stuprum

English

Etymology

From Latin stuprum.

Noun

stuprum (plural stupra)

  1. (chiefly Ancient Rome) rape
    Synonym: stupration
    • 2006, Rebecca Langlands, Sexual Morality in Ancient Rome, page 119:
      By this point the fulcrum of concern is the stuprum of men upon men, described as more prevalent than that upon women.

References

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *stupros, a nominalisation of Proto-Indo-European *stup-ro- (stuck, stunned > dishonoured, adjective), from the root *(s)tewp- (to push, hit).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

stuprum n (genitive stuprī); second declension

  1. dishonor, disgrace, shame, defilement
  2. debauchery, lewdness, violation
    Synonym: adulterium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative stuprum stupra
genitive stuprī stuprōrum
dative stuprō stuprīs
accusative stuprum stupra
ablative stuprō stuprīs
vocative stuprum stupra

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: estupre
  • French: stupre
  • Irish: striapach
  • Italian: stupro
  • Portuguese: estupro
  • Spanish: estupro

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “stupeō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 593

Further reading

  • stuprum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • stuprum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • stuprum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • stuprum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • stuprum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin