scelus

Etymology
From, from , from. This etymology presupposes a semantic shift from "crooked" to "wicked, bad". Cognate with 🇨🇬 (whence 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), Ancient Greek,.

Noun

 * 1) an evil deed; a wicked, heinous, or impious action
 * 2) wickedness, villainy
 * 3) criminal, villain, felon
 * 1) wickedness, villainy
 * 2) criminal, villain, felon
 * 1) criminal, villain, felon
 * 1) criminal, villain, felon

Declension
When it refers to a criminal (someone who commits crimes), scelus becomes a masculine or feminine noun, with accusative singular scelerem and nominative, accusative, and vocative plurals scelerēs.

Derived terms

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