scold (v.) Copy link Outline 1. objurgo, 12. incrĕpo, ui, ĭtum, 1 (also reg.; to exclaim loudly against3. saevio, dēsaevio, 4 (intrans. • scold (v.): 1. objurgo, 1: he s.'d M. Coelius as no father ever s.'d a son, objurgavit M. Coelium sicut neminem unquam parens, Cic. Coel. 11, 25: to s. gently, molli brachio obj., id. Att. 2, 1, 6. 2. incrĕpo, ui, ĭtum, 1 (also reg.; to exclaim loudly against: with acc.): Pl. Most. 3, 2, 63: strengthened by addition of maledictis, probris (to assail with abuses and reproaches), Sall. Cat. 21: Liv. 3. saevio, dēsaevio, 4 (intrans.: to rage and storm): v. to rage.
scold (subs.) Copy link • scold (subs.): perh. oblātrātrix (very rare): to let a s. into the house, obl. in aedes intromittere, Pl. Mil. 3, 1, 86. (Or expr. by circuml., mulier clamosa, cf. Juv. 14, 191: *mulier importuna atque objurgatrix, etc.)
SCOLD Copy link • SCOLD 1. v. (verbis) increpare: increpitare: objurgare (to reproach with a fault; opposed to laudare): conviciari (to make railing accusations): exagitare, destringere (to make sharp attacks on anybody): corripere (to blame with harsh words): exprobrare (alicui aliquid, to reproach anybody with something as dishonorable to him). To scold anybody on account of anything, vituperare aliquem de aliqua re; objurgare aliquem de or in aliqua re, or aliqua re only. To be scolded, objurgari, vituperari; in vituperationem incidere, cadere, venire, or adduci; vituperationem subire 2. s. (mulier) rixosa, rixae cupida (jurgiosa, Gell.).