contaminaris
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. futperf. act. ind. 2ndsg. perf. act. subj. 2nd - 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. pres. pass. ind. 2nd - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...isti vituperant factum atque in eo disputant contaminari non decere fabulas. faciuntne intellegendo ut nil intellegant? qui quom..."Liber XLV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...sint purae manus, sacris arceat, uos penetralia uestra contaminari cruento latronis corpore sinetis?' nobilis fama erat apud omnes..."Liber XXXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...faciemus; qui quia suum numen sceleribus libidinibusque contaminari indigne ferebant, ex occultis ea tenebris in lucem extraxerunt..."Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...plebis C. Canuleius tribunus plebis rogationem promulgavit, qua contaminari sanguinem suum patres confundique iura gentium rebantur, et mentio..."