inquino

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See also: inquinó and inquinò

Italian

Verb

inquino

  1. first-person singular present indicative of inquinare

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain; according to the 8th century abridgment of Festus by Paul the Deacon, the word comes from cunīre (“to shit”). Cognate with caenum, obscenus according to Pokorny.

Pronunciation

Verb

inquinō (present infinitive inquināre, perfect active inquināvī, supine inquinātum); first conjugation

  1. to pollute, defile, stain, befoul
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.496:
      quid facis? amplexus inquinat illa tuōs.
      What are you doing? Her embrace defiles yours.
      (Ariadne accuses her husband of infidelity.)
  2. to corrupt, contaminate
    Synonyms: polluō, scelerō, maculō, contingō
    Antonyms: tergeō, abstergeō, pūrgō, luō, putō, effingō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of inquinō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present inquinō inquinās inquinat inquināmus inquinātis inquinant
imperfect inquinābam inquinābās inquinābat inquinābāmus inquinābātis inquinābant
future inquinābō inquinābis inquinābit inquinābimus inquinābitis inquinābunt
perfect inquināvī inquināvistī inquināvit inquināvimus inquināvistis inquināvērunt,
inquināvēre
pluperfect inquināveram inquināverās inquināverat inquināverāmus inquināverātis inquināverant
future perfect inquināverō inquināveris inquināverit inquināverimus inquināveritis inquināverint
passive present inquinor inquināris,
inquināre 		inquinātur inquināmur inquināminī inquinantur
imperfect inquinābar inquinābāris,
inquinābāre 		inquinābātur inquinābāmur inquinābāminī inquinābantur
future inquinābor inquināberis,
inquinābere 		inquinābitur inquinābimur inquinābiminī inquinābuntur
perfect inquinātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect inquinātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect inquinātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present inquinem inquinēs inquinet inquinēmus inquinētis inquinent
imperfect inquinārem inquinārēs inquināret inquinārēmus inquinārētis inquinārent
perfect inquināverim inquināverīs inquināverit inquināverīmus inquināverītis inquināverint
pluperfect inquināvissem inquināvissēs inquināvisset inquināvissēmus inquināvissētis inquināvissent
passive present inquiner inquinēris,
inquinēre 		inquinētur inquinēmur inquinēminī inquinentur
imperfect inquinārer inquinārēris,
inquinārēre 		inquinārētur inquinārēmur inquinārēminī inquinārentur
perfect inquinātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect inquinātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — inquinā — — inquināte —
future — inquinātō inquinātō — inquinātōte inquinantō
passive present — inquināre — — inquināminī —
future — inquinātor inquinātor — — inquinantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present inquināre inquinārī inquināns —
future inquinātūrum esse inquinātum īrī inquinātūrus inquinandus
perfect inquināvisse inquinātum esse — inquinātus
future perfect — inquinātum fore — —
perfect potential inquinātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
inquinandī inquinandō inquinandum inquinandō inquinātum inquinātū

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Spanish: enconar
  • → English: inquinate
  • → Italian: inquinare
  • → Portuguese: inquinar
  • → Spanish: inquinar

References

  • “inquino”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “inquino”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • inquino in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to be vicious, criminal: vitiis, sceleribus inquinatum, contaminatum, obrutum esse

Portuguese

Verb

inquino

  1. first-person singular present indicative of inquinar

Spanish

Verb

inquino

  1. first-person singular present indicative of inquinar
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