opprobrium

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

opprobrium (obp-) ī, n

ob+probrum, a reproach, scandal, disgrace, dishonor, opprobrium : opprobria culpae, H.: opprobrio fuisse adulescentibus, si, etc.— A reproach, taunt, abuse, abusive word : morderi opprobriis falsis, H.: dicere, O.— Fig., of persons, a reproach, disgrace : Cecropiae domūs, H.: generis, O.

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