contaminatio
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kon.taː.miˈnaː.ti.oː/, [kɔn̪t̪äːmɪˈnäːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon.ta.miˈnat.t͡si.o/, [kon̪t̪ämiˈnät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
contāminātiō f (genitive contāminātiōnis); third declension
Declension
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
Descendants
- French: contamination
- German: Kontamination
- Italian: contaminazione
- Portuguese: contaminação
- Russian: контаминация (kontaminacija)
- Spanish: contaminación
References
- “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