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1 dēprāvātiō
dēprāvātiō ōnis, f [depravo], a distortion: quaedam (membrorum): oris.—Fig., a perversion, corruption, vitiation: animi: consuetudinum: nostra, perversity.* * *abnormality/deformity, deviation in appearance/behavior; perversity/perversion -
2 pravitas
crookedness, depravity, deformity, perversity. -
3 depravatio
dēprāvātĭo, ōnis, f. [depravo], a perverting, distorting, corrupting, vitiating (freq. in Cic.; elsewh. rare).I.Lit.:II.distortio et depravatio quaedam (membrorum),
Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35; cf.:pedum, manuum, articulorum omnium depravationes,
Sen. Ep. 24 med.:oris,
Cic. de Or. 2, 62, 252.—Trop.:depravatio et foeditas animi (c. c. deformitas corporis),
Cic. Off. 3, 29, 105:verbi,
id. Part. Or. 36, 127:consuetudinum,
id. Leg. 1, 10, 29.— Absol.:nostra (c. c. superstitio),
perversity, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 136. -
4 perversitas
perversĭtas, ātis, f. [perversus], frowardness, untowardness, perversity:quae est autem in hominibus tanta perversitas, ut, etc.,
Cic. Or. 9, 31:opinionum,
id. Tusc. 3, 1, 2:magna perversitas,
id. Off. 1, 40, 145:alicujus,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 38:molestissima diligentiae perversitas,
Quint. 1, 6, 34:morum,
Suet. Aug. 62:incredibilis hominum,
Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 7. -
5 pravus
prāvus, a, um, adj. [cf. Sanscr. prahva, crooked], crooked, not straight, distorted, misshapen, deformed (opp. rectus; class.).I.Lit.:II. A.prava, cubantia, prona, supina atque absona tecta,
Lucr. 4, 517:si quae in membris prava, aut debilitata aut imminuta sunt,
Cic. Fin. 5, 17, 46:talus,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 48.— Absol.: in pravum, into crookedness (post-Aug.):elapsi in pravum artus,
Tac. H. 4, 81:quae in pravum induruerunt,
Quint. 1, 3, 12.—Of living beings:(β).pravus factus est,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 8:impulsores,
Tac. H. 4, 68:pravissimus homo,
Vell. 2, 80, 3:quae belua ruptis, Cum semel effugit, reddit se prava catenis? i. e. stulta, incauta,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 71.—With gen. ( poet.):B.pravus fidei,
faithless, Sil. 3, 253:pravus togae,
id. 8, 260:audendi pravus,
id. 12, 464.—Of things:nihil pravum, perversum,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 30:affectio,
id. Tusc. 4, 13, 29:dociles imitandis Turpibus et pravis omnes sumus,
Juv. 14, 40:a rectis in vitia, a vitiis in prava, a pravis in praecipitia pervenitur,
Vell. 2, 10, 1:ad honesta, seu prava juxta levis,
Tac. A. 11, 33:aemulatio,
id. H. 4, 48:spes,
id. A. 3, 56.— Comp.: quo pravius nihil esse possit, Cic. Tusc. 3, 33, 80.— Sup.:pravissima consuetudinis regula,
Cic. Brut. 74, 258.— Absol.: in pravum, in perversity:frangas citius, quam corrigas, quae in pravum induruerunt,
Quint. 1, 3, 12.—Hence, adv.: prāvē, crookedly; trop., improperly, wrongly, amiss, ill, badly (opp. recte;class.): hoc mihi videtur factum prave,
Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 24:prave (facta), opp. recte facta,
Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37:ille porro male, prave, nequiter, turpiter cenabat,
id. Fin. 2, 8, 25:prave sectus unguis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 104:sive ego prave, Seu recte hoc volui,
id. S. 2, 3, 87:prave facti versus,
id. Ep. 2, 1, 266:pudens prave,
id. A. P. 88:prave aliquid intellegere,
Plin. 17, 9, 8, § 57:prave detorta verba,
Tac. A. 6, 5:facundus,
id. ib. 1, 53:prave et perperam appellare,
Gell. 4, 9, 4.— Sup.: pravissume, Sall. Or. Lepidi adv. Sull. -
6 sinisteritas
sĭnistĕrĭtas, ātis, f. [sinister, II. A.], awkwardness, untowardness, perversity (cf. the opp. dexteritas); perh. only in Plin. Ep. 6, 17, 3; 9, 5, 2.
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