guilty Copy link Outline 1. sons, sontis (esp. in legal sense2. noxius (general legal term3. nŏcens, ntis (usu. in moral sense)4. scĕlĕrātus (polluted, covered with guilt) • guilty: 1. sons, sontis (esp. in legal sense: usu. absol.): to condemn g., accused persons, s. condemnare reos, Pl. esp. in pl. as subs.: to punish the g., sontes punire, Cic.: the arrest of g. persons, comprehensio sontium, Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 18: g. of a brother's blood, fraterno sanguine s., Ov. Met. 11, 268. 2. noxius (general legal term: absol., or with abl. or gen.): g. of the same crime, eodem crimine n., Liv. 7, 20, fin.: g. of conspiracy, n. conjurationis, Tac. Ann. 5, 11: to pronounce any one g., aliquem n. judicare, Liv. 39, 41, extr. 3. nŏcens, ntis (usu. in moral sense): to defend a g. person, n. defendere, Cic. Off. 2, 14, 51: no g. man is acquitted at the bar of his own conscience, se judice nemo n. absolvitur, Juv. 13, 3: a most g. triumph, nocentissima victoria, Cic. Verr. Act. 1, 14, 41. 4. scĕlĕrātus (polluted, covered with guilt): Cic.: Caes.: v. wicked, accursed. Phr.: to become g. of a crime, facinus, culpam in se admittere (or without the ad se), Cic. (v. to commit); se (magno) scelere astringere, Cic. Phil. 4, 4, 9; obstringere, id. Verr. 2, 1, 3, 8; obligare, Suet. Caes. 42 (v. to perpetrate): she has never been g. of any offence towards me, nunquam quicquam erga me commerita est, Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 36 to prove g., coarguere (v. to convict): to find g., damnare (v. to condemn): a g. conscience, conscius animus, Sall. Cat. 14: diri conscia facti mens, Juv. 13, 193.