LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

corruptēla

corruptēla f (genitive corruptēlae)
Classical[kɔr.rʊpˈteː.ɫa]Ecclesiastical[kor.rupˈtɛː.la]

Meaning

  1. seduction, corruption, bribery
    Cui tū adulēscentulō, quem corruptēlārum illecebrīs irretīssēs, nōn aut ad audāciam ferrum aut ad libīdinem facem praetulistī?To what young man, whom you had entangled with the allurements of corruption, did you not hold out either a sword for recklessness or a torch for lust?63 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam orationes 1.13

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecorruptēlacorruptēlae
genitivecorruptēlaecorruptēlārum
dativecorruptēlaecorruptēlīs
accusativecorruptēlamcorruptēlās
ablativecorruptēlācorruptēlīs
vocativecorruptēlacorruptēlae

corruptēla (conr-), ante-class. also corrumptēla, ae, f. corrumpo,
I. that which corrupts, a corrupting, corruption, seduction, bribery, etc.
I. Prop. (freq. and class. in sing. and plur.): mores hac (sc. cantūs) dulcedine corruptelaque depravati, Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 38: collapsus est hic in corruptelam suam, Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 3: quem (adulescentulum) corruptelarum illecebris irretisses, Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 13: stupra dico et corruptelas et adulteria, id. Tusc. 4, 35, 75; cf. Suet. Claud. 16: via una corruptelae Bacchanalia erant, Liv. 39, 9, 3: malae consuetudinis (gen. subj.), Cic. Leg. 1, 12, 33: mulierum (gen. obj.), Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134; cf. servi, id. Deiot. 11, 30.—
II. Meton. (abstr. pro concreto).
A. A corrupter, seducer, misleader: nostrūm liberūm, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 7: is apud scortum corrumptelast liberis, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 17.—*
B. A place of seduction, Front. Aquaed. 76.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincorruptēla

Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-? Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *Hrunépti Latin rumpō Latin corrumpō Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁-lós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁-léh₂ Proto-Italic *-ēlā Latin -ēla Latin corruptēla From corrumpō (“corrupt”) + -ēla.

Quick answers

What does corruptēla mean in Latin?
corruptēla, a noun, means “seduction, corruption, bribery”.
What is the genitive of corruptēla?
The genitive singular is corruptēlae. corruptēla is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce corruptēla?
In classical Latin, [kɔr.rʊpˈteː.ɫa]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kor.rupˈtɛː.la].
Where does corruptēla come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Latin corruptēla.