contaminato
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);
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.sg. fut. act. imp. 2ndsg. fut. act. imp. 3rd - 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;
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.) - Entry →contaminatus, contaminati:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
abandoned youths (pl.); (juvenile delinquents?);
abl. sg.dat. sg. - Entry →contaminatum, contaminati:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
adulterated/contaminated things (pl.);
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Divus Vespasianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...Augustum. Amplissimos ordines et exhaustos caede varia et contaminatos veteri neglegentia, purgavit supplevitque recenso senatu et equite, summotis..."XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...haustu aliquo ad inferos conde. caelestes auras contaminato spiritu polluimus, et sideribus ac diei graves invidiam saeculo facimus..."de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...iubet secerni. 'ab ducite istos' inquit 'nefario scelere contaminatos et caede civium saginatos.' sic extra vallum deducti sunt..."
