wickedness Copy link Outline 1. scĕlus, ĕris, n.2. nĕfas (sin against divine law)3. flāgĭtium (shameful act)4. impiĕtas5. imprŏbĭtas • wickedness: 1. scĕlus, ĕris, n.: abominable w., detestabile scelus, Cic. Am. 8, 27: on one side contends duty, on the other w., hinc pietas, illinc scelus, id. Cat. 2, 11, 25. 2. nĕfas (sin against divine law): they all dared monstrous w., ausi omnes immane nefas, Virg. Aen. 6, 624. 3. flāgĭtium (shameful act): to leave no crime, no w. undone, nihil facinoris, nihil flagitii praetermittere, Liv. 39, 13. 4. impiĕtas: w. and crime, impietas et scelus, Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 66. 5. imprŏbĭtas: w. and perverseness, improbitas perversitasque, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, 38. Phr.: to commit an act of shameful w., aliquid nefarie flagitioseque facere, Cic. Verr. Act. 1, 13, 37; aliquid impie nefarieque committere, ib. 1, 2, 6.
WICKEDNESS Copy link • WICKEDNESSimpietas: improbitas (or by the adjective). A deed of wickedness, impie factum; scelus; nefas: to commit wickedness, impie facere: to commit great wickedness, multa impie nefarieque committere.