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calumniosus

calumniosus · adj

full of tricks

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Where it lives

Apotheosis 1 · 1.35/10k
Apologia 1 · 0.47/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.45/10k
De Anima 1 · 0.42/10k

What it meant

călumnĭōsus — Lewis & Short

călumnĭōsus, a, um, adj.calumnia,

I full of tricks or artifices, swindling (postAug.): calumniosus est, qui sciens prudensque per fraudem negotium alicui comparat, Paul. Sent. 1, 5, 1; 1, 5, 2: accusatio, Dig. 38, 2, 14: criminationes, Arn. 1 init.— Sup., Aug. Ep. 152 fin.—

II Subst.: că-lumnĭōsus, i, m., a person convicted of false information, Dig. 48, 16, 3; cf. calumnia, I. B. 4.—Adv.: călumnĭōsē, artfully, by trickery, Dig. 46, 5, 7; Aug. Ep. 48. —Sup., Symm. Ep. 10, 76.

In the wild

calumniosa Tertullian, De Anima 49
calumniosis Prudentius, Apotheosis 2.20
calumniosis Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina 24.32
calumniosi Apuleius, Apologia 11

Where it came from

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