slander (v.) Copy link Outline 1. crīmĭnor, 1 (to accuse2. mălĕdīco, dixi, dictum, 3 (or as two words3. cālumnior (to contrive false accusations; to quibble4. rōdo, si, sum, 35. obtrecto, 16. diffāmo, 1 • slander (v.): 1. crīmĭnor, 1 (to accuse: the sense being determined by the context or qual. words): he s.'d Metellus to the Roman people, Metellum apud populum Romanum criminatus est, Cic. Off. 3, 20, 79: v. accuse. 2. mălĕdīco, dixi, dictum, 3 (or as two words: to speak evil of: constr. with dat.): to s. a most excellent man, m. optimo viro, Cic. Deiot. 10, 28: Hor.: v. revile. 3. cālumnior (to contrive false accusations; to quibble: only to be used as a legal t. t.: v. preced. art.): Cic. 4. rōdo, si, sum, 3: v. to backbite. 5. obtrecto, 1: v. detract. 6. diffāmo, 1: v. defame. Phr.: to s. one's fame, de alicujus fama detrahere, Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5: to s. any one, maledico dente carpere aliquem, id. Balb. 26, 57; falso insimulare, id. Verr. 5, 41, 107; ementiri in aliquem, id. Part. Or. 14, 50.