contagio

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See also: contagió, contágio, and contagiò

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

contagio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of contagiar

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konˈta.d͡ʒo/
  • Rhymes: -adʒo
  • Hyphenation: con‧tà‧gio

Etymology 1

From Latin contāgium.

Noun

contagio m (plural contagi)

  1. contagion
  2. disease, epidemic
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

contagio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of contagiare

Further reading

  • contagio in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • contagio in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • contagio in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • contagio in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • contagio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

The origin of the long -ā- is unknown. In any case, related to tangō (and the prefixed contingō), with the suffix -iō.

Noun

contāgiō f (genitive contāgiōnis); third declension

  1. contact, touch
    Synonyms: tāctus, contāctus
  2. intercourse (social)
  3. influence
    Synonym: tāctus
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative contāgiō contāgiōnēs
Genitive contāgiōnis contāgiōnum
Dative contāgiōnī contāgiōnibus
Accusative contāgiōnem contāgiōnēs
Ablative contāgiōne contāgiōnibus
Vocative contāgiō contāgiōnēs
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

contāgiō

  1. dative/ablative singular of contāgium

References

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “tango”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 606-607
  • “contagio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “contagio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • contagio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • contagio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Verb

contagio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of contagiar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konˈtaxjo/
  • Rhymes: -axjo
  • Syllabification: con‧ta‧gio

Etymology 1

From Latin contāgium.

Noun

contagio m (plural contagios)

  1. infection, contagion
    Synonym: (rare) contagión
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

contagio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of contagiar

Further reading

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