constupro

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

con-stū̆pro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to violate, ravish, debauch, defile (rare, but in good prose).

I Prop.: matronas, virgines, ingenuos, raptos, etc., Liv. 29, 17, 15: virginem, Curt. 10, 1, 5: praetextatos liberos, Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 3, 10; Suet. Vit. 12 al. —

II Trop.: afflicta res publica est empto constupratoque judicio, purchased by debauchery , Cic. Att. 1, 18, 3: aër scelestis vocibus constupratus, polluted , Tert. Spect. 27: pudicitiam, Hier. adv. Jovin. 2, 9.

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