affront (v.) Copy link Outline I. To face, to encounter, q. v.II. To insult openly1. contŭmēliā afficio, etc.2. sūgillo, 1 (not in Cic.) • affront (v.): I. To face, to encounter, q. v. II. To insult openly: 1. contŭmēliā afficio, etc.: v. to insult. 2. sūgillo, 1 (not in Cic.): the men were a.'d, viri sugillati sunt, Liv.: Sulla was a.'d by his rejection when a candidate for the praetorship, Sulla repulsa praeturae sugillatus est, Val. Max.: v. affront, to insult.