opprō̆brĭum (obp-), i. n. [opprobro],
I a reproach , scandal , disgrace , dishonor , opprobrium (not in Cic. or Caes.; syn.: dedecus, probrum, infamia). vereor, ne civitati meae sit opprobrio, si, etc., lest it should be a reproach , Nep. Con. 3, 4: et turpitudo generis opprobrio multis fuit, Quint. 3, 7, 19: opprobria culpae, Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 10.—
II Transf.
A A reproach , taunt , abuse , abusive word or language : morderi opprobriis falsis, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 38: fundere, id. ib. 2, 1, 146: dicere, Ov. M. 1, 758; Inscr. Lanuv. (133 B. C.) ap. Mommsen de Collegiis fin. —
B Of persons, a reproach , disgrace (like the Gr. ἔλεγχος and ὄνειδος): opprobria Romuli Remique, Cat. 28, 14: Cecropiae domus aeternum opprobrium, Hor. C. 4, 12, 7: pagi, id. ib. 2, 13, 4; Ov. M. 8, 155: majorum, Tac. A. 3, 66.