corruptela

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

corruptēla: (conr-), ante-class. also corrumptēla, ae, f. corrumpo,
I that which corrupts, a corrupting, corruption, seduction, bribery, etc.
I Prop. (freq. and class. in sing. and plur.): mores hac (sc. cantūs) dulcedine corruptelaque depravati, Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 38: collapsus est hic in corruptelam suam, Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 3: quem (adulescentulum) corruptelarum illecebris irretisses, Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 13: stupra dico et corruptelas et adulteria, id. Tusc. 4, 35, 75; cf. Suet. Claud. 16: via una corruptelae Bacchanalia erant, Liv. 39, 9, 3: malae consuetudinis (gen. subj.), Cic. Leg. 1, 12, 33: mulierum (gen. obj.), id. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134; cf. servi, id. Deiot. 11, 30.—
II Meton. (abstr. pro concreto).
   A A corrupter, seducer, misleader: nostrūm liberūm, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 7: is apud scortum corrumptelast liberis, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 17.—*
   B A place of seduction, Front. Aquaed. 76.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

corruptēla,¹³ æ, f. (corrumpo), ce qui gâte, ce qui corrompt : Pl. Truc. 671 ; corruptela malæ consuetudinis Cic. Leg. 1, 33, la corruption des mauvaises habitudes || séduction, corruption, dépravation : mulierum Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 134, action de débaucher des femmes || [fig.] a) séducteur, corrupteur : Ter. Ad. 793 ; b) lieu de perdition : Frontin. Aqu. 77.