polluō uī, ūtus, ere pro+luo, to soil, defile, stain, foul, pollute: ore dapes, V.: ora cruore, O.

—Fig., to defile, pollute, contaminate, violate, dishonor, desecrate: iura scelere: stupro religionis: Iovem, Pr.: tragico pollutus concubitu, Iu.: polluta pax, V.