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
- P
Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...isti vituperant factum atque in eo disputant contaminari non decere fabulas. faciuntne intellegendo ut nil intellegant? qui quom..." - T
Liber XLV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...sint purae manus, sacris arceat, uos penetralia uestra contaminari cruento latronis corpore sinetis?' nobilis fama erat apud omnes..." - T
Liber XXXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...faciemus; qui quia suum numen sceleribus libidinibusque contaminari indigne ferebant, ex occultis ea tenebris in lucem extraxerunt..." - T
Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...plebis C. Canuleius tribunus plebis rogationem promulgavit, qua contaminari sanguinem suum patres confundique iura gentium rebantur, et mentio..."