contaminarent
Dictionary entries
- Entry →contamino, contaminare, contaminavi, contaminatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
corrupt, defile (w/filth/intercourse), stain, befoul spoil; ruin, dishonor;; debase w/mixture of inferior material; contaminate, infect; pollute (morally);
pl. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber XXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...thesauris et nefanda praeda se ipsos ac domos contaminare suas et milites uestros. quibus per uos fidemque uestram..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...noctium conscii, auspicia polluere, sacratumque campum nefario auderent contaminare vestigio? Non adeo deos hominesque contemserant, ut in illa..."