peccatum
δυοῖν κακοῖν προκειμένοιν τὸ μὴ χεῖρον βέλτιστον → the lesser of two evils, the less bad thing of a pair of bad things, better the devil you know, better the devil you know than the devil you don't, better the devil you know than the devil you don't know, better the devil you know than the one you don't, better the devil you know than the one you don't know, the devil that you know is better than the devil that you don't know, the devil we know is better than the devil we don't, the devil we know is better than the devil we don't know, the devil you know is better than the devil you don't
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
peccātum: i, n. pecco,
I a fault, error, mistake, transgression, sin (syn.: delictum, culpa): pro peccatis supplicium sufferre, Ter. And. 5, 3, 17: corrigere, id. Ad. 4, 3, 2: peccata remordent, Lucr. 3, 827: recte facta sola in bonis actionibus ponens, prave, id est peccata, in malis, Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37: ut peccatum est, patriam prodere, parentes violare, fana depeculari, quae sunt in effectu; sic timere, sic maerere, sic in libidine esse, peccatum est, etiam sine effectu, id. Fin. 3, 9, 32: culpa ac peccatum, id. Fam. 5, 21, 5: multitudo vitiorum peccatorumque, id. Phil. 2, 17, 43; id. Att. 8, 13, 2: quo illi crimine peccatoque perierunt? id. Cael. 30, 71: libidinum peccatorumque licentia, id. Lael. 22, 83: confiteri, id. N. D. 2, 4, 11; id. de Or. 1, 27, 125: paucis verbis tria magna peccata, blunders, id. Tusc. 3, 20, 47: in peccata incidere, id. Fin. 4, 15, 40: luere peccata, Verg. A. 10, 32: peccati conscius, Ov. Am. 2, 7, 11: peccatis poenas aequas irrogare, Hor. S. 1, 3, 118: peccatis veniam commodare, Tac Agr. 19: abstinere peccatis, Plin. Ep. 8, 22, 2. Here, too, doubtless belongs: nam eā aetate jam sum, ut non siet peccato mi ignosci aequom Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 11.—
II Transf. (eccl. Lat.).
1 Guilt: si non venissem peccatum non haberent, Vulg. Johan. 15, 22: cognatio pec-cati, id. Rom. 3, 20; Lact. 6, 13.—
2 The punishment of sin: peccatum vestrum apprehendet vos, Vulg. Num. 32, 23: ipse peccata multorum tulit, id. Isa. 53, 12.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
peccātum,⁹ ī, n. (pecco), faute, action coupable, crime : Cic. Ac. 1, 37 ; Fin. 3, 32 ; Virg. En. 10, 32 || faute, erreur : Cic. Tusc. 3, 47 ; Fin. 4, 40 ; de Or. 1, 124.
Latin > German (Georges)
peccātum, ī, n. (pecco), eine pflichtwidrige Handlung, die Sünde, das Vergehen, Verbrechen, im milderen Sinne der Fehler, das Versehen, der Irrtum, stultitiae, Cic.: peccatum suum confiteri, Cic.: eā iam aetate sum, ut non siet peccato mihi ignosci aequum, bei einem Versehen, Ter. – peccatum mortiferum, Todsünde, Augustin. serm. 71, 7.
Latin > English
peccatum peccati N N :: sin; moral offense; error, mistake; lapse, misdemeanor
