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|lshtext=<b>scĕlĕro</b>: no<br /><b>I</b> 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]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit. (appellatively; [[only]] in the poets): [[terra]], Verg. A. 3, 60: terrae, Ov. P. 1, 6, 29: limina Thracum, id. M. 13, 628.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In partic., as an adj. [[prop]]., denoting places [[where]] crimes had been committed or criminals punished. So,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> 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,<br /> v. [[infra]], B. 2. b.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Made [[hurtful]], i. e. poisoned: scelerata sucis [[spicula]], Sil. 3, 272.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> As an adj. [[prop]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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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|gf=<b>scĕlĕrō</b>,¹⁵ ātum, āre ([[scelus]]), tr., souiller par un crime], profaner, polluer : Catul. 64, 405 ; Virg. En. 3, 42 &#124;&#124; rendre nuisible : Sil. 3, 272.
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