accessory (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. auctor (either in good or bad sense2. affīnis, is (a party to; implicated in; with gen. or dat.)3. conscĭus (privy to • accessory (subs.): 1. auctor (either in good or bad sense: one who moves or instigates to): an a. to the crime was not wanting, auctor facinori non deerat, Liv.: Caes. 2. affīnis, is (a party to; implicated in; with gen. or dat.): if you think that there are few a.s to this crime you are greatly mistaken, huic facinori si paucos putatis a. esse, vehementer erratis, Cic.: an a. to a capital offence, rei capitalis affinis, Cic. 3. conscĭus (privy to: with gen. or dat.): they had condemned both Scamander, the agent of Oppianicus, and Fabricius, the a. to the crime, et Scamandrum, ministrum Oppianici, et Fabricium, c. maleficii, condemnarant, Cic.