vicious

vicious, full of vice, corrupt.

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pollŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. [cf.: adluo, diluo; Gr. louô, to wash; luma, lumê, lumainô, to cleanse, ruin], to soil, defile, pollute.

Lit. (very rare):

ore dapes,

Verg. A. 3, 234:

ora cruore,

Ov. M. 15, 98:

pollui cuncta sanie, odore, contactu,

Tac. A. 4, 49:

usu tegmina,

id. ib. 13, 57:

vina deciduo immundiore lapsu,

Plin. 14, 19, 23, § 119:

polluta mensa cruore,

Sil. 7, 183.—

Trop.

In gen., to defile morally, to pollute, contaminate, violate, dishonor, desecrate, etc. (class.;

syn.: inquino, contamino): polluta et violata sacra,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 187; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 26, 71:

deorum hominumque jura inexpiabili scelere,

id. Phil. 11, 12, 29:

fratris filiam incesto,

Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 6:

tragico pollutus concubitu,

Juv. 2, 29:

famam domūs stupro turpi,

Phaedr. 3, 10, 17:

nec Electrae jugulo se polluit,

Juv. 8, 218:

mentem suam et aures hominum nefariā voce,

Tac. A. 3, 50: incestis se matrimoniis, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 4, 3: jejunia, to violate, break, Nigid. ap. Isid. Orig. 20, 2:

Jovem,

to insult, Prop. 4 (5), 9, 8: ferias, to desecrate (by labor), Gell. 2, 28, 3:

avaritia invadit, polluit, vastat omnia,

Sall. J. 41, 9; Ov. M. 2, 794:

polluta pax,

Verg. A. 7, 467:

polluendam perdendamque rempublicam relinquere,

Tac. H. 2, 76:

ferias,

Macr. S. 1, 16, 11.—Esp., in eccl. Lat., to render unclean, in a ceremonial sense, Vulg. Lev. 7, 21; pass., to be unclean, id. ib. 11, 27;

15, 32: pollutum et mundum,

id. ib. 10, 10: pollutum comedit, id. Osee, 9, 3.—

In partic., to violate, dishonor a woman (post-Aug.), Tac. A. 12, 46; id. Agr. 31; Vulg. Ezech. 18, 11.—Hence, pollū-tus, a, um, P. a., polluted, i. e. no longer virgin, then vicious, unchaste, Cat. 60, 46:

femina,

Liv. 10, 23, 10:

princeps,

Tac. H. 2, 37 fin.:

scelesta pollutaque femina,

App. M. 10, 34.— Comp.:

senectus,

more vicious, more sinful, Sil. 11, 47.— Sup.:

dives,

App. M. 9, p. 234, 31.

pollŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. [cf.: adluo, diluo; Gr. louô, to wash; luma, lumê, lumainô, to cleanse, ruin], to soil, defile, pollute.

Lit. (very rare):

ore dapes,

Verg. A. 3, 234:

ora cruore,

Ov. M. 15, 98:

pollui cuncta sanie, odore, contactu,

Tac. A. 4, 49:

usu tegmina,

id. ib. 13, 57:

vina deciduo immundiore lapsu,

Plin. 14, 19, 23, § 119:

polluta mensa cruore,

Sil. 7, 183.—

Trop.

In gen., to defile morally, to pollute, contaminate, violate, dishonor, desecrate, etc. (class.;

syn.: inquino, contamino): polluta et violata sacra,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 187; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 26, 71:

deorum hominumque jura inexpiabili scelere,

id. Phil. 11, 12, 29:

fratris filiam incesto,

Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 6:

tragico pollutus concubitu,

Juv. 2, 29:

famam domūs stupro turpi,

Phaedr. 3, 10, 17:

nec Electrae jugulo se polluit,

Juv. 8, 218:

mentem suam et aures hominum nefariā voce,

Tac. A. 3, 50: incestis se matrimoniis, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 4, 3: jejunia, to violate, break, Nigid. ap. Isid. Orig. 20, 2:

Jovem,

to insult, Prop. 4 (5), 9, 8: ferias, to desecrate (by labor), Gell. 2, 28, 3:

avaritia invadit, polluit, vastat omnia,

Sall. J. 41, 9; Ov. M. 2, 794:

polluta pax,

Verg. A. 7, 467:

polluendam perdendamque rempublicam relinquere,

Tac. H. 2, 76:

ferias,

Macr. S. 1, 16, 11.—Esp., in eccl. Lat., to render unclean, in a ceremonial sense, Vulg. Lev. 7, 21; pass., to be unclean, id. ib. 11, 27;

15, 32: pollutum et mundum,

id. ib. 10, 10: pollutum comedit, id. Osee, 9, 3.—

In partic., to violate, dishonor a woman (post-Aug.), Tac. A. 12, 46; id. Agr. 31; Vulg. Ezech. 18, 11.—Hence, pollū-tus, a, um, P. a., polluted, i. e. no longer virgin, then vicious, unchaste, Cat. 60, 46:

femina,

Liv. 10, 23, 10:

princeps,

Tac. H. 2, 37 fin.:

scelesta pollutaque femina,

App. M. 10, 34.— Comp.:

senectus,

more vicious, more sinful, Sil. 11, 47.— Sup.:

dives,

App. M. 9, p. 234, 31.

scĕlĕro, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to pollute, defile, contaminate, desecrate (in the verb. finit. rare, and only poet.;

syn.: temero, polluo): impia non verita est divos scelerare parentes,

Cat. 64, 405; cf. Stat. Th. 2, 663:

sanguine fauces,

id. ib. 8, 761:

parce pias scelerare manus,

Verg. A. 3, 42:

Cererem,

Juv. 9, 25:

animum,

Sil. 16, 122; cf.:

dextram sanguine,

Stat. Th. 9, 666. —Hence, scĕlĕrātus, a, um, P. a., polluted, profaned by crime.

Lit. (appellatively;

only in the poets): terra,

Verg. A. 3, 60:

terrae,

Ov. P. 1, 6, 29:

limina Thracum,

id. M. 13, 628.—

In partic., as an adj. prop., denoting places where crimes had been committed or criminals punished. So,

Sceleratus Vicus, that part of the Vicus Cyprius, on the Esquiline, in which Tullia, daughter of Servius Tullius, drove over her father ' s corpse, Liv. 1, 48; Varr. L. L. 5, § 159 Müll.; Ov. F. 6, 609; Fest. pp. 332 and 333 Müll.—

Sceleratus Campus, under the city will hard by the porta Collina, where unchaste Vestals were buried alive, Liv. 8, 15; Fest. l. l.; Serv. Verg. A. 11, 206.—

Scelerata sedes, the place of punishment for the wicked in Tartarus, Tib. 1, 3, 67; Ov. M. 4, 455;

also called Sceleratum limen,

Verg. A. 6, 563.—For Scelerata Porta and Castra, v. infra, B. 2. b.—

Transf.

Subjectively, bad, impious, wicked, ac-cursed, infamous, vicious, flagitious; in the masc. subst., a bad, impious, or vicious person; a wretch, miscreant (the predom. signif.; freq. with nefarius, impious, etc.; cf. consceleratus);

of persons: virum sceleratum, facinorosum, nefarium,

Cic. Rep. 3, 17, 27:

deliberantium genus totum sceleratum et impium,

id. Off. 3, 8, 37; id. Mur. 30, 62 (with nefarius); id. Att. 9, 15, 5 (with impurus); Caes. B. G. 6, 13 (with impius); Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 4; Ter. And. 1, 1, 132; id. Ad. 4, 2, 14; Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 23; Caes. B. G. 6, 34; Sall. C. 52, 36:

facto plus et sceleratus eodem,

Ov. M. 3, 5:

puella,

id. R. Am. 299; Liv. 1, 59; 31, 31; Suet. Ner. 46; Hor. S. 2, 3, 71; 2, 3, 221 al.— Comp.:

homo sceleratior,

Ov. M. 11, 781.— Sup.:

refertam esse Graeciam sceleratissimorum hominum,

Cic. Planc. 41, 98; Sall. J. 14, 2; 31, 12; Liv. 4, 32 et saep.—Of things:

sceleratas ejus preces et nefaria vota cognovimus,

Cic. Clu. 68, 194:

contra patriam scelerata arma capere,

id. Phil. 11, 1, 1; Ov. M. 5, 102:

conjuratio,

Liv. 2, 6:

insania belli,

Verg. A. 7, 461:

caput,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 33:

vox (with inhumana),

Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 64:

consilia,

Vell. 2, 130, 3:

amor habendi,

Ov. M. 1, 131:

munera,

id. ib. 8, 94:

ignes,

id. F. 6, 439.— Comp.:

a sceleratiore hastā,

Cic. Off. 2, 8, 29:

causa parricidii,

Just. 10, 2, 1. — Sup.:

res,

Quint. 3, 8, 45:

fraus humani ingenii,

Plin. 34, 14, 39, § 138.— Poet.:

subit ira sceleratas sumere poenas,

i.e. to take satisfaction for her crimes, Verg. A. 2, 576. —

(As a result of viciousness or criminality; cf. scelus, II. C.) Hurtful, harmful, noxious, pernicious, unhappy, unfortunate, calamitous, etc. (only poet. and in postAug. prose):

teritur sinapis scelerata: qui terunt, oculi ut exstillent, facit,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 28:

herba,

App. Herb. 8.— Sup.:

sceleratissimis serpentium haemorrhoidi et presteri,

Plin. 24, 13, 73, § 117:

frigus,

Verg. G. 2, 256:

lues,

Mart. 1, 102, 6:

poëmata,

id. 3, 50, 9 et saep.: MATER, Inscr. Rein. cl. 12, 122; so Inscr. Fabr. p. 237, 631:

PARENTES,

Inscr. Murat. 1187, 2.—

Made hurtful, i. e. poisoned:

scelerata sucis spicula,

Sil. 3, 272.—

As an adj. prop.

Scelerata Porta, the gate (also called Porta Carmentalis) through which the three hundred Fabii marched on their fatal expedition, Fest. pp. 334 and 335 Müll.; Serv. Verg. A. 8, 337; Flor. 1, 12, 2.—

Scelerata Castra, the camp in which D. Drusus died, Suet. Claud. 1.—Hence, adv.: scĕlĕrātē (acc. to B. 1.), impiously, wickedly, nefariously (Ciceronian):

peccavi scelerateque feci,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 2:

facere (with audacter),

id. Sull. 24, 67:

dicere (opp. pie),

id. Mil. 38, 103:

susceptum bellum,

id. Cat. 1, 10, 27.— Comp.:

sceleratius,

Vulg. Ezech. 16, 52. — Sup.:

sceleratissime machinatus omnes insidias,

Cic. Sest. 64, 133.

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contāgĭo, ōnis, f., contāgĭum, ii, n., and contāmen, ĭnis, n. (contagium only in poets—and in plur.—and in postAug. prose writers; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 59, 12; Non. p. 199, 2; Marc. Vict. 1, p. 2469 P.; cf. also colluvio: contamen only in late Lat.) [id.], a touching, contact, touch, in a good or bad sense.

In gen.

Contagio, Cato, R. R. 132 fin.:

anima calescit... contagione pulmonum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138:

corporis,

id. Div. 1, 30, 63; 2, 43, 92; id. Fat. 3, 5:

ab omni mentione et contagione Romanorum abstinere,

Liv. 40, 20, 6.—

Contagium, Lucr. 3, 346; 3, 740; Plin. 2, 20, 18, § 82; Mart. 11, 47.—

Pregn., a union, connection:

contagio naturae valet,

Cic. Fat. 3, 5.—

Freq., in a bad sense, a contacl with something physically or morally unclean, a contagion, infection.

Lit.

Contagio: nolite ad me adire, ne contagio mea bonis obsit, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26 (Trag. Rel. v. 405 Vahl.); cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 41, 164:

velut contagione quādam pestiferā insanire,

Liv. 28, 34, 4:

tum praecipue oves contagione vexentur,

Col. 7, 5, 6; so id. 7, 5, 16:

lichenis,

Plin. 26, 1, 3, §

3: vini,

id. 14, 21, 27, § 134 al. —

Contagium:

morbi,

Lucr. 3, 472; 6, 1235; Curt. 9, 10, 1; cf.

pestilentiae,

Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 157:

vicini pecoris,

Verg. E. 1, 51.— Absol.:

agunt contagia late,

Ov. M. 7, 551; Hor. Epod. 16, 61 al.—

Trop., an infection, pollution, vicious companionship or intercourse, participation, contamination, etc.

Contagio:

contagione mei patris metuo malum,

Plaut. Am. prol. 31; so with the gen.:

illius sceleris,

Cic. Mur. 37, 78; id. Sull. 2, 6:

criminis,

Liv. 9, 34, 14:

turpitudinis,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 3:

conscientiae,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 183:

furoris,

Liv. 28, 24, 10:

cujus facti dictive,

id. 2, 37, 7:

noxae,

id. 9, 1, 6:

imitandi belli,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 3, § 6; cf.

belli,

Flor. 2, 13, 1:

bellorum,

id. 2, 2, 4:

aspectus,

Cic. Clu. 68, 193.— Plur.:

contagiones malorum, quae a Lacedaemoniis profectae manaverunt latius,

Cic. Off. 2, 23, 80.— Absol.: haec (vitia) primo paulatim crescere; post, ubi contagio quasi pestilentia invasit, civitas immutata, etc., * Sall. C. 10 fin.; Liv. 5, 6, 11; 5, 12, 7; 10, 18, 2 al.; Flor. 1, 9, 8.—

Contagium:

aegrae mentis,

Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 25:

scelerum,

Luc. 3, 322:

lucri (connected with scabies),

Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 14:

belli,

Flor. 1, 15, 1:

deditionis,

id. 3, 14, 2:

terrae,

Ov. M. 15, 195.—

Contamen, Tert. Carm. adv. Marc. 1, 1; 4, 4; Mart. Cap. 1, § 10 Kopp.

dē-dĕcus, ŏris, n., disgrace, dishonor, infamy, shame (for syn. cf.: offensio, contumelia, infamia, ignominia, turpitudo, obscoenitas, injuria—freq. and class.).

In gen.: eos dolores atque carnificinas per dedecus atque maximam contumeliam te facere ausum esse? Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17;

so with ignominia,

Cic. Div. 2, 9;

with infamia,

id. Cluent. 22, 61; cf. id. Cat. 1, 6;

with flagitium,

id. Mur. 5, 12;

with probrum,

id. Rosc. Am. 24, 68:

vitam per dedecus amittere,

Sall. C. 20, 9:

in dedecora incurrunt,

Cic. Fin. 1, 14, 47; cf.

with damnum,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 39:

magnum fuit generi vestro,

Cic. Brut. 34, 130:

dedecori est,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 93:

dedecori esse (alicui),

Cic. Off. 1, 33 fin.; id. Att. 8, 11 et saep.; cf.

also: aliter ampla domus dedecori domino fit,

id. Off. 1, 39, 139.—

Concr. (as sometimes our word shame), that which causes shame; a disgrace, blot, blemish: cum nec prodere visum dedecus auderet (viz., the ass's ears of Midas), Ov. M. 11, 184; cf.: naturae dedecus, a monster, said of the ass, Phaedr. 1, 21, 11; cf. Petr. 74, 9; Vulg. Sir. 3, 13. —

(Acc. to decus, no. II.) Like to kakon, moral dishonor, vice, turpitude; a vicious action, shameful deed, etc. (very freq.):

decus, quod antiqui summum bonum esse dixerant... itemque dedecus illi summum malum,

Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55; cf. id. Tusc. 2, 5, 14; id. Fin. 3, 11, 38:

dedecus admittere,

Caes. B. G. 4, 25, 5; id. B. C. 3, 64 fin.; Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 51; id. Fam. 3, 10, 2 al.:

ad avertendos tantorum dedecorum rumores,

Suet. Calig. 48 et saep.; of unchastity, Ov. M. 2, 473; 9, 26; Suet. Aug. 68:

dedecorum pretiosus emptor,

Hor. Od. 3, 6, 32:

abdicamus occulta dedecoris,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 4, 2.