"scelus" meaning in Latin

See scelus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈske.lus/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈs̠kɛɫ̪ʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈʃe.lus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈʃɛːlus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *skelos, from Proto-Indo-European *skelos (“curve, bending”), from *(s)kel- (“to curve, bend”). This etymology presupposes a semantic shift from "crooked" to "wicked, bad". Cognate with Proto-Germanic *skelhaz (whence Dutch scheel, German scheel), Ancient Greek σκέλος (skélos), σκολιός (skoliós). Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*skelos}} Proto-Italic *skelos, {{der|la|ine-pro|*skelos||curve, bending}} Proto-Indo-European *skelos (“curve, bending”), {{cog|gem-pro|*skelhaz}} Proto-Germanic *skelhaz, {{cog|nl|scheel}} Dutch scheel, {{cog|de|scheel}} German scheel Head templates: {{la-noun|scelus/sceler<3>}} scelus n (genitive sceleris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|scelus/sceler<3>}} Forms: sceleris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], scelus [nominative, singular], scelera [nominative, plural], sceleris [genitive, singular], scelerum [genitive, plural], scelerī [dative, singular], sceleribus [dative, plural], scelus [accusative, singular], scelera [accusative, plural], scelere [ablative, singular], sceleribus [ablative, plural], scelus [singular, vocative], scelera [plural, vocative]
  1. an evil deed; a wicked, heinous, or impious action Tags: declension-3, neuter Synonyms: dēlictum, peccātum, facinus, flāgitium, iniūria, commissum, maleficium
    Sense id: en-scelus-la-noun-3AUGwHL~ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 46 16
  2. wickedness, villainy Tags: declension-3, neuter Categories (topical): Crime
    Sense id: en-scelus-la-noun-fCU7rOCe Disambiguation of Crime: 16 49 35 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 28 46 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 46 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 45 26
  3. criminal, villain, felon Tags: declension-3, neuter
    Sense id: en-scelus-la-noun-zKdGKarq Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 23 29 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 46 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: scelestus, sceliō Derived forms (scelerō): scelerātus (english: see there for further descendants)
Disambiguation of 'scelerō': 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "see there for further descendants",
      "sense": "scelerō",
      "word": "scelerātus"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "scelestus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *skelhaz",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "scheel"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch scheel",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "scheel"
      },
      "expansion": "German scheel",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *skelos, from Proto-Indo-European *skelos (“curve, bending”), from *(s)kel- (“to curve, bend”). This etymology presupposes a semantic shift from \"crooked\" to \"wicked, bad\". Cognate with Proto-Germanic *skelhaz (whence Dutch scheel, German scheel), Ancient Greek σκέλος (skélos), σκολιός (skoliós).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "sceleris",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      ]
    },
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scelerum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scelerī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sceleribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
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    {
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    {
      "form": "scelere",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "sceleribus",
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        "plural"
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "scelera",
      "source": "declension",
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    }
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  "lang": "Latin",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "text": "Cui prōdest scelus, is fēcit",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.229–231",
          "text": "“… et scelus expendisse merentem\nLāocoönta ferunt, sacrum quī cuspide rōbur\nlaeserit, et tergō scelerātam intorserit hastam.”\n“… and the evil deed merited punishment [for] Laocoön, they said, since he had violated the sacred wood [of the horse] with [his] spearhead [when he] hurled the profane weapon at [its] body.”"
        }
      ],
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          "evil",
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        ],
        [
          "deed",
          "deed"
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        [
          "wicked",
          "wicked"
        ],
        [
          "heinous",
          "heinous"
        ],
        [
          "impious",
          "impious"
        ],
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          "action",
          "action"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "dēlictum"
        },
        {
          "word": "peccātum"
        },
        {
          "word": "facinus"
        },
        {
          "word": "flāgitium"
        },
        {
          "word": "iniūria"
        },
        {
          "word": "commissum"
        },
        {
          "word": "maleficium"
        }
      ],
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        "neuter"
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        {
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
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            "Law",
            "All topics",
            "Justice",
            "Fundamental"
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        {
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.595–596",
          "text": "rēgia rēs scelus est. socerō cape rēgna necātō\net nostrās patriō sanguine tinge manūs.\n“Villainy is a deed worthy for kings. With [your] father-in-law having been killed, seize [his] kingdom, and stain [both] our hands with [my] father’s blood!”\n(Tullia Minor goads her husband, Lucius Tarquinius, to murder her father, King Servius Tullius. The ablative absolute “socerō necātō” could be translated as “when [you] have killed [your] father-in-law,” or perhaps understood as an imperative: “Kill [your] father-in-law.”)"
        }
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          "wickedness"
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          "villainy"
        ]
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        "neuter"
      ]
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 46 16",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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        ],
        [
          "felon",
          "felon"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈske.lus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈs̠kɛɫ̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃe.lus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʃɛːlus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scelus"
}
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    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin neuter nouns",
    "Latin neuter nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
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      "english": "see there for further descendants",
      "sense": "scelerō",
      "word": "scelerātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "scelestus"
    },
    {
      "word": "sceliō"
    }
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      },
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    {
      "args": {
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sceleris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "scelus",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "scelera",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sceleris",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scelerum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scelerī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sceleribus",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "scelus",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "scelera",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "scelere",
      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sceleribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "scelus",
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    },
    {
      "form": "scelera",
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      },
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    }
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        {
          "english": "He who benefits from the crime, commits it.",
          "text": "Cui prōdest scelus, is fēcit",
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        },
        {
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          "text": "“… et scelus expendisse merentem\nLāocoönta ferunt, sacrum quī cuspide rōbur\nlaeserit, et tergō scelerātam intorserit hastam.”\n“… and the evil deed merited punishment [for] Laocoön, they said, since he had violated the sacred wood [of the horse] with [his] spearhead [when he] hurled the profane weapon at [its] body.”"
        }
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        "an evil deed; a wicked, heinous, or impious action"
      ],
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          "evil",
          "evil"
        ],
        [
          "deed",
          "deed"
        ],
        [
          "wicked",
          "wicked"
        ],
        [
          "heinous",
          "heinous"
        ],
        [
          "impious",
          "impious"
        ],
        [
          "action",
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        ]
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        {
          "word": "dēlictum"
        },
        {
          "word": "peccātum"
        },
        {
          "word": "facinus"
        },
        {
          "word": "flāgitium"
        },
        {
          "word": "iniūria"
        },
        {
          "word": "commissum"
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        {
          "word": "maleficium"
        }
      ],
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    {
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        "Latin terms with quotations"
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        {
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.595–596",
          "text": "rēgia rēs scelus est. socerō cape rēgna necātō\net nostrās patriō sanguine tinge manūs.\n“Villainy is a deed worthy for kings. With [your] father-in-law having been killed, seize [his] kingdom, and stain [both] our hands with [my] father’s blood!”\n(Tullia Minor goads her husband, Lucius Tarquinius, to murder her father, King Servius Tullius. The ablative absolute “socerō necātō” could be translated as “when [you] have killed [your] father-in-law,” or perhaps understood as an imperative: “Kill [your] father-in-law.”)"
        }
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          "wickedness",
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          "villainy",
          "villainy"
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      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "criminal, villain, felon"
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        [
          "villain",
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          "felon",
          "felon"
        ]
      ],
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        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈske.lus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈs̠kɛɫ̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃe.lus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʃɛːlus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scelus"
}

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