scelerātus

rŭīna, ae, f. [ruo], a rushing or tumbling down; a falling down, fall (syn.: casus, lapsus).

In abstracto.

Lit.

In gen. (rare). grandinis, Lucr. 6, 156:

aquarum,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1 med.:

nostra (sc. nucum),

Mart. 13, 25, 2:

jumentorum sarcinarumque,

Liv. 44, 5: Capanei, a fall by lightning (v. Capaneus), Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 40:

(apri saevi) Permixtas dabant equitum peditumque ruinas,

Lucr. 5, 1329: Tyrrhenus et Aconteus Conixi incurrunt hastis, primique ruinam Dant sonitu ingenti, rush or fall upon each other, Verg. A. 11, 613:

interea suspensa graves aulaea ruinas In patinam fecere,

fell down, Hor. S. 2, 8, 54.—

In partic., of buildings, a tumbling or falling down, downfall, ruin (class.; in good prose only in sing.):

repentinā ruinā pars ejus turris concidit... tum hostes, turris repentinā ruinā commoti, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 2, 11 fin. and 12 init.; cf.: ferunt conclave illud, ubi epularetur Scopas, concidisse: eā ruinā ipsum oppressum cum suis interiisse, Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 353; id. Div. 2, 8, 20; Tac. A. 2, 47:

aedificiorum,

Suet. Oth. 8:

amphitheatri,

id. Tib. 40:

camerae,

id. Ner. 34:

spectaculorum,

id. Calig. 31:

pontis,

id. Aug. 20:

tecta Penthei Disjecta non leni ruinā,

Hor. C. 2, 19, 15:

jam Deiphobi dedit ampla ruinam, Vulcano superante, domus,

i. e. fell in, Verg. A. 2, 310; so,

trahere ruinam,

id. ib. 2, 465; 9, 712; cf. B. a, infra:

effulsisse inter ruinam ignes,

Tac. A. 2, 47:

ruinam urbis et incendia recordantes,

Just. 5, 7, 10:

morbus, captivitas, ruina, ignis,

Sen. Tranq. 11, 6:

multos occidere incendii ac ruinae potentia est,

id. Clem. 1, 26, 5.—In plur.:

tantae in te impendent ruinae, nisi suffulcis firmiter,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 77; so Vell. 2, 35, 4 (with incendia); Suet. Vesp. 8; Lucr. 2, 1145:

si fractus illabatur orbis, Impavidum ferient ruinae,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 8:

dum Capitolio dementes ruinas parabat,

id. ib. 1, 37, 7.—

Trop., a downfall, fall, ruin; accident, catastrophe, disaster, overthrow, destruction, etc. (freq. and class.; used equally in sing. and plur.; cf.: exitium, pernicies).

Sing.:

vis illa fuit et, ut saepe jam dixi, ruina quaedam atque tempestas,

a catastrophe, Cic. Clu. 35, 96: incendium meum ruinā restinguam, with the overthrow, fall (of the State), Catilina ap. Sall. C. 31, 9, and ap. Cic. Mur. 25, 51:

ut communi ruinā patriae opprimerentur,

Liv. 45, 26; Vell. 2, 91, 4; 2, 85, 1; 2, 124, 1:

in hac ruinā rerum stetit una integra atque immobilis virtus populi Romani,

Liv. 26, 41:

rerum nostrarum,

id. 5, 51:

urbis,

id. 25, 4:

ex loco superiore impetu facto, strage ac ruinā fudere Gallos,

utter defeat, id. 5, 43; cf.:

ruinae similem stragem eques dedit,

id. 4, 33:

Cannensis,

id. 23, 25; 42, 66 fin.; 4, 46;

5, 47: ruina soceri in exsilium pulsus,

Tac. H. 4, 6; cf. id. G. 36:

pereat sceleratus, regnique trahat patriaeque ruinam,

Ov. M. 8, 497:

aliae gentes belli sequuntur ruinam,

Flor. 2, 12, 1:

ille dies utramque Ducet ruinam,

i. e. death, Hor. C. 2, 17, 9:

Neronis principis,

Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 245.—

Plur.:

praetermitto ruinas fortunarum tuarum, quas omnes impendere tibi proximis Idibus senties,

Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 14:

in ruinis aversae, atque afflictae rei publicae,

id. Sest. 2, 5:

devota morti pectora liberae Quantis fatigaret ruinis,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 19; cf.:

nox auget ruinas,

Val. Fl. 3, 207:

principiis in rerum fecere ruinas et graviter magni magno cecidere ibi casu,

i. e. false steps, errors, mistakes, Lucr. 1, 740:

(Academia) si invaserit in haec, miseras edet ruinas,

Cic. Leg. 1, 13, 39:

ruinas videres,

id. Fin. 5, 28, 83.—

In concreto.

That which tumbles or falls down, a fall (not anteAug.).

In gen. ( poet.):

disjectam Aenaeae toto videt aequore classem Fluctibus oppressos Troas caelique ruinā,

i. e. a storm, rain, Verg. A. 1, 129; so,

caeli (with insani imbres),

Sil. 1, 251:

poli,

i. e. thunder, Val. Fl. 8, 334.—

In partic. (acc. to I. A. 2.), a building that has tumbled down, a ruin, ruins (mostly in plur., and not in Cic. prose):

nunc humilis veteres tantummodo Troja ruinas ostendit,

Ov. M. 15, 424:

Sagunti ruinae nostris capitibus incident,

Liv. 21, 10, 10:

(urbs) deserta ac strata prope omnis ruinis,

id. 33, 38, 10:

fumantes Thebarum ruinae,

id. 9, 18, 7:

ruinis templorum templa aedificare,

id. 42, 3:

in tugurio ruinarum Carthaginiensium,

Vell. 2, 19 fin. —In sing.:

alius par labor... flumina ad lavandam hanc ruinam jugis montium ducere,

Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 74:

EX RVINA TEMPLI MARTIS,

Inscr. Orell. 2448 (A.D. 256).—

Transf., of persons who cause ruin, a destroyer:

rei publicae,

Cic. Sest. 51, 109:

ruinae publicanorum,

id. Prov. Cons. 6, 13.

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.