profanation
PROFANATION
violatio (templi Liv.: religionum Sen.; profanatio Tert.). To order an investigation on the subject of the profanation of the holy rites quaestionem de pollutis sacris decernere.
violatio (templi Liv.: religionum Sen.; profanatio Tert.). To order an investigation on the subject of the profanation of the holy rites quaestionem de pollutis sacris decernere.
profanation:
1. viŏlātio: Liv. 29, 8, extr. (v. templi): Sen.
2. piācŭlum (an act requiring expiation): to be guilty of p., p. committere, Liv. 5, 52, ad fin.: cf. ib. paulo ante, hinc sine piaculo [sacra] in hostium urbem transferimus?
3. nĕfas, indecl. (anything contrary to divine law): in prose, usu. with est, or in phr. nefas habere: they deem it a p. to ..., n. habent (with inf.), Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 56: to atone for the unhappy p., triste n. piare, Virg. Aen 2, 184.
4. expr. by verb: on account of the p. of the temple, *ob violatum numen: to pay the penalty of p. of a temple; *templi polluti s. temerati poenas dare: v.TO PROFANE .
1. viŏlātio: Liv. 29, 8, extr. (v. templi): Sen.
2. piācŭlum (an act requiring expiation): to be guilty of p., p. committere, Liv. 5, 52, ad fin.: cf. ib. paulo ante, hinc sine piaculo [sacra] in hostium urbem transferimus?
3. nĕfas, indecl. (anything contrary to divine law): in prose, usu. with est, or in phr. nefas habere: they deem it a p. to ..., n. habent (with inf.), Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 56: to atone for the unhappy p., triste n. piare, Virg. Aen 2, 184.
4. expr. by verb: on account of the p. of the temple, *ob violatum numen: to pay the penalty of p. of a temple; *templi polluti s. temerati poenas dare: v.