scelestus

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

scelestus adj.with comp.

scelus, impious, wicked, villanous, infamous, accursed, knavish, roguish : homo, T.: homines scelestos necare, S.: sorores, H.—As subst m . and f an infamous person, wretch, miscreant, scoundrel : ne me attigas, Sceleste, T.: Quo scelesti ruitis?H.: mali atque scelesti, S.: scelesta, T.—Of things, accursed, abominable, infamous, shameful : facinus: scelestior sermo, L.: nuptiae, S.: malitia, Ph.