contaminatio

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Latin

Etymology

From contāminō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

contāminātiō f (genitive contāminātiōnis); third declension

  1. contamination, pollution
    Synonyms: contāctus, contāgium, pollūtiō
  2. defilement
    Synonym: pollūtiō

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative contāminātiō contāminātiōnēs
Genitive contāminātiōnis contāminātiōnum
Dative contāminātiōnī contāminātiōnibus
Accusative contāminātiōnem contāminātiōnēs
Ablative contāminātiōne contāminātiōnibus
Vocative contāminātiō contāminātiōnēs

Descendants

References

  • “contaminatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • contaminatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • contaminatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “contaminatio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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