guilt Copy link Outline 1. noxa (general term2. scĕlus, ĕris, n. (any atrocious crime) the sense of the Eng. may often be best conveyed by means of the pl. (cf. L. G. § 591)3. culpa (less strong than the Eng.) v. BLAME, FAULT.4. crīmen, ĭnis, n. (strictly, a charge, accusation) • guilt: i. e. criminality; esp. in an intense sense: 1. noxa (general term: noxae appellatione omne delictum continetur, Gai. Dig. 50, 16, 238): to be involved in any g., in aliqua n. esse, Liv. 32, 26, fin.: Caes.: v. offence. 2. scĕlus, ĕris, n. (any atrocious crime) the sense of the Eng. may often be best conveyed by means of the pl. (cf. L. G. § 591): as, a man overwhelmed with abominable g., homo nefariis s. coopertus, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, 9: to pollute the name of the Roman people with g., nomen P. R. scelere contaminare, Cic. Harusp. 16, fin.: v. wickedness. 3. culpa (less strong than the Eng.) v. blame, fault. 4. crīmen, ĭnis, n. (strictly, a charge, accusation): to betray one's g. by looks, c. prodere vultu, Ov.: Suet. Phr.: to be pronounced free from g., absolvi, liberari: v. to acquit.