contagio

See also: contagió, contágio, and contagiò

Catalan

Verb

contagio

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of contagiar

Italian

Noun

contagio m (plural contagi)

  1. contagion
  2. disease, epidemic

Verb

contagio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of contagiare

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈtaː.ɡi.o/, [kɔnˈtaː.ɡi.ɔ]

Etymology 1

The origin of the long -ā- is unknown. In any case, related to tangō (and the prefixed contingō), with the suffix -iō.

Noun

contāgio f (genitive contāgiōnis); third declension

  1. contact, touch
  2. intercourse (social)
  3. influence
Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative contāgiō contāgiōnēs
genitive contāgiōnis contāgiōnum
dative contāgiōnī contāgiōnibus
accusative contāgiōnem contāgiōnēs
ablative contāgiōne contāgiōnibus
vocative contāgiō contāgiōnēs
Descendants

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry..

Noun

contāgiō

  1. dative singular of contāgium
  2. ablative singular of contāgium

References

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “tango”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 606-607
  • contagio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • contagio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • contagio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • contagio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Verb

contagio

  1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of contagiar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konˈtaxjo/, [kõn̪ˈt̪axjo]

Noun

contagio m (plural contagios)

  1. infection, contagion

Verb

contagio

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of contagiar.
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