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contāgĭo | contāgĭum, ii | contāmen, ĭnis (noun F.n.n) : f., , , n., and , , n. (contagium only in poets—and in plur.—and in postAug. prose writers; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 59, 12; Non. p. 199, 2; Marc. Vict. 1, p. 2469 P.; cf. also colluvio: contamen only in late Lat.) [id.]
* A touching, contact, touch, in a good or bad sense.
* In gen.
* Contagio, Cato, R. R. 132 fin.: anima calescit ... contagione pulmonum,Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138: corporis,id. Div. 1, 30, 63; 2, 43, 92; id. Fat. 3, 5: ab omni mentione et contagione Romanorum abstinere,Liv. 40, 20, 6.
* Freq., in a bad sense, a contacl with something physically or morally unclean, a contagion, infection.
* Pregn., a union, connection: contagio naturae valet,Cic. Fat. 3, 5.
* Lit.
* Contagio: nolite ad me adire, ne contagio mea bonis obsit, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26 (Trag. Rel. v. 405 Vahl.); cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 41, 164: velut contagione quādam pestiferā insanire,Liv. 28, 34, 4: tum praecipue oves contagione vexentur,Col. 7, 5, 6; so id. 7, 5, 16: lichenis,Plin. 26, 1, 3, § 3: vini,id. 14, 21, 27, § 134 al.
* Trop., an infection, pollution, vicious companionship or intercourse, participation, contamination, etc.
* Contagio: contagione mei patris metuo malum,Plaut. Am. prol. 31; so with the gen.: illius sceleris,Cic. Mur. 37, 78; id. Sull. 2, 6: criminis,Liv. 9, 34, 14: turpitudinis,Cic. Att. 1, 16, 3: conscientiae,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 183: furoris,Liv. 28, 24, 10: cujus facti dictive,id. 2, 37, 7: noxae,id. 9, 1, 6: imitandi belli,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 3, § 6; cf. belli,Flor. 2, 13, 1: bellorum,id. 2, 2, 4: aspectus,Cic. Clu. 68, 193.—Plur.: contagiones malorum, quae a Lacedaemoniis profectae manaverunt latius,Cic. Off. 2, 23, 80.— Absol.: haec (vitia) primo paulatim crescere; post, ubi contagio quasi pestilentia invasit, civitas immutata, etc., * Sall. C. 10 fin.; Liv. 5, 6, 11; 5, 12, 7; 10, 18, 2 al.; Flor. 1, 9, 8.
* Contagium: aegrae mentis,Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 25: scelerum,Luc. 3, 322: lucri (connected with scabies),Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 14: belli,Flor. 1, 15, 1: deditionis,id. 3, 14, 2: terrae,Ov. M. 15, 195.
* Contamen, Tert. Carm. adv. Marc. 1, 1; 4, 4; Mart. Cap. 1, § 10 Kopp.
* A touching, contact, touch, in a good or bad sense.
* In gen.
* Contagio, Cato, R. R. 132 fin.: anima calescit ... contagione pulmonum,Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138: corporis,id. Div. 1, 30, 63; 2, 43, 92; id. Fat. 3, 5: ab omni mentione et contagione Romanorum abstinere,Liv. 40, 20, 6.
* Freq., in a bad sense, a contacl with something physically or morally unclean, a contagion, infection.
* Pregn., a union, connection: contagio naturae valet,Cic. Fat. 3, 5.
* Lit.
* Contagio: nolite ad me adire, ne contagio mea bonis obsit, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26 (Trag. Rel. v. 405 Vahl.); cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 41, 164: velut contagione quādam pestiferā insanire,Liv. 28, 34, 4: tum praecipue oves contagione vexentur,Col. 7, 5, 6; so id. 7, 5, 16: lichenis,Plin. 26, 1, 3, § 3: vini,id. 14, 21, 27, § 134 al.
* Trop., an infection, pollution, vicious companionship or intercourse, participation, contamination, etc.
* Contagio: contagione mei patris metuo malum,Plaut. Am. prol. 31; so with the gen.: illius sceleris,Cic. Mur. 37, 78; id. Sull. 2, 6: criminis,Liv. 9, 34, 14: turpitudinis,Cic. Att. 1, 16, 3: conscientiae,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 183: furoris,Liv. 28, 24, 10: cujus facti dictive,id. 2, 37, 7: noxae,id. 9, 1, 6: imitandi belli,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 3, § 6; cf. belli,Flor. 2, 13, 1: bellorum,id. 2, 2, 4: aspectus,Cic. Clu. 68, 193.—Plur.: contagiones malorum, quae a Lacedaemoniis profectae manaverunt latius,Cic. Off. 2, 23, 80.— Absol.: haec (vitia) primo paulatim crescere; post, ubi contagio quasi pestilentia invasit, civitas immutata, etc., * Sall. C. 10 fin.; Liv. 5, 6, 11; 5, 12, 7; 10, 18, 2 al.; Flor. 1, 9, 8.
* Contagium: aegrae mentis,Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 25: scelerum,Luc. 3, 322: lucri (connected with scabies),Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 14: belli,Flor. 1, 15, 1: deditionis,id. 3, 14, 2: terrae,Ov. M. 15, 195.
* Contamen, Tert. Carm. adv. Marc. 1, 1; 4, 4; Mart. Cap. 1, § 10 Kopp.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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