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|lshtext=<b>cor-rumpo</b>: ([[conr]]-), rāpi, ruptum (rumptum), 3, v. a. (orig.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[break]] to pieces; [[hence]]),<br /><b>I</b> To [[destroy]], [[ruin]], [[waste]], [[bring]] to [[naught]] ([[class]]., [[but]] [[less]] freq. [[than]] in the signif. II.].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: reliquum [[frumentum]] flumine [[atque]] incendio corruperunt, Caes. B. G. 7, 55: domum et [[semet]] igni conrumpunt, Sall. J. 76, 6; cf.: plura igni, id. ib. 92, 3; 92, 8: res familiares, id. ib. 64, 5: ungues dentibus, i. e. to [[bite]], Prop. 2, 4, 3 (13).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.: diem, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 31: [[animo]] [[male]]'st: corrupta [[sum]] [[atque]] absumpta [[sum]], id. Am. 5, 1, 6: se suasque [[spes]], Sall. J. 33, 4: illos dubitando et [[dies]] prolatando magnas opportunitates corrumpere, to [[lose]], id. C. 43, 3: consilia, Vell. 2, 57, 3: libertatem, Tac. A. 1, 75: foedera, Sil. 12, 303: omnem prospectum, id. 5, 34 al.—<br /><b>II</b> With [[regard]] to the [[physical]] or [[moral]] [[quality]] of an [[object]], to [[corrupt]], [[mar]], [[injure]], [[spoil]], [[adulterate]], [[make]] [[worse]], etc. ([[very]] freq., and [[class]]. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: corrumpitur jam [[cena]], Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 102; so, [[prandium]], Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 49: conclusa [[aqua]] [[facile]] conrumpitur, Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20; cf.: aquarum fontes, Sall. J. 55, 8: corrupitque [[lacus]], infecit pabula [[leto]], Verg. G. 3, 481: coria igni ac lapidibus, Caes. B. C. 2, 10: ne plora, oculos corrumpis, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 3; cf.: ocellos lacrimis, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 57: [[artus]] febribus, id. H. 19 (20), 117; cf.: stomachum ([[medicamentum]]), Scrib. Comp. 137: [[umor]] ex hordeo aut frumento in quandam similitudinem vini [[corruptus]], fermented, Tac. G. 23 init.: [[vinum]] in acorem corrumpitur, Macr. S. 7, 12, 11.—Poet., [[without]] the [[access]]. [[idea]] of impairing: [[ebur]] corrumpitur ostro, is stained, Stat. Achill. 1, 308.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop. (so [[most]] freq.),<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[personal]] objects, to [[corrupt]], [[seduce]], [[entice]], [[mislead]]: perde rem, Corrumpe erilem filium, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 20; 1, 1, 27 sq.; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 3, 15: me ex amore hujus esse corrumptum, id. As. 5, 2, 33; Ter. And. 2, 3, 22: mulierem, id. Heaut. 2, 2, 2; cf. feminas, Suet. Caes. 50: (vitiosi principes) non [[solum]] obsunt, ipsi [[quod]] corrumpuntur, sed [[etiam]] [[quod]] corrumpunt, Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32: quos (milites) soluto imperio, [[licentia]] [[atque]] [[lascivia]] corruperat, Sall. J. 39, 5; cf. id. C. 53, 5 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> In partic., to [[gain]] to one's [[self]] by gifts, etc.; to [[bribe]], [[buy]] [[over]], etc.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With abl.: aliquem pecuniā, Cic. Off. 2, 15, 53; Sall. J. 34, 1: [[auro]], id. ib. 32, 3: [[pretio]], Cic'. Caecin. 25, 72: turpi largitione, id. Planc. 15, 37: donis, Sall. J. 97, 2: muneribus, Hor. S. 1, 9, 57 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Without abl.: ne alios corrumpas, cum me non potueris, Nep. Epam. 4, 3; id. Lys. 3, 2 bis; Sall. J. 29, 2; Hor. S. 2, 2, 9 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of things as objects, to [[corrupt]], [[adulterate]], [[falsify]], [[spoil]], [[mar]], etc.: litteras publicas, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 93: tabulas publicas, id. ib. 2, 2, 42, § 104; id. Rosc. Am. 44, 128: [[mores]] civitatis (opp. corrigere), id. Leg. 3, 14, 32; Quint. 1, 2, 4: disciplinam, Tac. H. 3, 49: [[fides]], [[quam]] nec [[cupiditas]] corrumpat, nec [[gratia]] avertat, Quint. 12, 1, 24: [[totidem]] generibus corrumpitur [[oratio]], [[quot]] ornatur, id. 8, 3, 58: [[nomen]] eorum [[paulatim]] Libyes corrupere, Sall. J. 18, 10; cf. Ov. F. 5, 195: [[multo]] dolore corrupta [[voluptas]], imbittered, Hor. S. 1, 2, 39: gratiam, to [[forfeit]], Phaedr. 4, 24, 18: ([[littera]]) continuata cum insequente in naturam ejus corrumpitur, Quint. 8, 3, 45; cf.: oris plurima vitia in peregrinum sonum corrupti, id. 1, 1, 13: [[quamvis]] sciam non corrumpi in [[deterius]] quae [[aliquando]] [[etiam]] a malis ... fiunt, Plin. Ep. 5, 3, 6: [[ineluctabilis]] fatorum vis consilia corrumpit, Vell. 2, 57, 3.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> In partic. (acc. to II. B. b.), to [[bribe]]: nutricis fidem, Ov. M. 6, 461.—Hence, cor-[[ruptus]] ([[conr]]-, cŏrup-), a, um, P. a., spoiled, marred, [[corrupted]], [[bad]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: [[caelum]], Lucr. 6, 1135 Munro ad loc.; cf.: [[tractus]] caeli, Verg. A. 3, 138: [[aqua]] corruptior jam salsiorque, Auct. B. Alex. 6 fin.: [[iter]] [[factum]] corruptius imbri, Hor. S. 1, 5, 95 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of the forms of words, [[mutilated]], [[corrupted]] (opp. [[integer]]), Quint. 1, 5, 68.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bad, [[corrupt]]: [[quis]] [[corruptor]] juventutis, [[quis]] [[corruptus]], qui? etc., Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 7: homines conruptissimi, Sall. H. 1, 48, 7 Dietsch.—Subst.: corrupta, ōrum, n., the spoiled parts (of the [[body]]), Cels. praef. § 43.—Adv.: corruptē, corruptly, [[perversely]], [[incorrectly]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): judicare [[neque]] [[depravate]] [[neque]] [[corrupte]], * Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 71: pronuntiare verba, in a [[mutilated]] [[manner]], Gell. 13, 30, 9.—Comp.: explicare, Sen. Contr. 2, 9: intimi libertorum servorumque corruptius [[quam]] in privatā [[domo]] habiti, Tac. H. 1, 22; cf. 2, 12 Halm.

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