noun · masculinesecond declension
scelerātus
scelerātus m (genitive scelerātī)
Classical[skɛ.ɫɛˈraː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ʃe.leˈraː.tus]
Meaning
- a criminal
- a vicious, impious, wicked person
- villain
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quī scelus fēcitscelerātus -a -um — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 6, 17
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | scelerātus | scelerātī |
| genitive | scelerātī | scelerātōrum |
| dative | scelerātō | scelerātīs |
| accusative | scelerātum | scelerātōs |
| ablative | scelerātō | scelerātīs |
| vocative | scelerāte | scelerātī |
scĕlĕrātus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of scelero.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
scelerātus adj. with comp. and sup.
P. of scelero, polluted, profaned, defiled : terra, V.: limina Thracum, O.: Vicus, on the Esquiline, where Tullia drove over the corpse of her father , L.: campus, at the Colline gate, where an unchaste vestal was entombed alive , L.: sedes, the abode of the wicked in the underworld , O.— Impious, wicked, accursed, infamous, vicious, flagitious : Davos, T.: vir: stirps hominum sceleratorum, Cs.: hostis: coniunx, L.: iste multo sceleratior quam ille: ego sum sceleratior illo, O.: refertam esse Graeciam sceleratissimorum hominum.—As subst m. : tu unus, scelerate, inventus es, qui, etc., scoundrel : sceleratorum manu.— Accursed, shameful, outrageous, impious : eius preces: coniuratio, L.: insania belli, V.: amor habendi, O.: ignes, O.: a sceleratiore hastā: subit ira sceleratas sumere poenas, i. e. satisfaction for her crimes , V.: frigus, destructive , V.
Origins
Perfect passive participle of scelerō (“pollute, defile”).
Borrowings
- Catalancelerat
- Catalanescelerat
- Frenchscélératfrom Middle French scéléré
- Occitanscelerat
- Spanishescelerado
- Interlinguascelerato
Italo-Romance
- Italianscellerato
- Corsicanscelleratu
- Corsicanscilleratu
- Neapolitanscellerato
- Sicilianscialaratu
- Siciliansciliratu
Gallo-Italic
- Ligurianscelleraddo