The corpus record — Latin

facinorosus

facinorosus · adj

criminal

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Where it lives

Academica 1 · 2.05/10k
Metamorphoses 3 · 0.56/10k
De Republica 1 · 0.46/10k
De Officiis 1 · 0.3/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1 · 0.13/10k
Ab urbe condita 1 · 0.02/10k

What it meant

făcĭnŏrōsus — Lewis & Short

făcĭnŏrōsus (facinĕrosus), a, um, adj.facinus,

I criminal, villainous, atrocious, vicious (rare but class.): quintum genus est parricidarum, sicariorum, denique omnium facinorosorum, Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22; id. Cael. 6, 13; id. de Or. 2, 58, 237; id. Rep. 3, 17: injuriosa facinorosaque vita, id. Leg. 1, 14, 40: impius et facinorosus animus, Just. 24, 2, 1.—Comp.: facinorosior, id. 16, 4.—Sup.: facinorosissimi sicarii, Cic. Sest. 38, 81; Vulg. 2 Macc. 8, 34.—Adv.: făcĭ-nŏrōse, viciously, scandalously, August. Inn. 76, 1; id. cont. Sec. Resp. Jul. 5, 64.

In the wild

facinorosis Apuleius, Metamorphoses 2.5
facinorosum Cicero, De Republica 3.27fr
facinorosusque Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.1.50.7
facinorosae Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 2.6.3
facinorosae Apuleius, Metamorphoses 9.29
facinorosis Cicero, Academica 3

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Where it came from

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