corrumpam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →corrumpo, corrumpere, corrupi, corruptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
spoil/rot; taint/contaminate; damage/ruin, undo; destroy/deface; digest; infect;; pervert, corrupt, deprave; bribe, suborn; seduce, tempt, beguile; falsify;
sg. fut. act. ind. 1stsg. pres. act. subj. 1st
Examples
VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...iudices, non ideo ego dico, ut adfectu iura corrumpam, neque vobis praecipio, sed adversariae exprobro. legem quidem istam..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...aditus primos habet.' 'haud mihi deero: muneribus servos corrumpam; non, hodie si exclusus fuero, desistam; tempora quaeram, occurram..."