corruptam
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;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →corruptus, corrupta -um, corruptior -or -us, corruptissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
rotten/decayed; infected (wounds), corrupt; degenerate/decadent; depraved/venal;; incorrect/improper/disorderly; impure/adulterated/changed for worse; seditious;
acc. sg. (f.)
Examples
Liber XIX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...ipsum vitium ament. Itaque ubicumque videris orationem corruptam placere, ibi mores quoque a recto descivisse non erit dubium..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...subiectas res ab optinentibus significat, ut "Cererem corruptam undis", et "receptus terra Neptunus classes aquilonibus arcet". XXIV. Quod..."Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...nutrimenta dedit, rapuitque in fomite flammam. Tum Cererem corruptam undis Cerealiaque arma expediunt fessi rerum, frugesque receptas..."BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...aliquanto posteriores se esse vident et ob rem corruptam domi poenas metuont, criminari Carthaginiensis ante tempus domo digressos..."