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crimen

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Latin crīmen (“verdict; adultery; crime”). Doublet of crime.

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Noun

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crimen (countable and uncountable, plural crimina)

  1. (law, ecclesiastical law) An impediment to marriage in the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church that nullifies or prevents the marriage of two people who had: (1) committed adultery and subsequently married, and consummated that marriage, while the wronged spouse was still alive, (2) committed adultery and promised to marry after the death of the spouse, (3) committed adultery, after which one of the two had murdered the spouse in order that they become free to marry, or (4) without committing adultery, cooperated to murder a spouse in order that they become free to marry.[1]
    • 1884, The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, 3rd Series, Volume V, page 416,
      Such presumptions are common in connection with crimen and affinity.
    • 2006, Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly, Volumes 29-30, Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, page 7,
      Third, some might think that Michael avoids the impediment of crimen because a civil court approved his petition to deprive Terri of nutrition and hydration.
    Synonym: impediment of crime
    Coordinate term: conjugicide
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References

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  1. ^ "Impediment of Crime" on New Advent

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *kreimən, from Proto-Indo-European *kréymn̥, from *krey- (“sieve”) + *-mn̥, equivalent to cernō (“sieve”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix). Compare also Ancient Greek κρῖμα (krîma).[1]

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Noun

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crīmen n (genitive crīminis); third declension

  1. A judicial decision, verdict, or judgment.
  2. An object of reproach, invective.
  3. A crime, fault, offense
    Synonyms: dēlictum, peccātum, scelus, vitium, noxa, facinus, iniūria, error, culpa, malum, commissum, flāgitium, dēlinquentia, maleficium
    Antonyms: bonum, rēctum, virtūs
    • probably 1355, Marino Faliero's picture in the Great Council Hall, Venice
      Hic est locus Marinī Faliero
      decapitātī prō crīminibus
      This is the place for Marino Faliero, decapitated for crimes
  4. An object representing a crime.
  5. A cause of a crime; criminal.
  6. The crime of lewdness; adultery.
  7. (in respect to the accuser) A charge, accusation, reproach; calumny, slander.
  8. (in respect to the accused) The fault one is accused of; crime, misdeed, offence, fault.

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Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

singular plural
nominative crīmen crīmina
genitive crīminis crīminum
dative crīminī crīminibus
accusative crīmen crīmina
ablative crīmine crīminibus
vocative crīmen crīmina

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References

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  • “crimen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “crimen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • crimen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to reproach a person with..: aliquid alicui crimini dare, vertere
    • to refute charges: crimina diluere, dissolvere
    • to reproach, blame a person for..: aliquid alicui crimini dare, vitio vertere (Verr. 5. 50)
  • “crimen”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “crimen”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 110

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin crīmen (“verdict; crime”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾimen/ [ˈkɾi.mẽn]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -imen
  • Syllabification: cri‧men

Noun

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crimen m (plural crímenes)

  1. violent crime
    Synonym: delito

Usage notes

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  • crimen refers to very serious crimes such as murder or assault; delito refers to any violation of the law.

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