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inquino

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See also: inquinó and inquinò

Italian

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Verb

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inquino

  1. first-person singular present indicative of inquinare

Latin

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Etymology

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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

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Verb

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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

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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

References

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  • 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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to be vicious, criminal: vitiis, sceleribus inquinatum, contaminatum, obrutum esse

Portuguese

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Verb

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inquino

  1. first-person singular present indicative of inquinar

Spanish

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Verb

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inquino

  1. first-person singular present indicative of inquinar