I.full of wickedness, vicious, abominable, accursed (ante- and post-class.): “ubi ego illum scelerosum et impium inveniam?” Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 1: “scelerosa et polluta mulier,” App. M. 10, p. 253, 2: “scelerosa atque impia facta,” Lucr. 1, 82: o diem scelerosum et indignum, Afr. ap. Non. 174, 29.—As subst.: scĕlĕrōsus , i, m., a wicked or vicious person, a wretch, Lucil. ap. Non. 174, 27.
scĕlĕrōsus , a, um, adj. scelus,
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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