piaculum

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pĭācŭlum: (sync. collat. form pĭā-clum, Prud. στεφ. 14, 219), i, n. pio,
I a means of appeasing a deity; hence,
I Lit.
   A A sin-offering, propitiatory sacrifiee: porco piaculo facito, Cato, R. R. 139; 140: porcc femina piaculum pati, to bring, Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57: piaculum hostia caedi, Liv. 8, 10: te piacula nulla resolvent, Hor. C. 1, 28, 34: piacula manibus infert, Ov. M. 6, 569: falsi mundi, Liv. 1, 26: sed quo te, M. Tulli, piaculo taceam, i. e. how can I be justified in, etc., Plin. 7, 31, 31, § 116; Macr. S. 3, 10, 7.—
   2    Concr., an animal offered up in sacrifice, a victim: duc nigras pecudes; ea prima piacula sunto, Verg. A. 6, 153: non sperat tragicae furtiva piacula cervae, i. e. substitution, Juv. 12, 120.—Transf.,
   (a)    Of persons offered as an expiation, atonement: (Hannibalem) ad piaculum rupti foederis, Liv. 21, 10, 12: ut luendis periculis publicis piacula simus, id. 10, 28, 13.—
   (b)    In gen., a remedy, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 36.—
   B Punishment: dea a violatoribus (sui templi) gravia piacula exegit, Liv. 29, 18; Just. 8, 2, 6; Val. Max. 1, 1, 14; Sil. 13, 702.—
II Transf., that which requires expiation.
   A A wicked action, sin, crime; guilt: eo die verberari piaculum est, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 10: palam mutire plebeio piaculum est, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. mutire, p. 145 Müll. (Trag. v. 376 Vahl.): piaculum est misereri nos hominum rem male gerentum, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 13: sine piaculo rerum praetermissarum, Liv. 39, 47: piaculum committere, id. 5, 52; Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 4: commissa piacula, Verg. A. 6, 569: solutus piaculo, Tac. A. 1, 30: nec sine piaculo quodam sanctissimas necessitudines scindi, Plin. Pan. 37: ne terra impleatur piaculo, Vulg. Lev. 19, 29.—
   B An unhappy event, a misfortune, Plin. 25, 8, 46, § 84.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

pĭācŭlum,¹¹ ī, n. (pio),
1 sacrifice expiatoire, moyen d’expiation, expiation : Cic. Leg. 2, 57 ; Liv. 8, 10 ; ad piaculum rupti fœderis Liv. 21, 10, 12, en expiation du traité violé