verb transitive

con-stū^pro

2nd PP con-stū^prāre · 3rd PP con-stū^prāvi · 4th PP con-stū^prātum · conj. 1st

to violate, ravisn, debauch, defile

v. a., to violate, ravisn, debauch, defile (rare, but in good prose).

Prop.: matronas, virgines, ingenuos, raptos, etc., Liv. 29, 17, 15: virginem,… •

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. —

figuratively •

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.

Perseus ID: n10657 Key: constupro