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depravatio

depravatio · f

a perverting, distorting, corrupting, vitiating

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dēprāvātĭo — Lewis & Short

dēprāvātĭo, ōnis, f.depravo,

I a perverting, distorting, corrupting, vitiating (freq. in Cic.; elsewh. rare).
I Lit.: distortio et depravatio quaedam (membrorum), Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35; cf.: pedum, manuum, articulorum omnium depravationes, Sen. Ep. 24 med.: oris, Cic. de Or. 2, 62, 252.—
II Trop.: depravatio et foeditas animi (c. c. deformitas corporis), Cic. Off. 3, 29, 105: verbi, id. Part. Or. 36, 127: consuetudinum, id. Leg. 1, 10, 29.—Absol.: nostra (c. c. superstitio), perversity, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 136.

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