Corrumpo, corrumpis, corrúpi, pen. pro. corruptum, corrúmpere, Vitiare: tam ad animum, qum ad corpus refertur. Pli. To corrupt, marre, or spill: to viciate: to destroy: to suborne: to attempt, or procure by giftes.Corrumpere & interlinere tabulas publicas. Ci. To depraue and blotte.Corrumpere & deprauare.Cic.Deliuere & corrumpere.Cic. Corrumpere aliquem. Paul. Corrumpere aliquem blanditijs, largitionibus, pecunia, pretio.Cic.Corrumpere aliquem ex optimo.Plaut.Of an honest man to make a naughty fellow.Animum & mores alicuius corrumpere.Cic.Conclusa aqua facilè corrumpitur. Ci. Is putrified quickly.Artus corrumpere febribus.Ouid.Fontes.Salust.To infect or poyson.Fructum. Africanus. Chirographa debitorum. Vlpian. To falftfte obligations or bills of our debtours.Consilium publicum.Salust.Otia corrumpunt corpus.Ouid.Idlenesse hurteth the body.Curam comitum corrumpere.Ouid.Corrumpere igni.Salust.To burne or destroy.Literas corrumpere.Cic.To falsifie or depraue letters.Catena corrumpit manus. Propert. Hutteth or marreth.Mentes corrumpere.Ouid.Ocellos corrumpere lachrymis.Ouid.To hurt.Prauis opinionibus corrumpi.Cic.To be infected.Opportunitates corrumpere.Salust.To loose opportunities.Pisces corrumpuntur. Ter. The fishe is hurt or marde, as when they be colde after they be drest.Rem familiarem corrumpere.Sal.To waste his substance.Corrumpere seipsum.Plaut.Corrumpi situ.Plaut.To be vinewed or hoary: to moulde.Spem corrumpere fraude.Ouid.Vitio corrumpi Lucret.Vngues corrumpere dentibus. Propert. To hurt.
Corruptus, Participium: siue nomen ex participio. Corrupt: destroyed: rotten: viciate. vt Corruptum iudicium. Cic.Corruptiores acini. Plin. More rotten kernels.Corruptus & perditus.Cic.A corrupt and naughty sellow.Corrupta sum atque absumpta.Plaut.Aetas corruptior. Lucan. Animus corruptus. Brutus Ciceroni. Ceres corrupta vndis.Virg.Corne hurt with water.Ciuitas in barbarum corrupta. Tac. A citie become barbarous and rode.Consuetudinem vitiosam & corruptam pura & incorrupta consuetudine emendate.Cic.Corporis corrupo humor ater. Lucret. Corrupti macie equi. Cæs. Horses carcion leane.Filius & filia corrupti. Paul. Ingenio corruptus ac tumidus. Quint. Iter factuin corruptius imbri. Horat. The way made worst with raine.Corrupta & contaminata iudicia.Cic.Iudex corruptus. Horat. Litera Græca corrupta sono Latino.Ouid.Mores corrupti deprauatíque.Cic.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
cor-rumpo (conr-), rāpi, ruptum (rumptum), 3, v. a. (orig., to break to pieces; hence), I.To destroy, ruin, waste, bring to naught (class., but less freq. than in the signif. II.]. A.Lit.: reliquum frumentum flumine atque incendio corruperunt, Caes. B. G. 7, 55: domum et semet igni conrumpunt, Sall. J. 76, 6; cf.: plura igni, id. ib. 92, 3; 92, 8: res familiares, id. ib. 64, 5: ungues dentibus, i. e.
to bite
, Prop. 2, 4, 3 (13).—B.Trop.: diem, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 31: animo male'st: corrupta sum atque absumpta sum, id. Am. 5, 1, 6: se suasque spes, Sall. J. 33, 4: illos dubitando et dies prolatando magnas opportunitates corrumpere,
to lose
, id. C. 43, 3: consilia, Vell. 2, 57, 3: libertatem, Tac. A. 1, 75: foedera, Sil. 12, 303: omnem prospectum, id. 5, 34 al.—II. With regard to the physical or moral quality of an object, to corrupt, mar, injure, spoil, adulterate, make worse, etc. (very freq., and class. in prose and poetry). A.Lit.: corrumpitur jam cena, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 102; so, prandium, Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 49: conclusa aqua facile conrumpitur, Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20; cf.: aquarum fontes, Sall. J. 55, 8: corrupitque lacus, infecit pabula leto, Verg. G. 3, 481: coria igni ac lapidibus, Caes. B. C. 2, 10: ne plora, oculos corrumpis, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 3; cf.: ocellos lacrimis, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 57: artus febribus, id. H. 19 (20), 117; cf.: stomachum (medicamentum), Scrib. Comp. 137: umor ex hordeo aut frumento in quandam similitudinem vini corruptus,
fermented
, Tac. G. 23 init.: vinum in acorem corrumpitur, Macr. S. 7, 12, 11.—Poet., without the access. idea of impairing: ebur corrumpitur ostro,
is stained
, Stat. Achill. 1, 308.— B.Trop. (so most freq.), 1. Of personal objects, to corrupt, seduce, entice, mislead: perde rem, Corrumpe erilem filium, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 20; 1, 1, 27 sq.; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 3, 15: me ex amore hujus esse corrumptum, id. As. 5, 2, 33; Ter. And. 2, 3, 22: mulierem, id. Heaut. 2, 2, 2; cf. feminas, Suet. Caes. 50: (vitiosi principes) non solum obsunt, ipsi quod corrumpuntur, sed etiam quod corrumpunt, Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32: quos (milites) soluto imperio, licentia atque lascivia corruperat, Sall. J. 39, 5; cf. id. C. 53, 5 et saep.—b. In partic., to gain to one's self by gifts, etc.; to bribe, buy over, etc. (a). With abl.: aliquem pecuniā, Cic. Off. 2, 15, 53; Sall. J. 34, 1: auro, id. ib. 32, 3: pretio, Cic'. Caecin. 25, 72: turpi largitione, id. Planc. 15, 37: donis, Sall. J. 97, 2: muneribus, Hor. S. 1, 9, 57 et saep.—(b). Without abl.: ne alios corrumpas, cum me non potueris, Nep. Epam. 4, 3; id. Lys. 3, 2bis;Sall. J. 29, 2; Hor. S. 2, 2, 9 et saep.—2. Of things as objects, to corrupt, adulterate, falsify, spoil, mar, etc.: litteras publicas, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, 93: tabulas publicas, id. ib. 2, 2, 42, 104; id. Rosc. Am. 44, 128: mores civitatis (opp. corrigere), id. Leg. 3, 14, 32; Quint. 1, 2, 4: disciplinam, Tac. H. 3, 49: fides, quam nec cupiditas corrumpat, nec gratia avertat, Quint. 12, 1, 24: totidem generibus corrumpitur oratio, quot ornatur, id. 8, 3, 58: nomen eorum paulatim Libyes corrupere, Sall. J. 18, 10; cf. Ov. F. 5, 195: multo dolore corrupta voluptas,
imbittered
, Hor. S. 1, 2, 39: gratiam,
to forfeit
, Phaedr. 4, 24, 18: (littera) continuata cum insequente in naturam ejus corrumpitur, Quint. 8, 3, 45; cf.: oris plurima vitia in peregrinum sonum corrupti, id. 1, 1, 13: quamvis sciam non corrumpi in deterius quae aliquando etiam a malis ... fiunt, Plin. Ep. 5, 3, 6: ineluctabilis fatorum vis consilia corrumpit, Vell. 2, 57, 3.— b. In partic. (acc. to II. B. b.), to bribe: nutricis fidem, Ov. M. 6, 461.—Hence, cor-ruptus (conr-, cŏrup-), a, um, P. a., spoiled, marred, corrupted, bad.A.Lit.: caelum, Lucr. 6, 1135 Munro ad loc.; cf.: tractus caeli, Verg. A. 3, 138: aqua corruptior jam salsiorque, Auct. B. Alex. 6 fin.: iter factum corruptius imbri, Hor. S. 1, 5, 95 al.—B.Trop.1. Of the forms of words, mutilated, corrupted (opp. integer), Quint. 1, 5, 68.—2.Bad, corrupt: quis corruptor juventutis, quis corruptus, qui? etc., Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 7: homines conruptissimi, Sall. H. 1, 48, 7 Dietsch.—Subst.: corrupta, ōrum, n., the spoiled parts (of the body), Cels. praef. 43.—Adv.: corruptē, corruptly, perversely, incorrectly (very rare): judicare neque depravate neque corrupte, Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 71: pronuntiare verba, ina mutilated manner, Gell. 13, 30, 9.—Comp.: explicare, Sen. Contr. 2, 9: intimi libertorum servorumque corruptius quam in privatā domo habiti, Tac. H. 1, 22; cf. 2, 12 Halm.