scandal Copy link Outline I. A flagrant offenceII. Defamatory talk • scandal: I. A flagrant offence: opprŏbrium (reproach): to be a s. to the stat, opprobrio esse civitati, Nep. Con. 3, 4: the s. of the village (in concrete sense): s. pagi, Hor. Od. 2, 13, 4: v. reproach, disgrace. Phr.: to efface the s. of this order, huic ordini conceptam turpitudinem atque infamiam delere, Cic. Verr. Act. 1, 16., extr.: the s. of the age, seculi labes atque macula, Cic. Balb. 6, 15: infamia, Ov. M. 8, 97: a s. to posterity, posteritatis crimen, id. Tr. 4, 9, 26. (N.B.--Scandălum is used by eccl. writers for a stumbling-block, cause of offence.) II. Defamatory talk: malignus sermo, Suet. Aug. 27: v. calumny, slander. Phr.: to talk s. behind one's back, de absente detrahendi causa maledice contumelioseque dicere, Cic. Off. 1, 37, 134: to set a s. on foot respecting any one, aliquid sermonis in aliquem quaerere, id. Flac. 5, 13: contumelias in aliquem jacere, Tac. A. 2, 55, extr. Sometimes expr. by rumor, ib.; or fama, Virg. Aen. 4, 172.
SCANDAL Copy link • SCANDALThai which sets a bad example, res mali or pessimi exempli. That which brings discredit or occasions reproach, res insignis infamiae. Reproachful aspersion, calumuia; criminatio; labes or labecula alicui aspersa.