verb transitive

cŏ-inquĭno

2nd PP cŏ-inquĭnāre · 3rd PP cŏ-inquĭnāvi · 4th PP cŏ-inquĭnātum · conj. 1st

(or contr. , cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. 2, p. 135)

to defile all over; to pollute wholly; to contaminate

to defile all over, to pollute wholly, to contaminate.

Prop. (rare; not in Cic.): stercore conquinatae, Col. 8, 5, 19; 8, 7, 2. — •

Prop. (rare; not in Cic.): stercore conquinatae, Col. 8, 5, 19; 8, 7, 2. —

figuratively

Trop. *

to infect; taint •

Of infectious disease, to infect, taint: totam progeniem, Col. 7, 5, 6.—More freq.,

polluted; contaminated ••

Of vices: matres coinquinari regias, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 27, 68: se crimine stupri, Val. Max. 6, 1, 6: se maximo scelere, id. 9, 7: cor vitiis, Prud. Cath. 6, 53: famam alicujus, Arn. 4, 151.— Hence, cŏinquĭnātus, a, um, P. a., polluted, contaminated: quid esse his potest coinquinatius? Arn. 7, p. 222.

Perseus ID: n8974 Key: coinquino