contagio

See also: contagió, contágio, and contagiò

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kun.təˈʒi.u]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kon.təˈʒi.o]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kon.taˈd͡ʒi.o]

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

• contagiare

Related terms

• contagione
• contagioso

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

• cogitano

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈtaː.ɡi.oː/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪äːɡioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈta.d͡ʒi.o/, [kon̪ˈt̪äːd͡ʒio]

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.

	singular	plural
nominative	contāgiō	contāgiōnēs
genitive	contāgiōnis	contāgiōnum
dative	contāgiōnī	contāgiōnibus
accusative	contāgiōnem	contāgiōnēs
ablative	contāgiōne	contāgiōnibus
vocative	contāgiō	contāgiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: contagió
• French: contagion
• Ido: kontagio
• Italian: contagione
• Occitan: contagion
• Portuguese: contagião
• Romanian: contagiune
• Spanish: contagión

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^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Verb

contagio

1. first-person singular present indicative of contagiar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈtaxjo/ [kõn̪ˈt̪a.xjo]
• Rhymes: -axjo
• Syllabification: con‧ta‧gio

Etymology 1

From Latin contāgium.

Noun

contagio m (plural contagios)

1. infection, contagion

   Synonym: (rare) contagión

Derived terms

• contagiar

Related terms

• contagión
• contagioso

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

contagio

1. first-person singular present indicative of contagiar

Further reading

• “contagio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10