obprobrium

opprō̆brĭum ( obp- ), i. n. [opprobro], a reproach, scandal, disgrace, dishonor, opprobrium (not in Cic. or Cæs.;

syn.: dedecus, probrum, infamia). vereor, ne civitati meae sit opprobrio, si, etc.,

lest it should be a reproach, Nep. Con. 3, 4:

et turpitudo generis opprobrio multis fuit,

Quint. 3, 7, 19:

opprobria culpae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 10.—

II.

Transf.

A.

A reproach, taunt, abuse, abusive word or language:

morderi opprobriis falsis, Hor Ep. 1, 16, 38: fundere,

id. ib. 2, 1, 146:

dicere,

Ov. M. 1, 758; Inscr. Lanuv. (133 B. C.) ap. Mommsen de Collegiis fin. —

B.

Of persons, a reproach, disgrace (like the Gr. elenchos and oneidos):

opprobria Romuli Remique,

Cat. 28, 14:

Cecropiae domus aeternum opprobrium,

Hor. C. 4, 12, 7:

pagi,

id. ib. 2, 13, 4; Ov. M. 8, 155:

majorum,

Tac. A. 3, 66.