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Latin
Etymology
violō (“to treat with violence, to profane”) + -tiō
Pronunciation
Noun
violātiō f (genitive violātiōnis); third declension
- violation, profanation
27 BCE – 25 BCE,
Titus Livius,
Ab Urbe Condita 31.12.4:
- curam expiandae violationis eius templi prodigia etiam sub idem tempus pluribus locis nuntiata accenderunt.
- Translation by Evan T. Sage
- The concern to atone for the violation of this temple was increased by the prodigies which were reported in numerous parts of the country at the same time.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “violatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “violatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers