opprobro

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

opprō̆bro (obp-), no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [ob-probrum],

to reproach , taunt , upbraid (ante- and post-class.; syn.: vitupero, objurgo, reprehendo): opprobrare, probrum obicere, Fest. p. 187 Müll.: egone id exprobrem, qui mihimet cupio id opprobrarier? Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 143: rus alicui, id. Truc. 2, 2, 25: adversariis, Gell. 17, 1, 11: mollities cuidam opprobrata acerbe, id. 3, 5 in lemm.