 6.

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  • 12 calumnior

        calumnior ātus, ārī, dep.    [calumnia], to accuse falsely, prosecute unjustly: calumniandi quaestus, of a false informer: calumniando omnia suspecta efficere, L.: iacet res isto calumniante biennium. —To depreciate, misrepresent, calumniate, slander: te: id unum calumniatus est rumor, Ta.: sed calumniabar ipse, i. e. I kept imagining accusations; Calumniari... Quod arbores loquantur, cavil, Ph.
    * * *
    calumniari, calumniatus sum V DEP
    accuse falsely; misrepresent, interpret wrongly; depreciate, find fault with

    Latin-English dictionary > calumnior

  • 13 castīgō

        castīgō āvī, ātus, āre    [castus + 1 AG-], to set right, correct, chastise, punish, blame, reprove, chide, censure, find fault with: pueros verberibus: seg niores, Cs.: castigando proficere, L.: Castigandi potestas, Cu.: litteris castigari, ut, etc., Cs.: in hoc me ipse castigo quod, etc.: moras, V.: vitia, Iu. — To correct, amend, polish: carmen ad unguem, H.: amicae verba, Iu. — To hold in check, restrain: quid illum credis facturum, nisi eum... castigas? T.: castigatus animi dolor.
    * * *
    castigare, castigavi, castigatus V
    chastise/chasten, punish; correct, reprimand/dress down, castigate; neutralize

    Latin-English dictionary > castīgō

  • 14 incūsō

        incūsō āvī, ātus, āre    [1 in+causa], to accuse, complain of, find fault with, blame: te absentem, T.: Belgas, qui se dedidissent, Cs.: alqm graviter, L.: alqm luxūs, Ta.: Multa se, qui non acceperit, etc., V.: foedus vio<*>ati hospiti, L.: iniurias Romanorum, L.: angustias stipendii, Ta.: se proditos, L.: in Blaesum multa, Ta.
    * * *
    incusare, incusavi, incusatus V
    accuse, blame, criticize, condemn

    Latin-English dictionary > incūsō

  • 15 re-prehendō

        re-prehendō    (reprēndō, O., H.), endī, ēnsus, ere, to hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize, catch: quosdam manu, L.: alqm elapsum semel, Ph.: reprehensi ex fugā Persae, Cu.: Membra reprensa, caught fast, O.—Fig., to hold fast, take hold of, restrain, check, recover: revocat virtus, vel potius reprehendit manu: cursūs vestros, Pr.: locus Reprensus, qui praeteritus neglegentiāst, taken up anew, T.: quod erat praetermissum, id reprehendisti.—To blame, censure, find fault with, reprove, rebuke, reprehend: reprehendendi potestas: quis erit tam iniquus, qui reprehendat?: dare sibi tamquam ansas ad reprehendendum: Haec, T.: alios reprehendissent: si quos (aculeos) habuisti in me reprehendendo: meum discessum: nihil haberem quod reprehenderem, si, etc.: ea res omnium iudicio reprehendebatur, Cs.: adrogantiam, Cs.: delicta, S.: maior reprensis, superior to correction, H.: id in me, quod Metello laudi datum est: nihil in Homero, H.—In law, to prosecute, conviet, condemn judicially: multa, quae nemo possit reprehendere: neque id ullo modo senatoriis iudiciis reprehendi posse.—In rhet., to refute: expone nunc de reprehendendo: omnis argumentatio reprehenditur, si, etc.

    Latin-English dictionary > re-prehendō

  • 16 culpito

    culpitare, culpitavi, culpitatus V TRANS
    censure, find fault with; blame/reproach severely/harshly (L+S)

    Latin-English dictionary > culpito

  • 17 accuso

    to accuse, blame, find fault with.

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  • 18 castigatus

    castīgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [castum-ago, as purgo = purum-ago], to set right by word or deed, to correct, chastise, punish; to blame, reprove, chide, censure, find fault with (syn.: animadvertere, punire; more forcible than reprehendere and vituperare; weaker than culpare;

    class. in prose and poetry): pueros non verbis solum, sed etiam verberibus,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 27, 64; so,

    verberibus,

    Plin. 8, 3, 3, § 6; cf. Liv. 26, 27, 8; Curt. 8, 6, 5:

    magnā clade,

    Liv. 39, 1, 4:

    baculo,

    Front. Strat. 1, 1, 3:

    quo saepius (magister) monuerit, hoc rarius castigabit,

    Quint. 2, 2, 5:

    laudat Pompeius... segniores castigat atque incitat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3;

    so opp. laudare,

    Liv. 27, 8, 18; Tac. Agr. 21:

    castigando increpandoque plus quam leniter agendo, proficere,

    Liv. 27, 9, 8:

    servos exuviis bubulis,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 26:

    aliquem dictis plurumis,

    id. Bacch. 4, 8, 67; Verg. A. 5, 387:

    verbis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88; Liv. 36, 20, 4:

    litteris,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 25:

    per litteras,

    Tac. A. 3, 35:

    leniter,

    Liv. 30, 15, 10; 36, 31, 8:

    vehementissime,

    Petr. 109, 1:

    in hoc me ipse castigo quod, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 4:

    segnitiem hominum atque inertiam,

    id. de Or. 1, 41, 184; Liv. 31, 6, 5:

    nimiam lenitatem,

    id. 39, 55, 1:

    moras,

    Verg. A. 4, 407:

    dolos,

    id. ib. 6, 567:

    vitia,

    Juv. 2, 35; Vulg. Psa. 117, 18; id. Heb. 12, 6 al.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    To correct some error, to set right, mend ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose) ( = corrigere, emendare): carmen, *Hor. A. P. 294:

    amicae verba,

    Juv. 6, 455:

    examen improbum in trutină,

    Pers. 1, 6:

    vitia sua,

    Plin. Pan. 46, 6.—
    B.
    To hold in check, to restrain; lit. and trop. (rare for the more usu. coërcere, cohibere, etc.):

    quid illum credis facturum, nisi eum... servas, castigas, mones?

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 31:

    equum tenacem, non parentem frenis asperioribus castigare,

    Liv. 39, 25, 13; Tac. A. 6, 13:

    castigatus animi dolor,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 50:

    risum crebris potiunculis,

    Petr. 47, 7:

    lapsus,

    Stat. Th. 6, 700; cf. under P. a.—Hence,
    b.
    Of relations of space, to enclose, surround, encompass, confine, shut in:

    insula castigatur aquis,

    Sil. 12, 355.— Hence, castīgātus, a, um, P. a. ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose), confined, compressed; hence,
    1.
    As a designation of physical beauty, small, slender, close:

    pectus,

    Ov. Am. 1, 5, 21:

    frons,

    Stat. S. 2, 1, 43.—
    2.
    Trop., restrained, checked:

    luxuria tanto castigatior, quanto posset esse liberior, Aug. Civ. Dei, 5, 24: castigatissima disciplina,

    the strictest, Gell. 4, 20, 1 Hertz (Cod. Reg. castissima).— Adv.: castīgātē.
    a.
    (Acc. to castigatus, 1.) Compressedly, briefly:

    castigatius,

    Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6:

    castigatius eloqui,

    Aug. Doctr. Christ. 4, 14.—
    b.
    (Acc. to 2.) Restrainedly, within bounds:

    vixit modeste, castigate, etc.,

    Sen. Contr. 6, 8:

    vivere,

    Amm. 22, 3, 12.

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  • 19 castigo

    castīgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [castum-ago, as purgo = purum-ago], to set right by word or deed, to correct, chastise, punish; to blame, reprove, chide, censure, find fault with (syn.: animadvertere, punire; more forcible than reprehendere and vituperare; weaker than culpare;

    class. in prose and poetry): pueros non verbis solum, sed etiam verberibus,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 27, 64; so,

    verberibus,

    Plin. 8, 3, 3, § 6; cf. Liv. 26, 27, 8; Curt. 8, 6, 5:

    magnā clade,

    Liv. 39, 1, 4:

    baculo,

    Front. Strat. 1, 1, 3:

    quo saepius (magister) monuerit, hoc rarius castigabit,

    Quint. 2, 2, 5:

    laudat Pompeius... segniores castigat atque incitat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3;

    so opp. laudare,

    Liv. 27, 8, 18; Tac. Agr. 21:

    castigando increpandoque plus quam leniter agendo, proficere,

    Liv. 27, 9, 8:

    servos exuviis bubulis,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 26:

    aliquem dictis plurumis,

    id. Bacch. 4, 8, 67; Verg. A. 5, 387:

    verbis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88; Liv. 36, 20, 4:

    litteris,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 25:

    per litteras,

    Tac. A. 3, 35:

    leniter,

    Liv. 30, 15, 10; 36, 31, 8:

    vehementissime,

    Petr. 109, 1:

    in hoc me ipse castigo quod, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 4:

    segnitiem hominum atque inertiam,

    id. de Or. 1, 41, 184; Liv. 31, 6, 5:

    nimiam lenitatem,

    id. 39, 55, 1:

    moras,

    Verg. A. 4, 407:

    dolos,

    id. ib. 6, 567:

    vitia,

    Juv. 2, 35; Vulg. Psa. 117, 18; id. Heb. 12, 6 al.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    To correct some error, to set right, mend ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose) ( = corrigere, emendare): carmen, *Hor. A. P. 294:

    amicae verba,

    Juv. 6, 455:

    examen improbum in trutină,

    Pers. 1, 6:

    vitia sua,

    Plin. Pan. 46, 6.—
    B.
    To hold in check, to restrain; lit. and trop. (rare for the more usu. coërcere, cohibere, etc.):

    quid illum credis facturum, nisi eum... servas, castigas, mones?

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 31:

    equum tenacem, non parentem frenis asperioribus castigare,

    Liv. 39, 25, 13; Tac. A. 6, 13:

    castigatus animi dolor,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 50:

    risum crebris potiunculis,

    Petr. 47, 7:

    lapsus,

    Stat. Th. 6, 700; cf. under P. a.—Hence,
    b.
    Of relations of space, to enclose, surround, encompass, confine, shut in:

    insula castigatur aquis,

    Sil. 12, 355.— Hence, castīgātus, a, um, P. a. ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose), confined, compressed; hence,
    1.
    As a designation of physical beauty, small, slender, close:

    pectus,

    Ov. Am. 1, 5, 21:

    frons,

    Stat. S. 2, 1, 43.—
    2.
    Trop., restrained, checked:

    luxuria tanto castigatior, quanto posset esse liberior, Aug. Civ. Dei, 5, 24: castigatissima disciplina,

    the strictest, Gell. 4, 20, 1 Hertz (Cod. Reg. castissima).— Adv.: castīgātē.
    a.
    (Acc. to castigatus, 1.) Compressedly, briefly:

    castigatius,

    Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6:

    castigatius eloqui,

    Aug. Doctr. Christ. 4, 14.—
    b.
    (Acc. to 2.) Restrainedly, within bounds:

    vixit modeste, castigate, etc.,

    Sen. Contr. 6, 8:

    vivere,

    Amm. 22, 3, 12.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > castigo

  • 20 repraehendo

    rĕ-prĕhendo ( rĕpraehendo, rĕprendo, or rĕpraendo; cf. prehendo. Examples of the contracted form among the poets are, Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 31; Ov. H. 11, 53; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 39; id. S. 1, 10, 55 al.), di, sum, 3, v. a., to hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize, catch.
    I.
    Lit. (rare;

    not in Cic. or Cæs.): ille reprehendit hunc priorem pallio,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 23:

    me pallio,

    id. Mil. 1, 1, 60:

    hominem,

    id. Ps. 1, 3, 19:

    quosdam manu,

    Liv. 34, 14; Phaedr. 5, 8, 4:

    servi fugiunt, sed si reprehensi sunt,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 6:

    veluti profugos et reprensos in catenis reducere,

    Suet. Calig. 45; cf.:

    reprehensi ex fugā Persae,

    Curt. 4, 14, 2:

    membra rapi partim, partim reprensa relinqui,

    caught fast, sticking behind, Ov. M. 15, 526.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen, to hold fast, take or lay hold of, restrain; to recover (rare, but found in Cic.):

    revocat virtus, vel potius reprehendit manu,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139:

    res ab exitio reprehendere euntes,

    Lucr. 6, 569:

    omnes extremum cupiunt vitae reprehendere vinclum,

    to hold fast, retain, id. 3, 599; cf.:

    id memori mente,

    id. 3, 858:

    sese (sensus),

    id. 4, 497; Prop. 3, 19 (4, 18), 9:

    sed reprendi me tamen, Nequid de fratre garrulae illi dicerem,

    have restrained myself, Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 16: pernoscite, locum Reprehendere, to recover or restore what had been left out or omitted, id. ib. prol. 14:

    quod erat praetermissum, id reprehendisti,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 51.—
    B.
    In partic., to check, restrain an erring person or (more freq.) the error itself; hence, by meton., to blame, censure, find fault with, reprove, rebuke, reprehend (freq. and class.; cf.:

    vituperor, criminor, increpo): cum in eodem genere, in quo ipsi offendissent, alios reprehendissent,

    Cic. Clu. 36, 98:

    quem qui reprehendit, in eo reprehendit, quod gratum praeter modum dicat esse,

    id. Planc. 33, 82; cf. id. ib. 26, 63;

    34, 84: si quos (aculeos) habuisti in me reprehendendo,

    id. ib. 24, 58:

    non modo non sum reprehendendus, sed etiam, etc.,

    id. ib. 38, 91; Quint. 12, 10, 43; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 37:

    meum discessum reprehendere et subaccusare,

    Cic. Planc. 35, 86:

    quod reprehendit Lauranius, Messala defendit,

    Quint. 9, 4, 38:

    aliquem communi vituperatione,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 46:

    nihil haberem quod reprehenderem, si, etc.,

    id. Fin. 2, 8, 23:

    ea res omnium judicio reprehendebatur,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 14 fin.:

    consilium,

    id. B. G. 5, 33; id. B. C. 3, 51:

    temeritatem cupiditatemque militum, licentiam, arrogantiam,

    id. B. G. 7, 52:

    delicta,

    Sall. C. 3, 2:

    studia aliena,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 39:

    versus inertes,

    id. A. P. 445:

    carmen,

    id. ib. 292: cum de se loquitur, non ut majore reprensis, id. S. 1, 10, 55:

    si inspersos egregio reprendas corpore naevos,

    id. ib. 1, 6, 67:

    in hoc ipso (Demosthene) reprehendit Aeschines quaedam et exagitat,

    Cic. Or. 8, 26:

    tu id in me reprehendis, quod Q. Metello laudi datum est,

    id. Planc. 36, 89:

    omnes istius modi artes in iis,

    id. ib. 25, 62:

    quae in eo,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20 fin.:

    dentes albos in iis,

    Quint. 8, 6, 40:

    nihil in magno Homero,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 52 et saep.:

    verum ea ne quis credat eo reprehendenda, quod multos cognovimus qui, etc.,

    Quint. 12, 3, 11:

    sunt inevitabiles soni, quibus nonnumquam nationes reprendimus,

    id. 1, 5, 33.— Absol.:

    visum te aiunt in regiā: nec reprehendo, quippe cum ipse istam reprehensionem non fugerim,

    Cic. Att. 10, 3, a, 1:

    quo plures det sibi tamquam ansas ad reprehendendum,

    id. Lael. 16, 59:

    irridentis magis est quam reprehendentis,

    id. Planc. 31, 75.—
    2.
    Esp., of public and formal condemnation, to convict, pass judgment on:

    quam multa vero injuste fleri possunt, quae nemo possit reprehendere,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 18, 57:

    si senatores judicent, hoc unum genus pecuniae per injuriam cogendae nullo modo posse reprehendi,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 96, § 223:

    neque id ullo modo senatoriis judiciis, reprehendi posse,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 96, § 224.—
    3.
    In rhet., to refute:

    expone nunc de reprehendendo,

    Cic. Part. Or. 12, 44:

    omnis argumentatio reprehenditur, si aut ex eis, quae sumpta sunt, non conceditur aliquid, etc.,

    id. Inv. 1, 42, 79; cf. reprehensio, II. B. 2.

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