polluere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →pollueo, polluere, polluui, polluitus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Calepinus
- Age:
- Medieval
pollute;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin. - Entry →polluo, polluere, pollui, pollutus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
soil/foul/dirty/stain/pollute; infect (w/disease); make impure; break (fast);; violate; dishonor/defile/degrade (w/illicit sexual conduct/immoral actions);
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndpl. perf. act. ind. 3rdsg. fut. pass. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...potentia avaritia sine modo modestiaque invadere, polluere et vastare omnia, nihil pensi neque sancti habere, quoad semet ipsa..."BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...publice rapere, delubra spoliare, sacra profanaque omnia polluere. Igitur ii milites, postquam victoriam adepti sunt, nihil reliqui victis..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...minus rapere inlicitas voluptates adulteriisque ac stupris polluere hospitum domus crederetur: aderant vis et pecunia et ruentis fortunae..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...colonias Vitelliani spoliare, rapere, vi et stupris polluere: in omne fas nefasque avidi aut venales non sacro..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...submovebantur. An stuprorum sibi incestarumque noctium conscii, auspicia polluere, sacratumque campum nefario auderent contaminare vestigio? Non adeo deos..."
