verb transitive

con-tingo

2nd PP con-tingĕre · conj. 3rd

wet, moisten

v. a., to wet, moisten (perh. only in Lucr. and Verg.).

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Lit.: oras, pocula circum mellis liquore, Lucr. 1, 938: semina rerum colore, id. 2, 755: lac parco sale, to sprinkle, Verg. G. 3, 403: tonsum corpus amurcā, id. ib. 3, 448. —

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Trop.: musaeo contingens cuncta lepore, Lucr. 1, 934 and 947; 4, 9 and 22.

Perseus ID: n10825 Key: contingo2