stū̆prum, i, n., defilement, dishonor, disgrace.
I In gen. (so only ante-class.): stuprum pro turpitudine antiquos dixisse apparet in Appii sententiis: qui animi compotem esse, ne quid fraudis stuprique ferocia pariat. Naevius: seseque ii perire mavolunt ibidem, quam cum stupro redire ad suos populares, Fest. p. 317 Müll.—
II In partic., dishonor , disgrace by unchastity of any sort, debauchery , lewdness , violation , always implying the infliction of dishonor on the subject, whether male or female, not used of dealings with prostitutes, etc. (opp. pudicitia; cf.: adulterium, incestum; class.): conjugem inlexe in stuprum, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 68 (Trag. Rel. v. 205 Rib.): ubi quis pudenda queritur, ut stuprum, Quint. 11, 1, 84: probri, stupri, dedecoris argutam, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 2; 3, 2, 17: stupra et corruptelae et adulteria, incesta denique, Cic. Tusc. 4, 35, 75: quod nefarium stuprum non per illum (factum)? id. Cat. 2, 4, 7: stupri plenus, id. Red. in Sen. 6, 13: cum stuprum Bonae Deae pulvinaribus intulisset, id. Pis. 39, 95; cf.: stuprum reginae intulit, id. Off. 3, 9, 38; and: quamcumque in domum stuprum intulerint, id. Par. 3, 2, 23: (eum) cum germanā sorore nefarium stuprum fecisse, id. Mil. 27, 73: erat ei cum Fulviā stupri vetus consuetudo, Sall. C. 23, 3: qui primo ingentis sumptus stupro corporis toleraverant, id. ib. 24, 3: rapere ad stuprum virgines matronasque, id. ap. Non. 456, 15: filiae stupro violatae, Tac. A. 14, 31; 14, 2; id. H. 4, 44: nullis polluitur casta domus stupris, Hor. C. 4, 5, 21: stupri mercede, Ov. M. 2, 529: auctor stupri tui, id. A. A. 1, 704: matronas ad populum stupri damnatas pecuniā multavit, Liv. 10, 31, 9 Weissenb. ad loc.; 32, 21; 39, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 84; Suet. Calig. 24; Val. Max. 6, 1, 10: stuprum saevi pati tyranni, Sen. Herc. Oet. 302: Lacedaemonii ipsi omnia concedunt in amore juvenum, praeter stuprum, Cic. Rep. 4, 4, 4; Just. 8, 6, 6.—Of animals, Col. 7, 6, 3.— Poet., transf., for the person committing it: una Clytemnestrae stuprum vehit, i. e. the paramour , Prop. 4 (5), 7, 57.