contingebant

Dictionary entries

• contingo, contingere, contigi, contactus:

  Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive

  Frequency:

  Very Frequent

  Dictionary:

  Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

  = touch; reach (to); border on, be connected with; affect, hit; take hold, seize;; color/stain; lay hands on, appropriate; smite; affect emotionally, move/touch;; happen, befall, turn out, come to pass, be granted to one; be produced;; it happens, it turns out; (PERF) it came to pass;

  Entry →

  pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd