tĕmĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.; prop. to treat rashly; hence, pregn.],
to violate , profane , defile , dishonor , disgrace , desecrate , pollute : temerare violare sacra et contaminare, dictum videlicet a temeritate, Fest. p. 365 Müll, (mostly poet.; sometimes in post-Aug. prose; syn., scelero, polluo): sacra deae, Tib. 3, 5, 7: hospitii sacra, Ov. H. 17, 3: Cereale nemus securi, id. M. 8, 741: templa Minervae, Verg. A. 6, 840: arae, foci, deum delubra, sepulcra majorum temerata ac violata, Liv. 26, 13, 13; delubra oculis profanis, Claud. B. G. 102; sacra deo vasa, Sulp. Sev. Chron. 2, 6, 5; sacraria probro, Ov. M. 10, 695: patrium cubile, id. ib. 2, 592; 15, 501; cf.: thalamos pudicos, id. Am. 1, 8, 19: eandem Juliam in matrimonio Agrippae, Tac. A. 1, 53; id. H. 3, 80: Venerem maritam, Ov. H. 15 (16), 283; cf.: temerata Auge, id. ib. 9, 49: vi aliam, Ap. Met. 1, 9, 1; conjugale praeceptum, id. ib. 5, 8, 11; fluvios venenis, Ov. M. 7, 535: dapibus nefandis Corpora, id. ib. 15, 75: aures incestis vocibus, id. Tr. 2, 503: nubila volatu (Perseus), Stat. Th. 3, 463; cf. Alpes (Hannibal), Sil. 15, 532: litus, Luc. 3, 194: castra infausta temerataque, dishonored by the crime of mutiny, Tac. A. 1, 30: trux puer et nullo temeratus pectora motu, Stat. Ach. 1, 302; temerata est nostra voluntas, Ov. M. 9, 627: puram fidem, id. P. 4, 10, 82.