violo

violo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of violar

Borrowed from Italian viola, English violet, French violette and Polish fiołek.

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• IPA^(key): [viˈolo]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Hyphenation: vi‧o‧lo

violo (accusative singular violon, plural violoj, accusative plural violojn)

1. violet (flower)

• IPA^(key): /viˈɔ.lo/[1][2]
• Rhymes: -ɔlo
• Hyphenation: vi‧ò‧lo

violo m (plural violi) (regional, Tuscan)

1. violet (plant)

   Synonym: (normal register) viola

2. carnation

   Synonym: (normal register) garofano

• IPA^(key): /viˈɔ.lo/[3]
• Rhymes: -ɔlo
• Hyphenation: vi‧ò‧lo

violo m (plural violi) (regional, Venice)

1. path

   Synonym: (normal register) viottolo

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.o.lo/
• Rhymes: -iolo
• Hyphenation: vì‧o‧lo

violo

1. first-person singular present indicative of violare

• olivo, ovoli

From vīs (“strength”), as if from some diminutive *viola.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯i.o.loː/, [ˈu̯iɔɫ̪oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.o.lo/, [ˈviːolo]

violō (present infinitive violāre, perfect active violāvī, supine violātum); first conjugation

1. I treat with violence; I maltreat
2. I violate, defile, profane, rape
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.167:

     post illud nec avēs cūnās violāsse feruntur

     Nor after that were they suffering the birds to have violated cradles
     (A goddess intervenes after a baby is attacked by striges and her divine prayers impart lasting protection.)

   Synonyms: rumpō, irrumpō, frangō, īnfringō

¹At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
²Archaic.
³At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

• violātor

• “violo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “violo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• violo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to break one's word: fidem laedere, violare, frangere
    
  • to break one's oath: iusiurandum violare
    
  • to profane sacred rites: sacra polluere et violare
    
  • to break a truce: indutias violare
    
  • to violate the law of nations: ius gentium violare
    
  • to violate a treaty, terms of alliance: foedus frangere, rumpere, violare
    

violo

1. first-person singular present indicative of violar

• IPA^(key): /ˈbjolo/ [ˈbjo.lo]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification: vio‧lo

violo

1. first-person singular present indicative of violar