depravare
Dictionary entries
- Entry →depravo, depravare, depravavi, depravatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
distort/deform/twist, make crooked; mislead/pervert; deprave, corrupt;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
Liber Tertius
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...arbitror neque firmare, quo meliores simus, sed ipsam depravare naturam. nam nisi hoc optineatur, id solum bonum esse..."Liber Primus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...quae corrigere vult, mihi quidem depravare videatur. ille atomos quas appellat, id est corpora individua propter soliditatem, censet..."
