consceleratus Latin · revision 32635

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *skel-os}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōnscelerātus''' (feminine cōnscelerāta, neuter cōnscelerātum, superlative cōnscelerātissimus); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ Used as an adjective, it is the past participle [[der|la|cōnscelerō|t=to defile with crime]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) That verb is built on [[m|la|scelus|t=crime]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*skelos]] and [[ine-pro|*skel-os|t=curve, bending]], assuming a shift from crooked to wicked; he compares [[grc|σκέλος|tr=skélos|t=leg]] and [[grc|σκολιός|tr=skoliós|t=crooked, unjust]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero.^(Köbler 2010) The TLL's first quotation is his speech for Sextus Roscius, where the Furies punish the most wicked sons.^(TLL)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is criminal, wicked, depraved, of people and, as a noun, of a villain.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Cicero has it of actions too: a consul's betrayal judged criminal, and the leaders of a most wicked and dangerous war.^(OLD 2012) The superlative is in Cicero and Augustine.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of wicked sons and of a criminal betrayal.^(TLL)^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 354–430 AD – Augustine has the superlative.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|criminal|alt=Criminal]], [[m|en|wicked]], depraved; of actions, criminal.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)

+ # As a noun, a wicked person, villain.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[scelus]]

+ * [[sceleratus|alt=scelerātus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}