sceleratus

== Latin == === Etymology === Perfect passive participle of scelerō (“pollute, defile”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [skɛˈɫɛ.ra.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ʃeˈlɛː.ra.tus] === Noun === scelerātus m (genitive scelerātī); second declension a criminal a vicious, impious, wicked person Synonyms: malus, vitiōsus, scelestus, facinorōsus villain ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === Participle === scelerātus (feminine scelerāta, neuter scelerātum, comparative scelerātior, superlative scelerātissimus); first/second-declension participle polluted, defiled, having been polluted or defiled; criminal, wicked, infamous, impious; accursed, lying under a ban. (as a result of criminality or viciousness) hurtful, harmful, noxious, pernicious, unfortunate; made hurtful, poisoned, polluted. (of a person's actions) sinful, atrocious, heinous. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === sceleratus in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti “sceleratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “sceleratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "sceleratus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “sceleratus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.