violate Copy link Outline I. To outrage, injureII. To profaneIII. To break, infringe1. viŏlo2. mīgro (opp. conservo)IV. To debauch a woman • violate: I. To outrage, injure: q. v. II. To profane: viŏlo, etc.: v. to profane. III. To break, infringe: 1. viŏlo: to v. a truce, indutias v., Caes. B. C. 2, 15: to v. a treaty, foedus v., Liv. 28, 44, ad med.: to v. an oath, jusjurandum violare, Cic. Off. 3, 29, 104: to v. friendship, amicitiam v., id. Phil. 2, 1, 3 (v. also to break off, II.). Join: to v. right, jus v. et imminuere, Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 109. Cf. rumpo, frango (v. to break, III.). 2. mīgro (opp. conservo): to v. civil law, jus civile m., Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 67. Join: m. et non servare, id. Off. 1, 10, 31. Miscell.: to v. every right (or obligation), fas omne abrumpere, Virg. Aen. 3, 55: to v. one's word given to an enemy, fidem hosti datam fallere, Cic. Off. 1, 13, 39: to v. the right of embassy, jus legationis imminuere, id. Verr. 1, 33, 84: without v.ing one's word, salva fide, id. Rosc. Am. 3, 4, 95 (cf. salvis legibus, id. Fam. 1, 2, 4): to v. a law (lit. to offend against), committere (with in, or contra legem, or abl.: Cic.: v. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v., IV., 2): to v. an oath, pējĕro s. perjūro (v. to perjure): cf. falsum jurare, Cic. Off. 3, 29, 108. IV. To debauch a woman: viŏlo: to v. virginity, virginitatem v., Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59: v. also to ravish.