reviling (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. mălĕdictio (rare)2. mălĕdictum3. convīcium (taunt, reproach)4. probrum5. insectātio (a railing at) • reviling (subs.): 1. mălĕdictio (rare): Cic. Coel. 3, 6 (q. v.). [N.B.--The form maledicentia occurs in Gell. 3, 3, ad fin.] 2. mălĕdictum: from enmities spring quarrels, r.s, insults, ex inimicitiis jurgia, m., contumeliae gignuntur, Cic. Am. 21, 78: to utter low r.s, m. ex trivio arripere, id. Mur. 6, 13 ("to talk Billingsgate"). 3. convīcium (taunt, reproach): daily r., c. quotidianum, Cic. Quint. 19, 62. Join: c. et maledicta, id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2. 4. probrum: v. insult. 5. insectātio (a railing at): a r. of the chief men, i. principum, Liv. 22, 34. Phr.: to descend to r.s, ad contumelias verborum descendere, Caes. B. C. 3, 83.