violatio

violō (“to treat with violence, to profane”) +‎ -tiō

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [wi.ɔˈɫaː.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [vi.oˈlat̪.t̪͡s̪i.o]

violātiō f (genitive violātiōnis); third declension

1. violation, profanation
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 31.12.4:

     curam expiandae violationis eius templi prodigia etiam sub idem tempus pluribus locis nuntiata accenderunt.

     • Translation by Evan T. Sage

       The concern to atone for the violation of this temple was increased by the prodigies which were reported in numerous parts of the country at the same time.

Third-declension noun.

• “violatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “violatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers