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pecco , āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and
I.a. [often referred to Sanscr. pāpa, pāpaka, wicked; but better to root pik-, to be angry; cf.: piget, pigeo, and Fick, Vergl. Wört. 632], to miss or mistake any thing; to do amiss, to transgress, to commit a fault, to offend, sin: “peccare est tamquam transilire lineas,Cic. Par. 3, 1, 20: “alius magis alio vel peccat vel recte facit,id. Fin. 3, 14, 48; id. Or. 47, 157: “peccare largiter,to make a great mistake, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 8; id. Ep. 3, 4, 53.—With acc.: “si unam peccavisses syllabam,Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 29: aliquid, to offend in any respect: “plura in aliquā re,Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 44: “Empedocles multa alia peccat,Cic. N. D. 1, 12, 29: “eadem fere,id. ib. 1, 12, 31: “talia peccandi jam mihi finis erit,Ov. P. 3, 7, 10.—With in and acc.: “si quid in te peccavi . . . in me ipsum peccavi vehementius,Cic. Att. 3, 15, 4: “in rem publicam,id. ib. 7, 1, 3 (al. in re publicā).—With erga aliquem, Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 62.—In aliquo or in aliquā re: “quod in eo (Valerio) peccandi Germanis causa non esset,Caes. B. G. 1, 47: “in servo necando semel peccatur,Cic. Par. 3, 2, 25: “in hoc eodem peccat Hieronymus,id. Fin. 2, 10, 32: “non modo in vitā sed saepissime et in poëmatis et in oratione peccatur,id. Or. 21, 70.—With abl. alone: “et pecuniā et mollibus consultis,Tac. A. 1, 40: “libidine,Juv. 6, 135.—With dat. of person (late Lat.): “Domino,Vulg. Deut. 1, 41; id. 2 Reg. 12, 13.—De aliquă re, Caecil. ap. Gell. 2, 23, 13.—
II. Transf., of animals and inanim. things, to fail, miscarry: “ne Peccet (equus) ad extremum ridendus,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 9: “unus de toto peccaverat orbe comarum Anulus,Mart. 2, 66, 1: “si senseris vina peccatura,Pall. 11, 14.—Hence, peccans , antis, P. a., sinful, full of sin: “unus dies bene actus peccanti immortalitati anteponendus,Cic. Tusc. 5, 2, 5.— Comp.: “peccantius,more faulty, worse, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 8, 88.—
B. As subst.: peccans , antis, comm., an offender, sinner: non prodest latere peccantibus. Sen. Ep. 97, 13: “peccantium poena,id. ib. 97, 14: “ad officium peccantes redire cogeret,Nep. Ages. 5, 3.—Adv.: peccanter , wrongly, incorrectly, falsely, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 9, 40: “definire aliquid,id. ib. 3, 1, 5.
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    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 3.15.4
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    • Plautus, Mostellaria, 2.2
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    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 3.7
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