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..."- L
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..." - L
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..." - M
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..."