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corrumpo
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Lewis Short
(verb) : cor-rumpo (conr-), rūpi, ruptum (rumptum), 3, (orig.
* To break to pieces; hence)
* To destroy, ruin, waste, bring to naught (class., but less freq. than in the signif. II.].
* Lit.: reliquum frumentum flumine atque incendio corruperunt,Caes. B. G. 7, 55: domum et semet igni conrumpunt,Sall. J. 76, 6; cf.: plura igni,id. ib. 92, 3; 92, 8: res familiares,id. ib. 64, 5: ungues dentibus,i. e. to bite,Prop. 2, 4, 3 (13).
* With regard to the physical or moral quality of an object, to corrupt, mar, injure, spoil, adulterate, make worse, etc. (very freq., and class. in prose and poetry).
* Lit.: corrumpitur jam cena,Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 102; so, prandium,Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 49: conclusa aqua facile conrumpitur,Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20; cf.: aquarum fontes,Sall. J. 55, 8: corrupitque lacus, infecit pabula leto,Verg. G. 3, 481: coria igni ac lapidibus,Caes. B. C. 2, 10: ne plora, oculos corrumpis,Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 3; cf.: ocellos lacrimis,Ov. Am. 3, 6, 57: artus febribus,id. H. 19 (20), 117; cf.: stomachum (medicamentum),Scrib. Comp. 137: umor ex hordeo aut frumento in quandam similitudinem vini corruptus,fermented,Tac. G. 23 init.: vinum in acorem corrumpitur,Macr. S. 7, 12, 11.—Poet., without the access. idea of impairing: ebur corrumpitur ostro,is stained,Stat. Achill. 1, 308.
* Trop. (so most freq.)
* Of personal objects, to corrupt, seduce, entice, mislead: perde rem, Corrumpe erilem filium,Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 20; 1, 1, 27 sq.; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 3, 15: me ex amore hujus esse corrumptum,id. As. 5, 2, 33; Ter. And. 2, 3, 22: mulierem,id. Heaut. 2, 2, 2; cf. feminas,Suet. Caes. 50: (vitiosi principes) non solum obsunt, ipsi quod corrumpuntur, sed etiam quod corrumpunt,Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32: quos (milites) soluto imperio, licentia atque lascivia corruperat,Sall. J. 39, 5; cf. id. C. 53, 5 et saep.
* Lit.: caelum,Lucr. 6, 1135 Munro ad loc.; cf.: tractus caeli,Verg. A. 3, 138: aqua corruptior jam salsiorque, Auct. B. Alex. 6 fin.: iter factum corruptius imbri,Hor. S. 1, 5, 95 al.
* Trop.
* Without abl.: ne alios corrumpas, cum me non potueris,Nep. Epam. 4, 3; id. Lys. 3, 2 bis; Sall. J. 29, 2; Hor. S. 2, 2, 9 et saep.
* In partic. (acc. to II. B. b.), to bribe: nutricis fidem,Ov. M. 6, 461.—Hence, cor-ruptus (conr-, cŏrup-), a, um, P. a., spoiled, marred, corrupted, bad.
* Of the forms of words, mutilated, corrupted (opp. integer), Quint. 1, 5, 68.
* Bad, corrupt: quis corruptor juventutis, quis corruptus, qui? etc.,Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 7: homines conruptissimi,Sall. H. 1, 48, 7 Dietsch.—Subst.: corrupta, ōrum, n., the spoiled parts (of the body), Cels. praef. § 43.—Adv.: corruptē, corruptly, perversely, incorrectly (very rare): judicare neque depravate neque corrupte, * Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 71: pronuntiare verba, in a mutilated manner, Gell. 13, 30, 9.—Comp.: explicare,Sen. Contr. 2, 9: intimi libertorum servorumque corruptius quam in privatā domo habiti,Tac. H. 1, 22; cf. 2, 12 Halm.
* To break to pieces; hence)
* To destroy, ruin, waste, bring to naught (class., but less freq. than in the signif. II.].
* Lit.: reliquum frumentum flumine atque incendio corruperunt,Caes. B. G. 7, 55: domum et semet igni conrumpunt,Sall. J. 76, 6; cf.: plura igni,id. ib. 92, 3; 92, 8: res familiares,id. ib. 64, 5: ungues dentibus,i. e. to bite,Prop. 2, 4, 3 (13).
* With regard to the physical or moral quality of an object, to corrupt, mar, injure, spoil, adulterate, make worse, etc. (very freq., and class. in prose and poetry).
* Lit.: corrumpitur jam cena,Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 102; so, prandium,Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 49: conclusa aqua facile conrumpitur,Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20; cf.: aquarum fontes,Sall. J. 55, 8: corrupitque lacus, infecit pabula leto,Verg. G. 3, 481: coria igni ac lapidibus,Caes. B. C. 2, 10: ne plora, oculos corrumpis,Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 3; cf.: ocellos lacrimis,Ov. Am. 3, 6, 57: artus febribus,id. H. 19 (20), 117; cf.: stomachum (medicamentum),Scrib. Comp. 137: umor ex hordeo aut frumento in quandam similitudinem vini corruptus,fermented,Tac. G. 23 init.: vinum in acorem corrumpitur,Macr. S. 7, 12, 11.—Poet., without the access. idea of impairing: ebur corrumpitur ostro,is stained,Stat. Achill. 1, 308.
* Trop. (so most freq.)
* Of personal objects, to corrupt, seduce, entice, mislead: perde rem, Corrumpe erilem filium,Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 20; 1, 1, 27 sq.; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 3, 15: me ex amore hujus esse corrumptum,id. As. 5, 2, 33; Ter. And. 2, 3, 22: mulierem,id. Heaut. 2, 2, 2; cf. feminas,Suet. Caes. 50: (vitiosi principes) non solum obsunt, ipsi quod corrumpuntur, sed etiam quod corrumpunt,Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32: quos (milites) soluto imperio, licentia atque lascivia corruperat,Sall. J. 39, 5; cf. id. C. 53, 5 et saep.
* Lit.: caelum,Lucr. 6, 1135 Munro ad loc.; cf.: tractus caeli,Verg. A. 3, 138: aqua corruptior jam salsiorque, Auct. B. Alex. 6 fin.: iter factum corruptius imbri,Hor. S. 1, 5, 95 al.
* Trop.
* Without abl.: ne alios corrumpas, cum me non potueris,Nep. Epam. 4, 3; id. Lys. 3, 2 bis; Sall. J. 29, 2; Hor. S. 2, 2, 9 et saep.
* In partic. (acc. to II. B. b.), to bribe: nutricis fidem,Ov. M. 6, 461.—Hence, cor-ruptus (conr-, cŏrup-), a, um, P. a., spoiled, marred, corrupted, bad.
* Of the forms of words, mutilated, corrupted (opp. integer), Quint. 1, 5, 68.
* Bad, corrupt: quis corruptor juventutis, quis corruptus, qui? etc.,Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 7: homines conruptissimi,Sall. H. 1, 48, 7 Dietsch.—Subst.: corrupta, ōrum, n., the spoiled parts (of the body), Cels. praef. § 43.—Adv.: corruptē, corruptly, perversely, incorrectly (very rare): judicare neque depravate neque corrupte, * Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 71: pronuntiare verba, in a mutilated manner, Gell. 13, 30, 9.—Comp.: explicare,Sen. Contr. 2, 9: intimi libertorum servorumque corruptius quam in privatā domo habiti,Tac. H. 1, 22; cf. 2, 12 Halm.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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