contaminet
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. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...interfici quom perpeti me possum, ne hoc gaudium contaminet vita aegritudine aliqua. sed neminemne curiosum intervenire nunc mihi..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...passurum se ut quisquam ingenuos contra fas legemque contaminet, interpellatque saevientium minas non solum voce sed etiam manibus..."