(verb) : dif-fāmo, āvi, ātum, 1, fama
* To spread abroad by an ill report; to publish, divulge.
* Prop. (rare and not anteAug.): vulgat adulterium diffamatumque parenti Indicat,Ov. M. 4, 236; cf. prava,Tac. A. 14, 22: nomen pessimum super virginem,Vulg. Deut. 22, 19.
* To decry, defame, malign: viros feminasque procacibus scriptis,Tac. A. 1, 72; cf.: aliquem probroso carmine,id. ib. 15, 49: aliquem probris, Ap. M. 1, p. 107; Vulg. Matt. 9, 31.— With acc. and inf.: diffamat, incendio repentino domum suam possideri, Ap. M. 4, p. 147.
* To declare, make known, proclaim widely (late Lat.): Deus diffamatur,Aug. de Morib. Eccl. 14: sermonem,Vulg. Marc. 1, 45.

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