dif-fāmo

I. to spread abroad by an ill report; to publish, divulge.

I. Prop. (rare and not anteAug.): vulgat adulterium diffamatumque parenti Indicat, Ov. M. 4, 236; cf. prava, Tac. A. 14, 22: nomen pessimum super virginem, Vulg. Deut. 22, 19.—

B. To decry, defame, malign: viros feminasque procacibus scriptis, Tac. A. 1, 72; cf.: aliquem probroso carmine, id. ib. 15, 49: aliquem probris, Ap. M. 1, p. 107; Vulg. Matt. 9, 31.— With acc. and inf.: diffamat, incendio repentino domum suam possideri, Ap. M. 4, p. 147.—

II. To declare, make known, proclaim widely (late Lat.): Deus diffamatur, Aug. de Morib. Eccl. 14: sermonem, Vulg. Marc. 1, 45.