• SIN

1. s. peccatum (opposed to rectum, virtus): delictum (opposed to recte factum): ☞ Cic. uses peccatum and delictum as synonymous; fatetur aliquis se peccasse, et ejus delicti veniam petit, Mur., 30, 62): flagitium (a base deed): nefas (an unnatural, impious, horrible offence). To commit a sin, peccare; delinquere; peccatum, delictum, nefas admittere; delictum committere: to live in sin, impie or flagitiose vivere: sin is the fruitful source of misery, nihil est, quod tam miseros faciat, quam impietas et scelus (Cic.).

2. v. Vid: the substantive, ad fin.