scelus

Definitiones

1. an evil deed; a wicked, heinous, or impious action
   declension-3, neuter
2. wickedness, villainy
   declension-3, neuter
3. criminal, villain, felon, scoundrel, rascal, rogue
   declension-3, neuter

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Exempla

“Cui prōdest scelus, is fēcit”

He who benefits from the crime, commits it.

““… et scelus expendisse merentem Lāocoönta ferunt, sacrum quī cuspide rōbur laeserit, et tergō scelerātam intorserit hastam.” “… 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.””

“rēgia rēs scelus est. socerō cape rēgna necātō et nostrās patriō sanguine tinge manūs. “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!” (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.”)”

“CHARĪNUS: Hem?! Quid ais, scelus?! At tibi Dī dignum factīs exitium duint!”

CHARINUS: What?! What’s that you say, villain?! Yet may the Gods grant you an end appropriate to your deeds!

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