contaminate

Dictionary entries

• 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);

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  voc. sg. perf. pass. part.

  pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
• 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;

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  voc. sg. (m.)
• contaminatus, contaminati:

  Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension

  Frequency:

  Very Rare

  Dictionary:

  Lewis & Short

  = abandoned youths (pl.); (juvenile delinquents?);

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  voc. sg.