2. prŏfāno, āvi, atum, 1, v. a. [profanus].
- I. Lit., to render unholy, deprive of sanctity, to unhallow, desecrate, profane (perh. not ante-Aug.): dies festos, sacra, sacerdotes, Liv. 31, 44: sacrum, Ov. Am. 3, 9, 19: festum, id. M. 4, 390: sacra, Petr. 89: funus, Stat. Th. 9, 8: sabbata, Vulg. Ezech. 23, 38: justitias, id. Psa. 88, 32.
- II. Transf.
- A. To violate, pollute: pudorem, Curt. 5, 1, 38: os, Quint. 11, 1, 84: nomen, id. Decl. 10.
- B. To disclose, reveal, betray: secreta, App. M. 5, p. 164, 13: res profanata non valeat, Pall. 1, 35, 1.