infamy Copy link Outline 1. infāmia (ill-repute in all degrees)2. probrum (a public reproach)3. flāgĭtium (strictly any infamous deed) • infamy: 1. infāmia (ill-repute in all degrees): covered with i., opertus [dedecore et] inf., Cic. Clu. 22, 61: to be covered with i., flagrare infamiâ, Cic. Att. 4, 18; inf. urgeri, id. Verr. Act. 1, 12, 36: to bring i. upon any one, alicui inf. inferre, Cic. Coel. 18, 42. 2. probrum (a public reproach): cf. Cic. Coel. l. c., probrum castis, labem integris, infamiam bonis inferre: sometimes the pl. may better serve (cf. L. G. § 591): to emerge from hereditary i. and vice, ex paternis probris ac vitiis emergere, Cic. Verr. 3, 69, 162. 3. flāgĭtium (strictly any infamous deed): great disgrace and i., magnum dedecus et fl., Cic. Off. 3, 22, 86: sometimes, as in the case of probra, the pl. may serve: cf. Cic. Verr. l. c. § 161, non ad tua flagitia neque ad tuas turpitudines: v. disgrace, scandal. To brand with i., (1). infāmo, 1: Cic. Fam. 9, 12: Prop. (2). nŏto, 1: Cic. Mil. 11, extr.: Hor. S. 1, 4, 5: v. to brand.
INFAMY Copy link • INFAMYinfamia (the loss of honor and a good name, in consequence of dishonorable conduct): ignominia (is rather a disgrace put upon anybody by one in authority; deprivation of political rights, privileges, etc., in consequence of a censure from some military or civil magistrate = ἀτιηία). To mark or cover with infamy, aliquem infamia notare; alicui infamiam irrogare (Jurisconsulti): aliquem ignominia notare (= to disgrace or degrade, Caes.). To bear disgrace and infamy without pain, ignominiam atque infamiam ferre sine dolore (Cic.): to expose anybody to infamy, alicui esse ignominiae; infamiam habere (Caes., B.G., 6, 22): infamiam ferre alicui (Tac., Ann., 12, 4). Baseness, disgrace (of an action), Vid.