I.v. a., to violate, ravisn, debauch, defile (rare, but in good prose).
I. Prop.: “matronas, virgines, ingenuos, raptos, etc.,” Liv. 29, 17, 15: “virginem,” Curt. 10, 1, 5: “praetextatos liberos,” Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 3, 10; Suet. Vit. 12 al. —
II. Trop.: “afflicta res publica est empto constupratoque judicio,” purchased by debauchery, Cic. Att. 1, 18, 3: “aër scelestis vocibus constupratus,” polluted, Tert. Spect. 27: “pudicitiam,” Hier. adv. Jovin. 2, 9.
