invectivus

invectīvus, a, um, adj. [invectio],

• scolding, abusive, reproachful, full of invectives (post-class.): oratio acer, et invectiva, Amm.21, 10, 7: volumen, id. 22, 14, 2.—Subst.: in-vectīva, ōrum, n., invectives, abuse: quaedam in principem, Amm.28, 1, 20.

invectīvus, a, um (invehor), gegen jmd. losziehend, schmähend, voller Schmähungen, oratio, Amm.: volumen, Amm.: loci, Fortunat. art. rhet. 3, 20: quaedam invectiva legebantur in principem, Amm. 28, 1, 20. – subst., invectīvae, ārum, f. (sc. orationes), v. den katilinarischen Reden Ciceros, Prisc. 15, 28 sq. u. 38.

invectivus [LL] 1 that conveys. [liber] qui vocatur Bellum Trojanum ‥ cum sit sensuum ‥ perfectorum totaliter ~us FormOx 238. 2 that inveighs, reproachful, invective. c1155 litteras vestras, licet plurimum ~as, cum omni equanimitate et gratiarum actione suscepi P. Blois Ep. 6. 16C; epistolam ‥ principibus et prelatis terrarum transmisit ~am M. Par. Maj. III 590; rex ‥ sermone predixerat et ~o et yronico quod ‥ Id. Min. II 109; dicebantur probrosa verba ‥ et ~a Wals. HA I 370. 3 (as sb.) reproach, invective: a (of uncertain gender); b (f., by ellipsis of oratio or sim.); c (n., by ellipsis of verbum or sim.). a hiis invectivis animos pars utraque sumit Garl. Tri. Eccl. 64; s1459 quibus, cum aliis ~is variis, in eos exclamatorie dictis ‥ Reg. Whet. I 344.  b cum Antonius linguam Ciceronis abscinderet, que in ipsum dictaverat ~as, dicitur ei Cicero respondisse ‥ P. Blois Ep. 77. 238B; quis horrende materie impares ~as ironice feritatis armaret aculeo? Ib. 238. 541B; erat dialogus in modum ~arum Extr. Chr. Scot. 95.  c possemus in clericos ~a conicere R. Bury Phil. 5. 73; s1433 in ipsum scripsit abbas paucula ~a Amund. I 365.

invectīvus, a, um (invehor), qui invective : Amm. 21, 10, 7 || invectivæ [s.-ent. orationes ] : Prisc. Gramm. 15, 28, les Catilinaires [de Cicéron].