information Copy link Outline I. IntelligenceII. Knowledge possessedIII. Legal denunciation • information: I. Intelligence: Phr.: having received i. of this, certior factus de his rebus, Caes. pass. (v. to inform); his rebus cognitis, Caes. pass.: on reliable i., luculentis, certis auctoribus (v. preced. art.): inf. by letter or messenger, nuntius, sing. or pl., Caes. B. G. 2, 2, init. (v. news, tidings). II. Knowledge possessed: Phr.: (a person) of great i., *multarum rerum scientia instructus: v. knowledge. III. Legal denunciation: dēlātio: Cic.: Tac. To lay an inf. against any one, (nomen) defero, 3, irr.: v. to inform (III.): to give i. (when a guilty person betrays his accomplices), indico., 1: e. g., ind. de conjuratione, Sall. Cat. 30: so, to offer to give i., indicium profiteri, Sall. Jug. 35; ind. offerre, Tac. A. 11, 35. See also indictment.