contactis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →contingo, contingere, contigi, contactus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
touch; reach (to); border on, be connected with; affect, hit; take hold, seize;; color/stain; lay hands on, appropriate; smite; affect emotionally, move/touch;; happen, befall, turn out, come to pass, be granted to one; be produced;; it happens, it turns out; (PERF) it came to pass;
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
XIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...huius animalis rapina? nescimus, qua pernicitate plerumque vix contactis floribus revolet discurratque per singulos velox experimento, quam etiam..."Liber XXXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quae si quo res posceret, multis in Italia contactis gentibus Punici belli societate iraque inde tumentibus, mitterentur..."Liber XXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quoque alio genere cladis eadem illa pecunia omnibus contactis ea uiolatione templi furorem obiecit atque inter se ducem..."Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quia pestilentia insecuta est, velut omnibus eo vitio contactis auspiciis res ad interregnum rediit. Ab interregno inito..."Germania
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...nemoribus ac lucis, candidi et nullo mortali opere contacti; quos pressos sacro curru sacerdos ac rex vel princeps..."
