Friday, October 25, 2024

23.01.25; level 2; crime and punishment [6]: people

sceleratus, -ī [2/m]: criminal

maleficus, -ī [2/m]: wrongdoer; also: magician; sorcerer

malefica, -ae [1/f]: feminine form of maleficus; also: witch; sorceress

venēfica, -ae [1/f]: sorceress; witch; female poisoner

coniūrātus, -ī [2/m]; coniūrātor, coniūrātōris [3/m] (Late Latin): conspirator

perduellis, -is [3/m]: public enemy; enemy of the state; traitor

parricida, -ae [1 m/f]: has several meanings including the murderer of a near relative, but it also can refer to a person who commits (high) treason i.e. a traitor

fūr, -is [3/m]: thief

latrō, latrōnis [3/m]: robber; highwayman

pīrāta, -ae [1/m]: pirate

raptor, raptōris [3/m]: referring to a person who forcibly seizes something / someone i.e. [i] robber; plunderer [ii] abductor [iii] ravisher

moechus, -ī [2/m]: adulterer; fornicator

cadāver, -is [3/m]: corpse

homicīda, -ae [1 m/ f]: murderer; murderess

percussor, percussōris [3/m]: murderer; assassin

interfector, interfectōris [3/m]: murderer

interfectrīx, interfectrīcis [3/f]: murderess

occīsor, occīsōris [3/m]: killer

sīcārius, -ī [2/m]: murderer; assassin; contract killer





Image: Clytemnestra; yes, I know she wasn’t Roman but she does have a tremendous name that just screams murderess.

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