thy fault

crīmen, ĭnis, n. [contr. for cernimen, from cerno, II. C.]; lit., a judicial decision, verdict, judgment; hence, transf., like the Gr. krima, of the subject of such a decision, and with partieular reference either to the accuser or to the accused.

Subject., or with reference to the accuser, a charge, accusation, reproach; esp. when unfounded, a calumny, slander (very freq. in every period and species of composition):

criminin' me habuisse fidem?

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 15; cf. Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 13:

hae litterae fidem Persei criminibus fecerunt,

Liv. 40, 23, 9:

cum respondero criminibus,

Cic. Planc. 2, 4:

se falsis criminibus circumventum,

Sall. C. 34, 2; cf.:

crimen falsum,

Cic. Quint. 2, 8; Hor. C. 3, 7, 14:

criminibus adversariorum in invidiam venire,

Nep. Epam. 7, 3:

sermones pleni criminum in Patres,

Liv. 6, 14, 11:

crimina et suspiciones,

id. 40, 15, 3:

tanti maleficii crimen probare te censes posse talibus viris, si, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 72:

sceleris maximi,

id. Cael. 23, 56; cf. id. ib. 27, 65; id. Sull. 24, 8:

istius conjurationis,

id. ib. 4, 12:

avaritiae,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192; 2, 5, 1, § 2:

veneficii,

Quint. 5, 7, 37:

ubi est crimen quod reprehenditis?

i. e. the point of the accusation, Cic. Sest. 38, 80 Halm ad loc.:

quo enim illi crimine peccatoque perierunt?

id. Cael. 30, 71:

haec causa est omnium horum scelerum atque criminum,

id. ib. 25, 61;

so (approaching the signif. II. A. infra), id C. Norbano in nefario crimine atque in fraude capitali esse ponendum,

id. de Or. 2, 48, 199 Sorof ad loc.:

era in crimen veniet,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 55 (era male audiet, Don.):

quid? sciebas tibi crimini datum iri?

would be made a reproach? Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 29, § 74; cf. Ov. M. 1, 766:

crimen adferre,

Cic. Rab. Post. 10, 27; cf.:

crimen inferre, offerre,

id. Lael. 18, 65:

in quos crimen intendebatur,

Liv. 9, 26, 11:

esse in crimine,

to stand charged with, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 100:

propulsare,

id. Sull. 4, 12:

defendere,

to repel, confute, id. ib.; Ov. M. 13, 303;

and opp. obicere,

Quint. 6, 3, 69:

repellere, transferre,

id. 4, 2, 26 et saep.— Poet.: belli, pretexts (causae), Verg. A. 7, 339.—

Meton. (abstr. pro concreto), an object of reproach or invective:

perpetuae crimen posteritatis eris,

Ov. Tr. 4, 9, 26.—

Object., or with reference to the accused, the fault complained of, a crime, fault, offence (freq., but rare in ante-Aug. prose).

Lit.

Ingen.:

foedati crimine turpi,

Lucr. 3, 49:

cum haec (causa) non in crimine aliquo, quod ille posset infitiari... consisteret,

Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 182 Sorof ad loc.:

crimen meum indicare,

Liv. 40, 12, 10; 41, 25, 6:

carendum non solum crimine turpitudinis, verum etiam suspicione,

Quint. 2, 2, 14:

cum quidam crimen ultro faterentur,

Suet. Claud. 36:

velut crimen taedas exosa jugales,

Ov. M. 1, 483:

non prodere vultu,

id. ib. 2, 447:

scire,

id. ib. 2, 614:

hoc si crimen erit, crimen amoris erit,

Prop. 2 (3), 30, 24; cf.:

tuum crimen erit,

thy fault, id. 2 (3), 28, 2:

crimina et innoxios discernere,

Tac. A. 1, 55.—Ovid in his Tristia very freq. calls the offence on account of which he was banished crimina or crimen, interchanging it with error, e. g. 1, 9, 64; 2, 3; 2, 207; 3, 5, 52; 3, 6, 26 al.—

Of inanim. objects:

crimina brassicae sunt, animae gravitatem facere, etc.,

fault, defect, Plin. 20, 9, 35, § 91.—

In partic., the crime of lewdness, adultery, Ov. M. 9, 24; Sil. 6, 634.—

Meton.

An object representing a crime:

et rupit pictas, caelestia crimina, vestes, i. e. deorum adulteria,

Ov. M. 6, 131; cf.:

tum paries nullo crimine pictus erat,

Prop. 2, 6, 34 (2, 5, 26 Bip.):

impressā signat sua crimina gemmā,

a letter containing her crime, Ov. M. 9, 566.—

A cause of a crime, a criminal:

se causam clamat crimenque caputque malorum,

Verg. A. 12, 600; cf.:

a pereant Baiae, crimen amoris, aquae,

Prop. 1, 11, 30:

Crimen et illa fuit... Myrrha,

id. 3, 19 (4, 18), 15.

ŏpĕra, ae, f. [opus], service, pains, exertion, work, labor (opus is used mostly of the mechanical activity of work, as that of animals, slaves, and soldiers; opera supposes a free will and desire to serve).

Lit.

In gen.:

omnes, quorum operae, non quorum artes emuntur,

Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150:

sine hominum manu atque operā,

id. ib. 2, 4, 14:

operam exigere,

id. ib. 1, 13:

perdere,

id. de Or. 1, 28, 126:

praebere amicis,

id. Brut. 47, 174:

in re ponere,

id. Clu. 57, 157:

curamque in rebus honestis ponere,

id. Off. 1, 6, 19:

et laborem consumere in aliquā re,

to bestow labor and pains on any thing, id. de Or. 1, 55, 234:

studiumque in res obscuras conferre,

id. Off. 1, 6, 19:

tribuere rei publicae,

id. Div. 2, 2, 7;

sumere,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 31, § 69:

impendere,

id. ib. 2, 2, 30, §

68: polliceri,

Sall. C. 28, 1; 40, 6:

insumere,

Liv. 10, 18:

dicare alicui,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 12: interponere, to bestow, employ, Cic. Div. in. Caecil. 19, 63: ipse dabat purpuram tantum, amici operas, gave their work thereto, i. e. wrought it, id. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 59:

pleraque sunt hominum operis effecta,

id. Off. 2, 3, 12:

ibo, atque illam adducam, Quam propter opera est mihi,

on whose behalf I am engaged, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 93:

operam navare,

Cic. Fam. 15, 12, 2; Liv. 25, 6, 15.—

In partic., a service, rendering of service: Cn. Pupius, qui est in operis ejus societatis, in the service of the society or company, Cic. Fam. 13, 9, 3:

operae forenses,

id. Fin. 1, 4, 10:

P. Terentius, qui operas in portu et scripturā pro magistro dat,

serves as director, id. ib. 13, 65, 11:

ferrum istud bonas edet operas,

will do good service, Sen. Prov. 2, 10:

musis operas reddere,

to do service to, to serve, Cic. Fam. 16, 10, 2:

dare operas alicui,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 11.—

Transf.

Care, attention, exertion bestowed on any thing:

deditā operā,

seriously, with a purpose, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 29.—So esp. freq.,

Operam dare, to bestow care or pains on, to give attention to any thing.—Constr. with dat., with ut or ne ( = studere).

With dat.: dant operam simul auspicio augurioque, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 81 Vahl.):

dare operam funeri,

to attend, Cic. Att. 15, 1, 1:

bellis, Sive foro,

Ov. R. Am. 165:

amori,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 58: liberis ( to the begetting of children), Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3: memoriae alicujus, to attend to what brings a person to mind, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 1:

tonsori,

to get shaved, Suet. Aug. 79:

alicui,

to attend to one, listen to him, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 52:

sermoni,

Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 4:

amico,

to serve, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 17: me huic dedisse operam malam, that I have done him an ill turn, id. Capt. 3, 5, 43.—For dat. the acc. with ad occurs:

benigne operam detis ad nostrum gregem,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 21.—

With ut and subj.:

da operam, ut valeas,

Cic. Att. 16, 16, A, 5:

omnem operam do, ut cognoscam,

Sen. Contr. 4, 24, 15; id. Vit. Beat. 3, 2.—

With ne:

dent operam consules, ne quid respublica detrimenti capiat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 5:

ego omnem operam dabo, ne pervenire ad me erubescat,

Sen. Polyb. 13, 3:

studiose te operam dare, ut ne quid meorum tibi esset ignotum,

Cic. Fam. 13, 11, 1.—

With subj. alone: dabo operam, quoad exercitus huc summittatis, etc., Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6.—

With inf.:

id scire,

Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 38.—

In abl.: operā meā, tuā, etc., through my ( thy, etc.) means, agency, fault:

fateor Abiisse eum abs te, meā operā atque astutiā,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 21:

quid mihi nisi malum vostra opera'st?

id. Ps. 1, 2, 50:

non meā operā, neque pol culpā evenit,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 31:

meā operā, Q. Fabi, Tarentum recepisti,

Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—

Unā or eādem operā, in the same manner, at the same time (ante-class.):

unā operā mihi sunt sodales, quā iste,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 31:

eādem operā a praetore sumam syngrapham,

id. ib. 2, 3, 89.—

Operā, by experience (ante-class.):

nam te omnes saevom commemorant... ego contra operā expertus,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 7:

id operā expertus sum esse ita,

id. Bacch. 3, 2, 3:

magis non factum possum velle quam operā experiar persequi,

id. Capt. 2, 3, 65.—

Operae pretium, v. pretium, II. B.—

Leisure, spare time for any thing (class., but in the phrase operae est, only ante-class. and Livian):

operae ubi mihi erit, ad te venero,

as soon as I can spare the time, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 30:

si operae illi esset,

if he had time, Liv. 5, 15; 4, 8; 44, 36:

dicam, si tibi videam esse operam, aut otium,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 15:

operae non est,

id. ib. 5, 2, 77:

quos tu operam gravare mihi,

id. Rud. 2, 4, 21: de versibus, quos tibi a me scribi vis, deest mihi quidem opera, I have not time or leisure, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 4.—

In concr.

A day's work or labor (usu. in plur.):

quaternis operis singula jugera confodere,

Varr. R. R. 1, 18:

puerilis una opera,

Col. 11, 2, 44:

bubulcorum operae quatuor,

id. 2, 13:

operae (filiorum) locari possunt,

Paul. Sent. 5, 1, 1.—

A day-laborer, journeyman; also, in gen., a laborer, workman (usu. in plur.):

ipse dominus dives operis et laboris expers,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 16:

plures operas conducere,

Col. 3, 21: nona, a ninth laborer (on his farm), Hor. S. 2, 7, 118; Suet. Oct. 3.—Hence, transf., in a bad sense: operae, hired aiders, abettors, tools, etc. (of political or theatrical parties):

mercenariae (corresp. to multitudo conducta),

Cic. Phil. 1, 9, 22; cf.:

erat mihi contentio cum operis conductis et ad diripiendam urbem concitatis,

id. Sest. 17, 38:

Claudianae,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2; cf. id. Att. 4, 3, 3:

theatrales,

parties for the purpose of applauding, theatrical factions, Tac. A. 1, 16:

VETERES A SCENA,

Inscr. Grut. 467, 7.—

That which is wrought or produced, a work:

operae aranearum,

i. e. spiders' webs, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 19:

exstabit opera peregrinationis hujus,

Cic. Att. 15, 13, 6.