dehonestamentum

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

dĕhŏnestāmentum, i, n. [dehonesto],

I that which disfigures or dishonors; a blemish, deformity, disgrace, dishonor (excepting once in Sallust, only post-Aug. for dedecus, ignominia).

α With gen.: corporis, Sall. Hist. Fragm. ap. Gell. 2, 27, 2; cf. oris, Tac. H. 4, 13: originis, Just. 28, 2: amicitiarum (sc. scurrae, histriones, etc.), Tac. H. 2, 87: vitiorum, Arn. 2, 16.—

β Without gen.: ignominiae et cetera dehonestamenta, Sen. Const. sap. 19 fin. ; Tac. A. 14, 21; 12, 14.

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