contagia
Dictionary entries
- Entry →contagium, contagi(i):
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
action/fact of touching, contact; contact communicating infection, contagion;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...tabes et digerit artus,traxit iners caelum fluuidae contagia pestisobscuram in nubem. tali spiramine Nesis 90emittit Stygium nebulosis..."Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...concurrunt undique gentes,nec sic horret iners scelerum contagia mundusut gladiis egeant ciuilia bella coactis.sit mens ista quidem..."Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...nullo cessabant tempore apisci ex aliis alios avidi contagia morbi, lanigeras tam quam pecudes et bucera saecla, idque..."Liber III
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...aevo sic corporis atque animai mutua vitalis discunt contagia motus, maternis etiam membris alvoque reposta, discidium [ut] nequeat..."Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...gelida Virgine? Ne futuat. cum sic feminei generis contagia vitet, cur lingit cunnum Lattara? Ne futuat. XLVIII Silius..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...iubet hos subsistere pleno litore, ne nudae noceant contagia terrae. ipsa dehinc toto resolutum pectore Achillem, qui pueris..."Ecloga I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...gravis temptabunt pabula fetas nec mala vicini pecoris contagia laedent. fortunate senex, hic inter flumina nota et fontis..."Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...culpam ferro compesce, priusquam dira per incautum serpant contagia uulgus. non tam creber agens hiemem ruit aequore turbo..."