English

Noun

stuprum ‎(plural stupra)

1. stupration; rape
   • 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.

Latin

Etymology

From stupere, present active infinitive of stupeo.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈstu.prum/

Noun

stuprum n ‎(genitive stuprī); second declension

1. dishonor, disgrace, shame, defilement
2. debauchery, lewdness, violation

Inflection

Second declension.

Derived terms

• stuprē
• stuprō
• stuprōsus

Related terms

• stuprātor

Descendants

References

• 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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “stuprum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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