contaminares
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);
sg. imperf. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
- T
Liber XXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...thesauris et nefanda praeda se ipsos ac domos contaminare suas et milites uestros. quibus per uos fidemque uestram..." - G
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..."