calumnier
Dictionary entries
- Entry →calumnior, calumniari, calumniatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
accuse falsely; misrepresent, interpret wrongly; depreciate, find fault with;
sg. pres. subj. 1st
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...mihi natus eris. LXVI Et delator es et calumniator, et fraudator es et negotiator, et fellator..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...persequitur ipse periurus, et litem sibi inferri aegerrime calumniator patitur; pudicitiam seruulorum adtemptari non uult qui non pepercit..."de Constantia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...Cogita nunc an huic fur aut calumniator aut uicinus inpotens aut diues aliquis regnum orbae senectutis exercens facere..."XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...erant enim leges, ut proditor morte puniretur, et calumniator idem pateretur quod reus, si convictus esset. Expectaveram quidem..."