crimen

English

Etymology

From Latin crīmen (“verdict; adultery; crime”).

Noun

crimen (uncountable)

Wikipedia

1. (religion) An impediment to marriage in the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church, preventing the marriage of people who had murdered an existing spouse in order to remarry (even without committing adultery).

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Latin

Noun

crīmen (genitive crīminis); n, third declension

1. A judicial decision, verdict, judgment or judgement.
2. An object of reproach, invective.
3. An object representing a crime.
4. A cause of a crime; criminal.
5. The crime of lewdness; adultery.
6. (in respect to the accuser) A charge, accusation, reproach; calumny, slander.
7. (in respect to the accused) The fault one is accused of; crime, misdeed, offence, fault.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	crīmen	crīmina
genitive	crīminis	crīminum
dative	crīminī	crīminibus
accusative	crīmen	crīmina
ablative	crīmine	crīminibus
vocative	crīmen	crīmina

Derived terms

• crīminālis
• crīminor
• crīminōsus

Related terms

crīmināliter crīminātiō crīminātor

crīminātrix crīminō crīminōsē

Descendants

• Catalan: crim
• English: crime
• French: crime
• Italian: crimine
• Spanish: crimen

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin crīmen (“verdict; crime”).

Noun

crimen m (plural crímenes)

1. violent crime (for non-violent crimes use delito)

Synonyms

• delito m

Derived terms

• crimen organizado