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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.
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