fraud

dŏlus, i, m. [Sanscr. dal-bhas, deceit; Gr. dolos, cunning, delear, bait]. Orig., a device, artifice; hence, evil intent, wrongdoing with a view to the consequences (opp. culpa, negligence; cf. also: fallacia, fraus, astutia, calliditas).—In the older, and esp. the jurid. lang.: dolus malus, a standing expression for guile, fraud, deceit: doli vocabulum nunc tantum in malis utimur, apud antiquos etiam in bonis rebus utebatur. Unde adhuc dicimus Sine dolo malo, nimirum quia solebat dici et bonus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 69, 10 Müll.: in quibus ipsis (formulis) cum ex eo (sc. Aquillio) quaereretur, quid esset dolus malus? respondebat;

cum esset aliud simulatum, aliud actum,

Cic. Off. 3, 14, 60; cf. id. Top. 9 fin.; and id. N. D. 3, 30: Labeo sic definit: Dolum malum esse omnem calliditatem, fallaciam, machinationem ad circumveniendum, fallendum, decipiendum alterum adhibitam, Dig. 4, 3, 1; so, dolus malus, acc. to Cic. Off. 3, 15, 61; 3, 24; id. Fl. 30, 74; id. Att. 1, 1, 3:

dolo malo instipulari,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 25; in a pub. law formula in Liv. 1, 24 fin.; and 38, 11; Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 9 Don.; Dig. 4, 3 tit.: de dolo malo, and ib. 44, 4 tit.: de doli mali et metus exceptione, et saep.; opp. culpa, Cod. 5, 40, 9.—Far more freq. and class. (but rarely in Cic.),

Without malus, guile, deceit, deception:

haud dicam dolo,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 53:

non dolo dicam tibi,

id. ib. 2, 4, 79; id. Men. 2, 1, 3; ita omnes meos dolos, fallacias, Praestigias praestrinxit commoditas patris, Poëta ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 73; cf.:

huic quia bonae artes desunt, dolis atque fallaciis contendit,

Sall. C. 11, 2:

aliquem ductare dolis,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 109:

consuere,

id. Am. 1, 1, 211:

versare,

Verg. A. 2, 62:

nectere,

Liv. 27, 28 init. et saep.:

nam doli non doli sunt, nisi astu colas,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 30;

so with astu,

Suet. Tib. 65; Verg. A. 11, 704; cf.

with astutia,

Sall. C. 26, 2:

per sycophantiam atque per doctos dolos,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 70; cf. ib. 113:

per dolum atque insidias,

Caes. B. G. 4, 13, 1;

and with this last cf.: magis virtute quam dolo contendere, aut insidiis niti,

id. ib. 1, 13, 6.—Prov.:

dolo pugnandum est, dum quis par non est armis,

Nep. Hann. 10:

tempus atque occasionem fraudis ac doli quaerere,

Caes. B. C. 2, 14, 1;

so with fraus,

Liv. 1, 53:

consilio etiam additus dolus,

id. 1, 11:

per dolum ac proditionem,

id. 2, 3:

dolis instructus et arte Pelasgā,

Verg. A. 2, 152 et saep.:

subterranei = cuniculi,

Flor. 1, 12, 9:

volpis,

Lucr. 3, 742; cf. id. 5, 858 and 863; Vulg. Matt. 26, 4 et saep.—

Transf., the means or instrument of deceit:

dolos saltu deludit, i. e. the nets,

Ov. Hal. 25:

subterraneis dolis peractum urbis excidium,

Flor. 1, 12, 9.—Dolus, as a deity, Val. Fl. 2, 205:

superavit dolum Trojanum,

Dolon, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 142.—

= culpa:

dolo factum suo,

by his own fault, Hor. S. 1, 6, 90.

fraus, fraudis ( gen. plur. fraudium, Cic. Off. 3, 18, 75; id. Pis. 19, 44; Dig. 9, 2, 23, § 4 al.:

fraudum,

Tac. A. 6, 21; Gell. 14, 2, 6; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 214; archaic form dat. sing. frudi, Lucr. 6, 187 Lachm.; cf. acc. frudem, id. 2, 187; acc. to Cod. Quadrat.; nom. plur. frudes, Naev. B. Pun. 1, 1), f. [perh. root dhru-, bend, injure; Sanscr. dhru-ti, deception; cf. Gr. titrôskô, wound, thrauô, break, and Lat. frustum, frustra, Corss. Ausspr. 1, 150; Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 222], a cheating, deceit, imposition, fraud (class. in sing. and plur.; syn.: dolus, fallacia, calliditas, etc.).

Lit.:

cum duobus modis, id est aut vi aut fraude fiat injuria, fraus quasi vulpeculae, vis leonis videtur: utrumque homini alienissimum, sed fraus odio digna majore,

Cic. Off. 1, 13 fin.:

nonne ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum ex fraude, fallaciis, mendaciis constare totus videtur?

id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

fraus fidem in parvis sibi praestruit, ut, cum operae pretium sit, cum mercede magna fallat,

Liv. 28, 42:

hostes sine fide tempus atque occasionem fraudis ac doli quaerunt,

Caes. B. C. 2, 14, 1:

fraude ac dolo aggressus est (urbem),

Liv. 1, 53, 4:

per summam fraudem et malitiam,

Cic. Quint. 18, 56:

in fraudem obsequio impelli,

id. Lael. 24, 89:

metuo in commune, ne quam fraudem frausus siet,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 20:

fraudis, sceleris, parricidii, perjurii plenus,

id. Rud. 3, 2, 37:

Litavici fraude perspecta,

Caes. B. G. 7, 40, 6:

legi fraudem facere,

i. e. to circumvent, evade, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 9; cf.: contra legem facit, qui id facit, quod lex prohibet;

in fraudem vero legis, qui salvis verbis legis sententiam ejus circumvenit. Fraus enim legi fit, ubi, quod fieri noluit, fieri autem non vetuit, id fit, etc.,

Dig. 1, 3, 29 and 30:

quod emancipando filium fraudem legi fecisset,

Liv. 7, 16 fin.:

facio fraudem senatusconsulto,

Cic. Att. 4, 12:

inventum deverticulum est in fraude earum (legum), gallinaceos quoque pascendi,

Plin. 10, 50, 71, § 140:

si quid in fraudem creditorum factum sit,

Dig. 42, 8, 6, § 8 al.:

sese dedere sine fraude constituunt,

without deception, honorably, Caes. B. C. 2, 22, 1:

sine fraude Punicum emittere praesidium,

Liv. 24, 47, 8 (in another sense under II. C. 2.):

audax Iapeti genus (Prometheus) Ignem fraude malā gentibus intulit,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 28:

aliter enim ad sororis filios quam concordiae fraude pervenire non poterat,

by the deceitful pretence of unanimity, Just. 24, 2:

bestiae cibum ad fraudem suam positum aspernuntur,

Liv. 41, 23.—In plur.:

exagitabantur omnes ejus fraudes atque fallaciae,

deceptions, Cic. Clu. 36, 101:

qui fons est fraudium, maleficiorum, scelerum omnium,

id. Off. 3, 18, 75:

noctem peccatis et fraudibus objice nubem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 62:

(Europe) scatentem Beluis pontum mediasque fraudes Palluit audax,

id. C. 3, 27, 28.

Transf.

Concr., of persons as a term of reproach, a cheater, deceiver, a cheat (ante-class and rare):

fur, fugitive, fraus populi, Fraudulente,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 131:

gerro, iners, fraus, heluo, ganeo,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 10.—

In gen., a bad action, offence, crime (class.):

otio aptus in fraudem incidi,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 32 Brix ad loc.:

est enim periculum, ne aut neglectis iis (rebus divinis) impia fraude, aut susceptis anili superstitione obligemur,

Cic. Div. 1, 4 fin.:

si C. Rabirius fraudem capitalem admisit, quod arma contra L. Saturninum tulit,

id. Rab. Perd. 9, 26:

scelus frausque,

id. de Or. 1, 46, 202:

suscepta fraus,

id. Pis. 18 fin.:

nocituram postmodo te natis fraudem committere,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 31.—In plur.:

re publica violanda fraudes inexpiabiles concipere,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 72.—

In pass. signif., a being deceived, selfdeception, delusion, error, mistake (class.):

is me in hanc illexit fraudem,

Plaut. Mil. 5, 42:

imperitos in fraudem illicis,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 8 Ruhnk.; cf.: oculi, supercilia, frons, vultus denique totus... hic in fraudem homines impulit;

hic eos, quibus erat ignotus, decepit, fefellit, induxit,

Cic. Pis. 1, 1:

nos in fraudem induimus frustraminis ipsi,

Lucr. 4, 417:

quemquam pellicere in fraudem,

id. 5, 1005:

jacere in fraudem,

id. 4, 1206: in fraudem deducere, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 4:

in fraudem incidere,

Cic. Att. 11, 16, 1; cf.:

in fraudem in re publica delabi,

id. de Or. 3, 60, 226:

ne tibi dent in eo flammarum corpora fraudem,

Lucr. 2, 187:

ne tibi sit frudi, quod nos inferne videmus, etc.,

id. 6, 187:

quem (Euryalum) jam manus omnis Fraude loci et noctis... oppressum rapit,

deception as to, ignorance of, Verg. A. 9, 397.—

Injury, detriment, damage.

Prop., produced by deception or ignorance: aliud fraus est, aliud poena;

fraus enim sine poena esse potest, poena sine fraude esse non potest. Poena est noxae vindicta, fraus et ipsa noxa dicitur et quasi poenae quaedam praeparatio,

Dig. 50, 16, 131.—

Injury, hurt, harm, in gen. (in the best prose confined to the phrases, sine fraude and fraudi esse; v. infra):

tuis nunc cruribus scapulisque fraudem capitalem hinc creas,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 23:

id mihi fraudem tulit,

Cic. Att. 7, 26, 2:

esse alicui fraudi aut crimini,

to tend to his injury, id. Mur. 35, 73; cf.:

quae res nemini umquam fraudi fuit,

id. Clu. 33, 91; id. Att. 5, 21, 12; id. Phil. 5, 12, 34; 8, 11, 33; id. Rosc. Am. 17, 49:

latum ad populum est, ne C. Servilio fraudi esset, quod, etc.,

Liv. 30, 19, 9 al.: sine fraude, or archaic SE (SED) FRAVDE, without injury, without damage, without risk (= sine damno, sine noxa): SI PLVS MINVSVE SECVERVNT SE FRAVDE ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 49;

v. sine: rex respondit: QVOD SINE FRAVDE MEA POPVLIQVE ROMANI QVIRITIVM FIAT, FACIO,

Liv. 1, 24, 5:

ceterae multitudini diem statuit, ante quam sine fraude liceret ab armis discedere,

Sall. C. 36, 2; cf. Liv. 26, 12, 5; Hor. C. 2, 19, 20; id. C. S. 41:

quis deus in fraudem, quae dura potentia nostra Egit?

Verg. A. 10, 72:

jam nosces, ventosa ferat cui gloria fraudem,

id. ib. 11, 708.

Fraus, personified, a deity, Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 44. In the service of Mercury, as the god of thieves, Mart. Cap. 1, § 51.

fraus, fraudis ( gen. plur. fraudium, Cic. Off. 3, 18, 75; id. Pis. 19, 44; Dig. 9, 2, 23, § 4 al.:

fraudum,

Tac. A. 6, 21; Gell. 14, 2, 6; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 214; archaic form dat. sing. frudi, Lucr. 6, 187 Lachm.; cf. acc. frudem, id. 2, 187; acc. to Cod. Quadrat.; nom. plur. frudes, Naev. B. Pun. 1, 1), f. [perh. root dhru-, bend, injure; Sanscr. dhru-ti, deception; cf. Gr. titrôskô, wound, thrauô, break, and Lat. frustum, frustra, Corss. Ausspr. 1, 150; Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 222], a cheating, deceit, imposition, fraud (class. in sing. and plur.; syn.: dolus, fallacia, calliditas, etc.).

Lit.:

cum duobus modis, id est aut vi aut fraude fiat injuria, fraus quasi vulpeculae, vis leonis videtur: utrumque homini alienissimum, sed fraus odio digna majore,

Cic. Off. 1, 13 fin.:

nonne ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum ex fraude, fallaciis, mendaciis constare totus videtur?

id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

fraus fidem in parvis sibi praestruit, ut, cum operae pretium sit, cum mercede magna fallat,

Liv. 28, 42:

hostes sine fide tempus atque occasionem fraudis ac doli quaerunt,

Caes. B. C. 2, 14, 1:

fraude ac dolo aggressus est (urbem),

Liv. 1, 53, 4:

per summam fraudem et malitiam,

Cic. Quint. 18, 56:

in fraudem obsequio impelli,

id. Lael. 24, 89:

metuo in commune, ne quam fraudem frausus siet,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 20:

fraudis, sceleris, parricidii, perjurii plenus,

id. Rud. 3, 2, 37:

Litavici fraude perspecta,

Caes. B. G. 7, 40, 6:

legi fraudem facere,

i. e. to circumvent, evade, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 9; cf.: contra legem facit, qui id facit, quod lex prohibet;

in fraudem vero legis, qui salvis verbis legis sententiam ejus circumvenit. Fraus enim legi fit, ubi, quod fieri noluit, fieri autem non vetuit, id fit, etc.,

Dig. 1, 3, 29 and 30:

quod emancipando filium fraudem legi fecisset,

Liv. 7, 16 fin.:

facio fraudem senatusconsulto,

Cic. Att. 4, 12:

inventum deverticulum est in fraude earum (legum), gallinaceos quoque pascendi,

Plin. 10, 50, 71, § 140:

si quid in fraudem creditorum factum sit,

Dig. 42, 8, 6, § 8 al.:

sese dedere sine fraude constituunt,

without deception, honorably, Caes. B. C. 2, 22, 1:

sine fraude Punicum emittere praesidium,

Liv. 24, 47, 8 (in another sense under II. C. 2.):

audax Iapeti genus (Prometheus) Ignem fraude malā gentibus intulit,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 28:

aliter enim ad sororis filios quam concordiae fraude pervenire non poterat,

by the deceitful pretence of unanimity, Just. 24, 2:

bestiae cibum ad fraudem suam positum aspernuntur,

Liv. 41, 23.—In plur.:

exagitabantur omnes ejus fraudes atque fallaciae,

deceptions, Cic. Clu. 36, 101:

qui fons est fraudium, maleficiorum, scelerum omnium,

id. Off. 3, 18, 75:

noctem peccatis et fraudibus objice nubem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 62:

(Europe) scatentem Beluis pontum mediasque fraudes Palluit audax,

id. C. 3, 27, 28.

Transf.

Concr., of persons as a term of reproach, a cheater, deceiver, a cheat (ante-class and rare):

fur, fugitive, fraus populi, Fraudulente,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 131:

gerro, iners, fraus, heluo, ganeo,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 10.—

In gen., a bad action, offence, crime (class.):

otio aptus in fraudem incidi,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 32 Brix ad loc.:

est enim periculum, ne aut neglectis iis (rebus divinis) impia fraude, aut susceptis anili superstitione obligemur,

Cic. Div. 1, 4 fin.:

si C. Rabirius fraudem capitalem admisit, quod arma contra L. Saturninum tulit,

id. Rab. Perd. 9, 26:

scelus frausque,

id. de Or. 1, 46, 202:

suscepta fraus,

id. Pis. 18 fin.:

nocituram postmodo te natis fraudem committere,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 31.—In plur.:

re publica violanda fraudes inexpiabiles concipere,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 72.—

In pass. signif., a being deceived, selfdeception, delusion, error, mistake (class.):

is me in hanc illexit fraudem,

Plaut. Mil. 5, 42:

imperitos in fraudem illicis,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 8 Ruhnk.; cf.: oculi, supercilia, frons, vultus denique totus... hic in fraudem homines impulit;

hic eos, quibus erat ignotus, decepit, fefellit, induxit,

Cic. Pis. 1, 1:

nos in fraudem induimus frustraminis ipsi,

Lucr. 4, 417:

quemquam pellicere in fraudem,

id. 5, 1005:

jacere in fraudem,

id. 4, 1206: in fraudem deducere, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 4:

in fraudem incidere,

Cic. Att. 11, 16, 1; cf.:

in fraudem in re publica delabi,

id. de Or. 3, 60, 226:

ne tibi dent in eo flammarum corpora fraudem,

Lucr. 2, 187:

ne tibi sit frudi, quod nos inferne videmus, etc.,

id. 6, 187:

quem (Euryalum) jam manus omnis Fraude loci et noctis... oppressum rapit,

deception as to, ignorance of, Verg. A. 9, 397.—

Injury, detriment, damage.

Prop., produced by deception or ignorance: aliud fraus est, aliud poena;

fraus enim sine poena esse potest, poena sine fraude esse non potest. Poena est noxae vindicta, fraus et ipsa noxa dicitur et quasi poenae quaedam praeparatio,

Dig. 50, 16, 131.—

Injury, hurt, harm, in gen. (in the best prose confined to the phrases, sine fraude and fraudi esse; v. infra):

tuis nunc cruribus scapulisque fraudem capitalem hinc creas,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 23:

id mihi fraudem tulit,

Cic. Att. 7, 26, 2:

esse alicui fraudi aut crimini,

to tend to his injury, id. Mur. 35, 73; cf.:

quae res nemini umquam fraudi fuit,

id. Clu. 33, 91; id. Att. 5, 21, 12; id. Phil. 5, 12, 34; 8, 11, 33; id. Rosc. Am. 17, 49:

latum ad populum est, ne C. Servilio fraudi esset, quod, etc.,

Liv. 30, 19, 9 al.: sine fraude, or archaic SE (SED) FRAVDE, without injury, without damage, without risk (= sine damno, sine noxa): SI PLVS MINVSVE SECVERVNT SE FRAVDE ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 49;

v. sine: rex respondit: QVOD SINE FRAVDE MEA POPVLIQVE ROMANI QVIRITIVM FIAT, FACIO,

Liv. 1, 24, 5:

ceterae multitudini diem statuit, ante quam sine fraude liceret ab armis discedere,

Sall. C. 36, 2; cf. Liv. 26, 12, 5; Hor. C. 2, 19, 20; id. C. S. 41:

quis deus in fraudem, quae dura potentia nostra Egit?

Verg. A. 10, 72:

jam nosces, ventosa ferat cui gloria fraudem,

id. ib. 11, 708.

Fraus, personified, a deity, Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 44. In the service of Mercury, as the god of thieves, Mart. Cap. 1, § 51.

lā̆trōcĭnĭum, ĭi, n. [id.].

Military service for pay: apud regem in latrocinio fuisti, Plaut. ap. Non. 134, 28.—

Transf.

Freebooting, robbery, highway-robbery, piracy (class.):

cum illum ex occultis insidiis in apertum latrocinium conjecimus,

Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 1:

fines suos ab latrociniis tueri,

id. Deiot. 8, 22:

pugna latrocinio magis, quam proelio similis,

a contest with robbers, Sall. J. 97:

latrociniis magis quam justo bello gerebantur res,

Liv. 29, 6:

latrocinium potius quam bellum,

Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26:

latrociniis ac praedationibus infestatum mare,

piracies, Vell. 2, 73, 3; Just. 43, 3:

latrocinia nullam habent infamiam (apud Germanos),

Caes. B. G. 6, 23, 6:

qui in furto aut in latrocinio aut aliqua noxa comprehensi,

in robbery, id. ib. 6, 16 fin. —

In gen., villany, roguery, fraud:

furtim et per latrocinia potius, quam bonis artibus, ad imperia et honores nituntur,

Sall. J. 4, 7; cf. Cic. Rosc. Am. 22, 61.—

Abstr. pro concreto, a band of robbers:

si ex tanto latrocinio unus tolletur,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—

Latrocinii imago, the semblance of freebooting, i. e. the game of draughts or chess, which imitates freebooting:

sive latrocinii sub imagine calculus ibit,

Ov. A. A. 2, 207.

mălĕfĭcĭum, ĭi, n. [maleficus], an evil deed, misdeed, wickedness, offence, crime.

Lit.

In gen. (class.):

ne conscii sint ipsi malefici suis,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 21:

conscientia maleficiorum,

Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 15:

committere, admittere,

to commit, id. Rosc. Am. 22, 62:

exsilio multare,

id. Caecin. 34, 100:

supplicia pro maleficiis metuere,

id. Rosc. Am. 3, 8.—

In partic. (mostly post-Aug.).

Fraud, deception, adulteration:

me maleficio vinceres?

Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 20 Speng.; Quint. 7, 4, 36; Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 120.—

Enchantment, sorcery, Tac. A. 2, 69 Orell. N. cr.; App. M. 9, p. 230, 24; 231, 28; cf.

magica,

id. Mag. p. 278, 21; Schol. Juv. 6, 595.—

Transf., mischief, hurt, harm, injury, wrong inflicted (acc. to maleficus, II.):

pro maleficio beneficium reddere,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 22:

ab injuria et maleficio se prohibere,

Caes. B. G. 2, 28:

sine ullo maleficio,

id. ib. 1, 7; id. B. C. 2, 20:

novis corrumperent maleficiis,

Liv. 7, 20:

maleficii occasione omissa,

id. 9, 12 al. —Hence, transf. (abstr. pro concr.), a noxious insect, vermin:

ita non nasci maleficia,

Plin. 18, 30, 73, § 308; 8, 59, 84, § 229; 20, 13, 51, § 133.