stuprum
English
Etymology
Noun
stuprum (plural stupra)
- (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
- “stuprum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈstʊ.prũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈst̪uː.prum]
Noun
stuprum n (genitive stuprī); second declension
- dishonor, disgrace, shame, defilement
- 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
Related terms
Descendants
References
- ^ 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