profane (v.) Copy link Outline 1. vĭŏlo, 12. polluo, 33. tĕmĕro, 1 (chiefly poet.)4. prŏfāno, 1 (in this sense, poet. • profane (v.): 1. vĭŏlo, 1: to p. consecrated ground, loca religiosa v., Cic. Rab. perd. 2, 7: Ov. 2. polluo, 3: v. to pollute. 3. tĕmĕro, 1 (chiefly poet.): Virg. Aen. 6, 841 (templa t.): Ov. Join: temerare ac violare, Liv. 26, 13, med. (in a rhetorical passage). 4. prŏfāno, 1 (in this sense, poet.: strictly, to unconsecrate, religionem tollere): Ov. Am. 3, 9, 19.