_omni vitio carere_—to be free from faults.
_vitia erumpunt (in aliquem)_ (De Amic. 21. 76)—his vices betray
themselves.
_animum vitiis dedere_—to abandon oneself to vice.
_vitiis, sceleribus contaminari_ or _se contaminare_ (Off. 3. 8.
37)—to be tainted with vice.
_vitiis, sceleribus inquinatum, contaminatum, obrutum esse_—to be
vicious, criminal.
_vitia exstirpare et funditus tollere_—to eradicate vice.
_vita omnibus flagitiis,_[1] _vitiis dedita_—a life defiled by every
crime.
_vita omnibus flagitiis inquinata_—a life defiled by every crime.
_natura proclivem esse ad vitia_—to have a natural propensity to vice.
_scelera moliri_ (Att. 7. 11)—to meditate crime.
_scelus facere, committere_—to commit crime.
_facinus facere, committere_—to do a criminal deed.
_scelere se devincire, se obstringere, astringi_—to commit a crime and
so make oneself liable to the consequences of it.
_scelus (in se) concipere, suscipere_—to commit a crime and so make
oneself liable to the consequences of it.
_scelus edere in aliquem_ (Sest. 26. 58)—to commit a crime against
some one.
_scelus scelere cumulare_ (Catil. 1. 6. 14)—to heap crime on crime.
_scelus_[2] _supplicio expiare_—to expiate a crime by punishment.
[1] _flagitium_ is a crime against oneself, e.g. drunkenness. _scelus_
is a sin against society at large, e.g. theft, murder. _nefas_ a sin
against God, e.g. sacrilege, parricide. _facinus_ any unusual action,
then generally a crime, outrage.
[2] _flagitium_ is a crime against oneself, e.g. drunkenness. _scelus_
is a sin against society at large, e.g. theft, murder. _nefas_ a sin
against God, e.g. sacrilege, parricide. _facinus_ any unusual action,
then generally a crime, outrage.