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Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of inquinō (“pollute, defile”).
Pronunciation
Participle
inquinātus (feminine inquināta, neuter inquinātum, comparative inquinātior, superlative inquinātissimus); first/second-declension participle
- polluted, defiled, befouled, having been stained
- corrupted, having been contaminated
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “inquinatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “inquinatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inquinatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- incorrect language: oratio inquinata (De Opt. Gen. Or. 3. 7)
- a life defiled by every crime: vita omnibus flagitiis inquinata
- (ambiguous) to be vicious, criminal: vitiis, sceleribus inquinatum, contaminatum, obrutum esse