verb transitive

prŏfāno

2nd PP prŏfānāre · 3rd PP prŏfānāvi · 4th PP prŏfānatum · conj. 1st

to render unholy; deprive of sanctity; to unhallow ••

Lit., to render unholy, deprive of sanctity, to unhallow, desecrate, profane (perh. not ante - Aug.): dies festos, sacra, sacerdotes, Liv. 31, 44: sacrum, Ov. Am. 3, 9, 19: festum, id. M. 4, 390: sacra, Petr. 89: funus, Stat. Th. 9, 8: sabbata, Vulg. Ezech. 23, 38: justitias, id. Psa. 88, 32.—

by extension

To violate; pollute •

To violate, pollute: pudorem, Curt. 5, 1, 38: os, Quint. 11, 1, 84: nomen, id. Decl. 10.—

To disclose; reveal; betray •

To disclose, reveal, betray: secreta, App. M. 5, p. 164, 13: res profanata non valeat, Pall. 1, 35, 1.

Perseus ID: n38598 Key: profano2