The corpus record — Latin

temero

temero · v. a

to violate

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Where it lives

Panegyricus dictus Manlio Theodoro consuli 1 · 4.65/10k
de Bello Gothico 1 · 2.48/10k
Medea 1 · 1.77/10k
Epistulae 4 · 1.56/10k
In Eutropium 1 · 1.39/10k
Achilleis 1 · 1.39/10k
Amores 2 · 1.28/10k
Carmina 2 · 0.89/10k
Contra Symmachum 1 · 0.83/10k
Elegiae 1 · 0.81/10k
Ars Amatoria 1 · 0.67/10k
Punica 5 · 0.66/10k

Densest 12 of 28 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. tĕmĕro — Lewis & Short

tĕmĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.id.; prop. to treat rashly; hence, pregn.,

I to violate, profane, defile, dishonor, disgrace, desecrate, pollute: temerare violare sacra et contaminare, dictum videlicet a temeritate, Fest. p. 365 Müll, (mostly poet.; sometimes in post-Aug. prose; syn., scelero, polluo): sacra deae, Tib. 3, 5, 7: hospitii sacra, Ov. H. 17, 3: Cereale nemus securi, id. M. 8, 741: templa Minervae, Verg. A. 6, 840: arae, foci, deum delubra, sepulcra majorum temerata ac violata, Liv. 26, 13, 13; delubra oculis profanis, Claud. B. G. 102; sacra deo vasa, Sulp. Sev. Chron. 2, 6, 5; sacraria probro, Ov. M. 10, 695: patrium cubile, id. ib. 2, 592; 15, 501; cf.: thalamos pudicos, id. Am. 1, 8, 19: eandem Juliam in matrimonio Agrippae, Tac. A. 1, 53; id. H. 3, 80: Venerem maritam, Ov. H. 15 (16), 283; cf.: temerata Auge, id. ib. 9, 49: vi aliam, App. M. 1, p. 106, 9: conjugale praeceptum, id. ib. 5, p. 162, 19: fluvios venenis, Ov M. 7, 535: dapibus nefandis Corpora, id. ib. 15, 75: aures incestis vocibus, id. Tr. 2, 503: nubila volatu (Perseus), Stat. Th. 3, 463; cf. Alpes (Hannibal), Sil. 15, 532: litus, Luc. 3, 194: castra infausta temerataque, dishonored by the crime of mutiny, Tac. A. 1, 30: trux puer et nullo temeratus pectora motu, Stat. Achill. 1, 302; temerata est nostra voluntas, Ov. M. 9, 627: puram fidem, id. P. 4, 10, 82.

2. temerö — Walde–Hofmann

temerö, -ävi, ätum, -äre „beflecke, entweihe, schände“ (seit Verg. [vgl. Paul. Fest. p. 365 temeräre : violäre sacra et contäminäre, dictum videlicet à temeritäte], temerätus seit Ov., temeritätus Ps. Vigil. Thaps. c. Arrian. 1, 10 p. 161°, temerandus Lucan., temerätiö seit Itala und Cod, Theod., temerütor seit Stat., temerübilis Ven. Fort., intemerätus seit Verg. [intemeräbilis seit Claud. Mam., -andus seit Val. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. temerö, p. 1565]

In the wild

temerataque Tacitus, Annales 1.p30
temeranda Tibullus, Elegiae 3.5.7
temeratis Claudian, In Eutropium 2.20.218
temerati Silius Italicus, Punica 11.161
temeratisque Silius Italicus, Punica 15.529
temeratae Claudian, de Bello Gothico 1.560

6 of 47 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. temerö (scan p. 1565; entry #2954).

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