pecco — Lewis & Short
pecco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and
I a. [often referred to Sanscr. pāpa, pāpaka, wicked; but better to root pik-, to be angry; cf.: piget, pigeo, and Fick, Vergl. Wört. 632], to miss or mistake any thing; to do amiss, to transgress, to commit a fault, to offend, sin:
peccare est tamquam transilire lineas,Cic. Par. 3, 1, 20:
alius magis alio vel peccat vel recte facit,id. Fin. 3, 14, 48; id. Or. 47, 157:
peccare largiter,to make a great mistake, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 8; id. Ep. 3, 4, 53.—With acc.:
si unam peccavisses syllabam,Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 29: aliquid, to offend in any respect:
plura in aliquā re,Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 44:
Empedocles multa alia peccat,Cic. N. D. 1, 12, 29:
eadem fere,id. ib. 1, 12, 31:
talia peccandi jam mihi finis erit,Ov. P. 3, 7, 10.—With in and acc.:
si quid in te peccavi . . . in me ipsum peccavi vehementius,Cic. Att. 3, 15, 4:
in rem publicam,id. ib. 7, 1, 3 (al. in re publicā).—With erga aliquem, Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 62.—In aliquo or in aliquā re:
quod in eo (Valerio) peccandi Germanis causa non esset,Caes. B. G. 1, 47:
in servo necando semel peccatur,Cic. Par. 3, 2, 25:
in hoc eodem peccat Hieronymus,id. Fin. 2, 10, 32:
non modo in vitā sed saepissime et in poëmatis et in oratione peccatur,id. Or. 21, 70.—With abl. alone:
et pecuniā et mollibus consultis,Tac. A. 1, 40:
libidine,Juv. 6, 135.—With dat. of person (late Lat.):
Domino,Vulg. Deut. 1, 41; id. 2 Reg. 12, 13.—De aliquă re, Caecil. ap. Gell. 2, 23, 13.—
B In partic., of sexual sin:
quid inter-Est in matronā, ancillā, peccesve togatā?Hor. S. 1, 2, 63; Ov. H. 16, 295; Mart. 1, 35, 2.—
II Transf., of animals and inanim. things, to fail, miscarry:
ne Peccet (equus) ad extremum ridendus,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 9:
unus de toto peccaverat orbe comarum Anulus,Mart. 2, 66, 1:
si senseris vina peccatura,Pall. 11, 14.—Hence, peccans, antis, P. a., sinful, full of sin:
unus dies bene actus peccanti immortalitati anteponendus,Cic. Tusc. 5, 2, 5.— Comp.:
peccantius,more faulty, worse, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 8, 88.—
B As subst.: peccans, antis, comm., an offender, sinner: non prodest latere peccantibus. Sen. Ep. 97, 13:
peccantium poena,id. ib. 97, 14:
ad officium peccantes redire cogeret,Nep. Ages. 5, 3.—Adv.: peccanter, wrongly, incorrectly, falsely, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 9, 40:
definire aliquid,id. ib. 3, 1, 5.