He may be regarded also as the inventor of Roman satire, in its original sense of a medley or miscellany, although it was by Lucilius that the character of aggressive and censorious criticism of men and manners was first imparted to that form of literature.
Besides his attack on the Metelli and other members of the aristocracy, the great Scipio is the object of a censorious criticism on account of a youthful escapade attributed to him.
censorious הגייה עם משמעויות, מילים נרדפות, הפכים, תרגומים, משפטים ועוד