inquinō

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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.

cŏ-inquĭno (or contr. cōnquĭno, cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. 2, p. 135), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to defile all over, to pollute wholly, to contaminate.

Prop. (rare;

not in Cic.): stercore conquinatae,

Col. 8, 5, 19; 8, 7, 2. —

Trop.

Of infectious disease, to infect, taint:

totam progeniem,

Col. 7, 5, 6.—More freq.,

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.

cŏ-inquĭno (or contr. cōnquĭno, cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. 2, p. 135), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to defile all over, to pollute wholly, to contaminate.

Prop. (rare;

not in Cic.): stercore conquinatae,

Col. 8, 5, 19; 8, 7, 2. —

Trop.

Of infectious disease, to infect, taint:

totam progeniem,

Col. 7, 5, 6.—More freq.,

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.

cŏ-inquĭno (or contr. cōnquĭno, cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. 2, p. 135), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to defile all over, to pollute wholly, to contaminate.

Prop. (rare;

not in Cic.): stercore conquinatae,

Col. 8, 5, 19; 8, 7, 2. —

Trop.

Of infectious disease, to infect, taint:

totam progeniem,

Col. 7, 5, 6.—More freq.,

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.

ob-lĭno, lēvi, rarely lĭni (Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.), lĭtum, 3 (form acc. to the 4th conj. oblinio, q. v.), v. a., to daub or smear over, to bedaub, besmear (syn.: inficio, induco).

Lit.

In gen.:

cerussā malas oblinere,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 101:

se visco,

Varr. R. R. 3, 7:

obliti unguentis,

Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10:

oblitus caeno,

id. Att. 1, 21:

oblitus faciem suo cruore,

having besmeared his face with his own blood, Tac. A. 2, 17:

caede,

Ov. M. 4, 97:

sanguine,

id. ib. 11, 367.—

In partic.

To smear over, blot out, rub out any thing written (post-class.; cf.:

deleo, interpolo, oblittero): vestrum obleverunt et vestri superscripserunt,

Gell. 20, 6, 4.— Trop.:

veritatem oblinire,

to blot out, Ambros. de Spic. Savet. 3, 10, 60.—

To bemire, befoul, defile (syn.: polluo, inquino, maculo): quid tu istuc curas, ubi ego oblinar atque voluter? Lucil. ap. Non. 420, 22:

catulos,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 13:

aliquem caeno,

Dig. 47, 11, 1, § 1; cf. also II. A.—

To stop up by smearing, to plaster over (syn. obturo):

dolia oblinito,

Cato, R. R. 36:

amphoram,

id. ib. 127:

oblinitur minimae si qua est suspicio rimae,

is stopped up, Mart. 11, 45, 5:

gypso oblitus cadus,

Plin. 20, 9, 39, § 98.—

Transf., to cover over, fill with any thing (of things;

very rare): villa oblita tabulis pictis,

Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 5.—

Trop.

To befoui, defile (class.): se externis moribus. Cic. Brut. 13, 51:

oblitus parricidio,

id. Phil. 11, 12, 27:

sunt omnia dedecore oblita,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 4, § 8:

geram morem vobis et me oblinam sciens,

id. Rep. 3, 5, 8:

aliquem versibus atris,

to defame, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 30.—

To cover over, to fill with any thing; to fill to excess, to overload: facetiae oblitae Latio. Roman wit which had received a Latin tincture (through the right of citizenship granted to the Latins), Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2:

divitiis oblitus actor,

covered, decked, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 204:

oblita oratio,

overloaded, Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16:

Sallustii scripta nimiā priscorum verborum affectatione oblita,

Suet. Gram. 10.—

To cover over, blind, deceive:

sicine mihi esse os oblitum,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 33.

pollŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. [cf.: adluo, diluo; Gr. louô, to wash; luma, lumê, lumainô, to cleanse, ruin], to soil, defile, pollute.

Lit. (very rare):

ore dapes,

Verg. A. 3, 234:

ora cruore,

Ov. M. 15, 98:

pollui cuncta sanie, odore, contactu,

Tac. A. 4, 49:

usu tegmina,

id. ib. 13, 57:

vina deciduo immundiore lapsu,

Plin. 14, 19, 23, § 119:

polluta mensa cruore,

Sil. 7, 183.—

Trop.

In gen., to defile morally, to pollute, contaminate, violate, dishonor, desecrate, etc. (class.;

syn.: inquino, contamino): polluta et violata sacra,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 187; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 26, 71:

deorum hominumque jura inexpiabili scelere,

id. Phil. 11, 12, 29:

fratris filiam incesto,

Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 6:

tragico pollutus concubitu,

Juv. 2, 29:

famam domūs stupro turpi,

Phaedr. 3, 10, 17:

nec Electrae jugulo se polluit,

Juv. 8, 218:

mentem suam et aures hominum nefariā voce,

Tac. A. 3, 50: incestis se matrimoniis, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 4, 3: jejunia, to violate, break, Nigid. ap. Isid. Orig. 20, 2:

Jovem,

to insult, Prop. 4 (5), 9, 8: ferias, to desecrate (by labor), Gell. 2, 28, 3:

avaritia invadit, polluit, vastat omnia,

Sall. J. 41, 9; Ov. M. 2, 794:

polluta pax,

Verg. A. 7, 467:

polluendam perdendamque rempublicam relinquere,

Tac. H. 2, 76:

ferias,

Macr. S. 1, 16, 11.—Esp., in eccl. Lat., to render unclean, in a ceremonial sense, Vulg. Lev. 7, 21; pass., to be unclean, id. ib. 11, 27;

15, 32: pollutum et mundum,

id. ib. 10, 10: pollutum comedit, id. Osee, 9, 3.—

In partic., to violate, dishonor a woman (post-Aug.), Tac. A. 12, 46; id. Agr. 31; Vulg. Ezech. 18, 11.—Hence, pollū-tus, a, um, P. a., polluted, i. e. no longer virgin, then vicious, unchaste, Cat. 60, 46:

femina,

Liv. 10, 23, 10:

princeps,

Tac. H. 2, 37 fin.:

scelesta pollutaque femina,

App. M. 10, 34.— Comp.:

senectus,

more vicious, more sinful, Sil. 11, 47.— Sup.:

dives,

App. M. 9, p. 234, 31.

pollŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. [cf.: adluo, diluo; Gr. louô, to wash; luma, lumê, lumainô, to cleanse, ruin], to soil, defile, pollute.

Lit. (very rare):

ore dapes,

Verg. A. 3, 234:

ora cruore,

Ov. M. 15, 98:

pollui cuncta sanie, odore, contactu,

Tac. A. 4, 49:

usu tegmina,

id. ib. 13, 57:

vina deciduo immundiore lapsu,

Plin. 14, 19, 23, § 119:

polluta mensa cruore,

Sil. 7, 183.—

Trop.

In gen., to defile morally, to pollute, contaminate, violate, dishonor, desecrate, etc. (class.;

syn.: inquino, contamino): polluta et violata sacra,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 187; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 26, 71:

deorum hominumque jura inexpiabili scelere,

id. Phil. 11, 12, 29:

fratris filiam incesto,

Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 6:

tragico pollutus concubitu,

Juv. 2, 29:

famam domūs stupro turpi,

Phaedr. 3, 10, 17:

nec Electrae jugulo se polluit,

Juv. 8, 218:

mentem suam et aures hominum nefariā voce,

Tac. A. 3, 50: incestis se matrimoniis, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 4, 3: jejunia, to violate, break, Nigid. ap. Isid. Orig. 20, 2:

Jovem,

to insult, Prop. 4 (5), 9, 8: ferias, to desecrate (by labor), Gell. 2, 28, 3:

avaritia invadit, polluit, vastat omnia,

Sall. J. 41, 9; Ov. M. 2, 794:

polluta pax,

Verg. A. 7, 467:

polluendam perdendamque rempublicam relinquere,

Tac. H. 2, 76:

ferias,

Macr. S. 1, 16, 11.—Esp., in eccl. Lat., to render unclean, in a ceremonial sense, Vulg. Lev. 7, 21; pass., to be unclean, id. ib. 11, 27;

15, 32: pollutum et mundum,

id. ib. 10, 10: pollutum comedit, id. Osee, 9, 3.—

In partic., to violate, dishonor a woman (post-Aug.), Tac. A. 12, 46; id. Agr. 31; Vulg. Ezech. 18, 11.—Hence, pollū-tus, a, um, P. a., polluted, i. e. no longer virgin, then vicious, unchaste, Cat. 60, 46:

femina,

Liv. 10, 23, 10:

princeps,

Tac. H. 2, 37 fin.:

scelesta pollutaque femina,

App. M. 10, 34.— Comp.:

senectus,

more vicious, more sinful, Sil. 11, 47.— Sup.:

dives,

App. M. 9, p. 234, 31.