contaminatio

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From contāminō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kon.taː.miˈnaː.ti.oː/, [kɔn̪t̪äːmɪˈnäːt̪ioː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.ta.miˈnat.t͡si.o/, [kon̪t̪ämiˈnät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun[edit]

contāminātiō f (genitive contāminātiōnis); third declension

contamination, pollution
Synonyms: contāctus, contāgium, pollūtiō
defilement
Synonym: pollūtiō

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	contāminātiō	contāminātiōnēs
Genitive	contāminātiōnis	contāminātiōnum
Dative	contāminātiōnī	contāminātiōnibus
Accusative	contāminātiōnem	contāminātiōnēs
Ablative	contāminātiōne	contāminātiōnibus
Vocative	contāminātiō	contāminātiōnēs

Related terms[edit]

contāminō

Descendants[edit]

→ Catalan: contaminació
→ Dutch: contaminatie
→ English: contamination
→ French: contamination
→ Galician: contaminación
→ German: Kontamination
→ Italian: contaminazione
→ Occitan: contaminacion
→ Portuguese: contaminação
→ Romanian: contaminație
→ Russian: контаминация (kontaminacija)
→ Spanish: contaminación

References[edit]

“contaminatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
contaminatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
contaminatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“contaminatio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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