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cor-rumpo (conr- ), rāpi, ruptum (rumptum), 3, v. a. (orig.,
I.to break to pieces; hence),
I. To destroy, ruin, waste, bring to naught (class., but less freq. than in the signif. II.].
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.),
b. In partic., to gain to one's self by gifts, etc.; to bribe, buy over, etc.
(α). 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. 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, in a 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.
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