carcinōma, atis, n., = καρκίνωμα, a cancerous ulcer (pure Lat. cancer), a cancer, Cato, R. R. 157, 4; Cels. 5, 28, 2; Plin. 22, 13, 15, § 32 al.

—As a term of reproach applied by Augustus to Julia and her son Agrippa, on account of their incorrigible wickedness, Suet. Aug. 65.