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(v. a.P. a.) : inquĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.cunire, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 50 Müll.
* To befoul, stain, pollute, defile (syn.: polluo, contamino, conspurco).
* Lit.: vestem,Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 17: mentior at si quid, merdis caput inquiner albis Corvorum,Hor. S. 1, 8, 37: ruris opes niteant: inquinet arma situs,Ov. F. 4, 928: (gurgitem) venenis,id. M. 14, 56: segetem injecto lolio,Dig. 9, 2, 27.
* Trop., to pollute, defile, corrupt, contaminate: saepe unus puer petulans atque impurus inquinat gregem puerorum, Varr. ap. Non. 168, 7: amicitiam nomine criminoso,Cic. Planc. 19, 46: agros turpissimis possessoribus, id. Phil, 2, 17, 43: omnem splendorem honestatis,id. Fin. 5, 8, 22: urbis jura et exempla corrumpere domesticaque immanitate inquinare,id. Deiot. 12, 23: senatum,Liv. 9, 46, 10: famam alterius,id. 29, 37 med.: argumenta puerorum foedis amoribus,Quint. 10, 1, 100; cf. id. 2, 5, 24; 4, 2, 102: se parricidio,Cic. Tusc. 5, 2, 6: se vitiis atque flagitiis,id. ib. 1, 30, 72: nuptias et genus et domos,Hor. C. 3, 6, 18: Juppiter inquinavit aere tempus aureum,id. Epod. 16, 64.—Hence, inquĭnātus, a, um, P. a., befouled, polluted.
* Lit.: aqua turbida et cadaveribus inquinata,Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97.
* Transf., stained, dyed: bis murice vellus inquinatum,Mart. 4, 4, 6.
* Trop., defiled, impure, filthy, base.
* In gen.: omnibus flagitiis vita inquinata,Cic. Rosc. Am. 24, 68: nihil hoc homine inquinatius,id. Fl. 22, 53: sordidissima ratio et inquinatissima,id. Off. 2, 6, 21: quis in voluptate inquinatior,id. Cael. 6, 13: comitia largitione inquinata, id. Q. Petit. Cons. fin.: dextra inquinatior,Cat. 33, 3: sermo inquinatissimus,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 26, § 65.
* In partic.
* Of speech, low, base: est vitiosum in verbis, si inquinatum, si abjectum,Cic. Opt. Gen. Or. 3, 7: versus inquinatus, insuavissima littera,id. Or. 49, 163.
* Tinctured, slightly imbued with any thing (cf. A. 2.): litteris satis inquinatus est,Petr. Fragm. Trag. 46 Burm.: non inquinati sumus (istis vitiis), sed infecti,Sen. Ep. 59 med.— Adv.: inquĭnātē, filthily, impurely; loqui, Cic. Brut. 37, 140; 74, 258.
* To befoul, stain, pollute, defile (syn.: polluo, contamino, conspurco).
* Lit.: vestem,Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 17: mentior at si quid, merdis caput inquiner albis Corvorum,Hor. S. 1, 8, 37: ruris opes niteant: inquinet arma situs,Ov. F. 4, 928: (gurgitem) venenis,id. M. 14, 56: segetem injecto lolio,Dig. 9, 2, 27.
* Trop., to pollute, defile, corrupt, contaminate: saepe unus puer petulans atque impurus inquinat gregem puerorum, Varr. ap. Non. 168, 7: amicitiam nomine criminoso,Cic. Planc. 19, 46: agros turpissimis possessoribus, id. Phil, 2, 17, 43: omnem splendorem honestatis,id. Fin. 5, 8, 22: urbis jura et exempla corrumpere domesticaque immanitate inquinare,id. Deiot. 12, 23: senatum,Liv. 9, 46, 10: famam alterius,id. 29, 37 med.: argumenta puerorum foedis amoribus,Quint. 10, 1, 100; cf. id. 2, 5, 24; 4, 2, 102: se parricidio,Cic. Tusc. 5, 2, 6: se vitiis atque flagitiis,id. ib. 1, 30, 72: nuptias et genus et domos,Hor. C. 3, 6, 18: Juppiter inquinavit aere tempus aureum,id. Epod. 16, 64.—Hence, inquĭnātus, a, um, P. a., befouled, polluted.
* Lit.: aqua turbida et cadaveribus inquinata,Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97.
* Transf., stained, dyed: bis murice vellus inquinatum,Mart. 4, 4, 6.
* Trop., defiled, impure, filthy, base.
* In gen.: omnibus flagitiis vita inquinata,Cic. Rosc. Am. 24, 68: nihil hoc homine inquinatius,id. Fl. 22, 53: sordidissima ratio et inquinatissima,id. Off. 2, 6, 21: quis in voluptate inquinatior,id. Cael. 6, 13: comitia largitione inquinata, id. Q. Petit. Cons. fin.: dextra inquinatior,Cat. 33, 3: sermo inquinatissimus,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 26, § 65.
* In partic.
* Of speech, low, base: est vitiosum in verbis, si inquinatum, si abjectum,Cic. Opt. Gen. Or. 3, 7: versus inquinatus, insuavissima littera,id. Or. 49, 163.
* Tinctured, slightly imbued with any thing (cf. A. 2.): litteris satis inquinatus est,Petr. Fragm. Trag. 46 Burm.: non inquinati sumus (istis vitiis), sed infecti,Sen. Ep. 59 med.— Adv.: inquĭnātē, filthily, impurely; loqui, Cic. Brut. 37, 140; 74, 258.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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