depravate
Dictionary entries
- Entry →depravate:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
perversely, wrongly;
- 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;
voc. sg. perf. pass. part.pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...spiritus in corpore fracto et inutili maneat; depraves licet, dum monstroso et distorto temporis aliquid accedat; suffigas licet..."Liber Primus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...voluptatem, nihil asperum nisi dolorem, de quibus neque depravate iudicant neque corrupte, nonne ei maximam gratiam habere debemus..."
