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