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
- L
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..." - M
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..." - P
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..." - G
BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...aliquanto posteriores se esse vident et ob rem corruptam domi poenas metuont, criminari Carthaginiensis ante tempus domo digressos..."