opprobrium

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. and V. ὄνειδος, τό; see disgrace.

Latin > English

opprobrium opprobri(i) N N :: reproach, taunt; disgrace, shame, scandal; source of reproach/shame

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

opprō̆brĭum: (obp-), i. n. opprobro,
I a reproach, scandal, disgrace, dishonor, opprobrium (not in Cic. or Cæs.; syn.: dedecus, probrum, infamia). vereor, ne civitati meae sit opprobrio, si, etc., lest it should be a reproach, Nep. Con. 3, 4: et turpitudo generis opprobrio multis fuit, Quint. 3, 7, 19: opprobria culpae, Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 10.—
II Transf.
   A A reproach, taunt, abuse, abusive word or language: morderi opprobriis falsis, Hor Ep. 1, 16, 38: fundere, id. ib. 2, 1, 146: dicere, Ov. M. 1, 758; Inscr. Lanuv. (133 B. C.) ap. Mommsen de Collegiis fin.—
   B Of persons, a reproach, disgrace (like the Gr. ἔλεγχος and ὄνειδος): opprobria Romuli Remique, Cat. 28, 14: Cecropiae domus aeternum opprobrium, Hor. C. 4, 12, 7: pagi, id. ib. 2, 13, 4; Ov. M. 8, 155: majorum, Tac. A. 3, 66.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

opprŏbrĭum,¹¹ ĭī, n. (ob, probrum), opprobre, honte, déshonneur : opprobrio est alicui, si Cic. Rep. 4, 3, c’est une honte pour qqn, si ; Nep. Con. 3, 4 ; Quint. 3, 7, 19 || [en parl. de pers.] (Pisonis comites), obprobria Romulei Remique Catul. 28, 15 (ô compagnons de Pison), opprobres de Romulus et de Rémus, cf. Hor. O. 4, 12, 7 ; Tac. Ann. 3, 66 || injure, parole outrageante : Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 38.

Latin > German (Georges)

opprobrium (obprobrium), iī, n. (ob u. probrum), I) der Vorwurf, Schimpf, die Beschimpfung, alci esse opprobrio, jmdm. zum Schimpfe gereichen, Cic. fr. (de rep. 4, 3), Nep. u. Quint.: maioris fugiens opprobria culpae, Hor.: postquam ad illa duo opprobria pervenit, Nep. – II) meton.: A) v. Pers., der Schimpf, die Schande, generis, v. Minotaurus, Ov.: maiorum, Tac.: opprobria Romuli Remique, Catull. – B) das Schimpfwort, die Schimpfrede, Schmährede, verb. maledictum et opprobrium, Suet.: opprobria dicere, Ov., fundere, Hor.