contaminaretur
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. pass. subj. 3rd
Examples
de Providentia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...spargit et illam sanctissimam animam indignamque quae ferro contaminaretur manu educit. 12. Inde crediderim fuisse parum certum..."Domitianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...exilium indulsit. Ac ne qua religio deum impune contaminaretur, monimentum, quod libertus eius e lapidibus templo Capitolini Iovis..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...vellet imperium promptos ostentavere. tum vero, quasi scelere contaminaretur, praeceps tribunali desiluit. opposuerunt abeunti arma, minitantes, ni regrederetur..."