sacrilege

sacrilege
subs.
Robbing of temples: P. ἱεροσυλία, ἡ.
Commit sacrilege, v.: Ar. and P. ἱεροσῡλεῖν.
Impiety: P. and V. ἀ̆σέβεια, ἡ, V. δυσσέβεια, ἡ.
Act of impiety: P. ἀσέβημα.
Commit impiety, v.: P. and V. ἀ̆σεβεῖν, V. δυσσεβεῖν, θεοβλᾰβεῖν.

SACRILEGE

sacrilegium (not prae-Augustan Quint.): sacrorum spoliatio (Liv. 29 8): templa violata (ib.): to commit sacrilege sacrilegium facere admittere (Quint. ; committere Justinus): rem sacram de templo surripere (Quint. as a definition of sacrilegium): templum or templa violare (Liv.); sacrum or sacro commendatum auferre (Cic. Leg. 2 16 40); sacrilegas manus admovere alicui rei (Liv.).

sacrilege:

1. sacrĭlĕgium (not in Cic., but perfectly good for legal lang., as a t. t.): Quint. 7, 3, 10, where it is thus defined: s. est, rem sacram de templo surripere: pl. = acts of s., Suet. Caes. 54, extr.

2. expr. by circuml.: e. g. sacrum auferre, Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40: templum (fanum) diripere, spoliare, violare, cf. id. Verr. 4, 62, 139: Liv. 29, 18: also, TO ROB, PILLAGE. Sometimes expr. by sacrilegus: cf. Cic. Leg. l. c., sacrilego poena est ... (there is a penalty for sacrilege). Phr.: to be guilty of s. (lay sacrilegious hands on anything), sacrilegas manus admovere (thesauris), Liv. 29, 18, med.: in more gen. terms, piaculum committere, ib.: v. PROFANATION.