scelerosus

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

scĕlĕrōsus, a, um, adj. [scelus],

full of wickedness , vicious , abominable , accursed (ante- and post-class.): ubi ego illum scelerosum et impium inveniam? Ter. Eun. 643: scelerosa et polluta mulier, Ap. Met. 10, 29, 4; scelerosa atque impia facta, Lucr. 1, 82: o diem scelerosum et indignum, Afr. ap. Non. 174, 29.—As subst.: scĕlĕrōsus , i, m., a wicked or vicious person , a wretch , Lucil. ap. Non. 174, 27.

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