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
- L
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..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...laxato: "Quaeso, inquam, regina, noli suggillare miserias. Veneficio contactus sum". <. . .> CIRCE: "Dic, Chrysis, sed verum: numquid indecens..." - P
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..." - T
Liber XXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...aegri erant et moriebantur; postea curatio ipsa et contactus aegrorum uolgabat morbos, ut aut neglecti desertique qui incidissent..."