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contactis

Dictionary entries

  • 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;

    Entry →
    abl. pl. perf. pass. part.
    dat. pl. perf. pass. part.

Examples

  • M

    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..."
  • T

    Liber XXXI

    Titus Livius (Livy)

    "...quae si quo res posceret, multis in Italia contactis gentibus Punici belli societate iraque inde tumentibus, mitterentur..."
  • T

    Liber XXIX

    Titus Livius (Livy)

    "...quoque alio genere cladis eadem illa pecunia omnibus contactis ea uiolatione templi furorem obiecit atque inter se ducem..."
  • T

    Liber VIII

    Titus Livius (Livy)

    "...quia pestilentia insecuta est, velut omnibus eo vitio contactis auspiciis res ad interregnum rediit. Ab interregno inito..."
  • P

    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..."

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