I.a transgression against positive law; cf. peccatum, usu. against natural law; cf. also: malefactum, maleficium, facinus, flagitium, scelus, nefas, impietas, culpa), a fault, offence, crime, transgression, wrong: “delictum suom Suamque ut culpam expetere in mortalem sinat,” Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 32; so, “delictum in se admittere,” Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 48: majore commisso delicto, * Caes. B. G. 7, 4 fin.: “quo delictum majus est, eo poena est tardior,” Cic. Caecin. 3: fatetur aliquis se peccasse et ejus delicti veniam petit: nefarium est facinus ignoscere. At leve delictum est; “omnia peccata sunt paria,” id. Mur. 30, 62: “ubi senatus delicti conscientia populum timet,” Sall. J. 27, 3; 104, 5; 102, 12: “defendere delictum,” Hor. A. P. 442 al.: “praeoccupatus in delicto,” Vulg. Galat. 6, 1: “hostia pro delicto,” a trespass-offering, id. Levit. 7, 1 et saep.—In plur., Cic. Rab. Post. 6; id. Off. 1, 40 fin.; Sall. C. 3, 2; id. J. 3, 2; Hor. Od. 3, 6, 1; id. A. P. 141; 347 et saep.
dēlictum , i, n. delinquo, prop. a falling short of the standard of law (hence esp.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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