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vituperatio

vituperatio · f

a blaming

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Where it lives

Helvius Pertinax 1 · 3.85/10k
Divinatio in Q. Caecilium 2 · 3.44/10k
De Senectute 2 · 2.42/10k
De Fato 1 · 2.02/10k
De Provinciis Consularibus In Senatu 1 · 1.95/10k
De Inventione 6 · 1.81/10k
De haruspicum responso in P. Clodium in Senatu Habita 1 · 1.33/10k
Letters to and from Quintus 2 · 1.09/10k
Pro L. Flacco 1 · 0.92/10k
Institutio Oratoria 14 · 0.81/10k
In L. Catilinam 1 · 0.8/10k
In C. Verrem 7 · 0.7/10k

Densest 12 of 24 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

vĭtŭpĕrātĭo — Lewis & Short

vĭtŭpĕrātĭo, ōnis, f.1. vitupero,

I a blaming, censuring; blame, censure, vituperation (either given or received) (freq. and class.): communi vituperatione reprehendere, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 46; so (opp. laus) Quint. 2, 4, 33; 3, 4, 12; 8, 6, 55 al. —Plur., Quint. 3, 4, 5: in vituperationem venire, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 7, § 13: adductus erat in sermonem, invidiam, vituperationem, id. ib. 2, 3, 61, § 140: in vituperationem cadere, id. Att. 14, 13, 4: vituperationem vitare, id. Prov. Cons. 18, 44: esse alicui laudi potius quam vituperationi, id. Fam. 13, 73, 2: quod effugissem duas maximas vituperationes, id. Att. 16, 7, 5: et laudes et vituperationes scribebantur, Quint. 3, 4, 5; Cic. Brut. 12, 47.—

II Transf., blameworthiness, blameworthy conduct: vituperatio atque infamia, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 39, § 101.

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