corruptius
Dictionary entries
- 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. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →corrupte, corruptius, corruptissime:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
incorrectly; perversely; in bad style/depraved manner; licentiously, corruptly;
Examples
Liber XVI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...damnationem peius effugit quam meruit. Quicquam fuisse corruptius illis moribus credis quibus libido non sacris inhiberi, non iudicis..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...fessi pervenimus, utpote longum carpentes iter et factum corruptius imbri. postera tempestas melior, via peior ad usque Bari..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...advecto ex urbe cultu. quantoque magis propinquabat, tanto corruptius iter immixtis histrionibus et spadonum gregibus et cetero Neronianae..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...corpori similis animus. et intimi libertorum servorumque, corruptius quam in privata domo habiti, aulam Neronis et luxus, adulteria..."