contactus, contactus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
touch, contact; contagion, infection, pollution; (personal/logical) association;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | contactus | contactus |
| Gen. | contactus | contactuum |
| Dat. | contactui | contactibus |
| Acc. | contactum | contactus |
| Voc. | contactus | contactus |
| Abl. | contactu | contactibus |
Examples
Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...Abscede, uiue, ne quid exores, et hic contactus ensis deserat castum latus. quis eluet me Tanais aut quae..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...laxato: "Quaeso, inquam, regina, noli suggillare miserias. Veneficio contactus sum". <. . .> CIRCE: "Dic, Chrysis, sed verum: numquid indecens..."Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...limenque foresque et tantum caelo tegitur refugitque viriles contactus, statuitque aras de caespite binas, dexteriore Hecates, ast laeva..."Liber XXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...aegri erant et moriebantur; postea curatio ipsa et contactus aegrorum uolgabat morbos, ut aut neglecti desertique qui incidissent..."