contaminatam
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);
acc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →contaminatus, contaminata -um, contaminatior -or -us, contaminatissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
contaminated, polluted, adulterated; used, second-hand, soiled by use; profane;; impure, vile, defiled, degraded; morally foul, guilt stained; ritually unclean;
acc. sg. (f.)
Examples
Liber XL
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...uolutabam in animo, ut quibus aliis deinde sacris contaminatam omni scelere mentem expiarem? sed caecus criminandi cupiditate animus..."Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...insignitior contumelia potest quam partem civitatis velut contaminatam indignam conubio haberi? Quid est aliud quam exsilium intra eadem..."
