contaminatum
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.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. 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. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →contaminatus, contaminati:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
abandoned youths (pl.); (juvenile delinquents?);
acc. sg.gen. pl. - Entry →contaminatum, contaminati:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
adulterated/contaminated things (pl.);
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...significationis multo assiduoque usu totum id verbum ita contaminatum est, ut iam "squalor" de re alia nulla quam..."Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...decubuisse floremque aetatis a Venere orti in Bithynia contaminatum, quondam etiam in senatu defendenti ei Nysae causam, filiae..."
