polluo
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpol.lu.oː/, [ˈpɔlːʲuoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpol.lu.o/, [ˈpɔlːuo]
Verb
polluō (present infinitive polluere, perfect active polluī, supine pollūtum); third conjugation
- I soil, defile, pollute, stain, foul.
- (figuratively, morally) I contaminate, violate, dishonor, desecrate, pollute, defile.
Conjugation
Synonyms
- (dishonor): cōnscelerō, contāminō, dēdecorō, dehonestō, dēpudicō, foedō, maculō, temerō, turpō
- (pollute): collinō, commaculō, commingō, cōnspurcō, contāminō, contemerō, foedō, incestō, inquinō, maculō
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “polluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “polluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- polluo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to profane sacred rites: sacra polluere et violare
- to profane sacred rites: sacra polluere et violare