scelero

Latin

Etymology

From scelus

Pronunciation

Verb

scelerō (present infinitive scelerāre, perfect active scelerāvī, supine scelerātum); first conjugation

  1. to defile, contaminate, pollute
    Synonyms: polluō, inquinō, maculō, contingō
    Antonyms: tergeō, abstergeō, pūrgō, luō, putō, effingō

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: scellerare

References

  • scelero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • scelero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • scelero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.