stuprum

English

Etymology

From Latin stuprum.

Noun

stuprum (plural stupra)

1. (chiefly Ancient Rome) rape

   Synonym: stupration

   • 2006, Rebecca Langlands, Sexual Morality in Ancient Rome, page 119:

     By this point the fulcrum of concern is the stuprum of men upon men, described as more prevalent than that upon women.

References

• “stuprum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.