inquino
Italian
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
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈin.kʷi.noː/, [ˈɪŋ.kᶣɪ.noː]
Verb
inquinō (present infinitive inquināre, perfect active inquināvī, supine inquinātum); first conjugation
Inflection
Synonyms
- (pollute): polluō
Derived terms
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
- (ambiguous) to be vicious, criminal: vitiis, sceleribus inquinatum, contaminatum, obrutum esse
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