contagium
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. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →contages, contagis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
contact, touch; infection, contagion;
gen. pl.
Examples
Liber XII
Aulus Gellius
"...utroqueuersus dici posse. 'Periculum' etiam et 'uenenum' et 'contagium' non, uti nunc dicuntur, pro malis tantum dicta esse..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...isti me complorent? quid est quod trepident, quod contagium quoque mei timeant, quasi transilire calamitas possit? est aliquid..."
