inquino

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.kʷi.noː/, [ˈɪŋkʷɪnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.kwi.no/, [ˈiŋkwino]

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		inquināre	inquināvisse	inquinātūrum esse	inquinārī	inquinātum esse	inquinātum īrī
participles		inquināns	—	inquinātūrus	—	inquinātus	inquinandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		inquinandī	inquinandō	inquinandum	inquinandō	inquinātum	inquinātū

Derived terms

• inquināmentum
• inquinātē
• inquinātiō
• inquinātus

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^[1], 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