inquinatus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of inquinō (“pollute, defile”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /in.kʷiˈnaː.tus/, [ɪŋ.kᶣɪˈnaː.tʊs]

Participle

inquinātus m (feminine inquināta, neuter inquinātum); first/second declension

  1. polluted, defiled, befouled, having been stained
  2. corrupted, having been contaminated

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative inquinātus inquināta inquinātum inquinātī inquinātae inquināta
genitive inquinātī inquinātae inquinātī inquinātōrum inquinātārum inquinātōrum
dative inquinātō inquinātō inquinātīs
accusative inquinātum inquinātam inquinātum inquinātōs inquinātās inquināta
ablative inquinātō inquinātā inquinātō inquinātīs
vocative inquināte inquināta inquinātum inquinātī inquinātae inquināta

References

  • inquinatus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • inquinatus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • inquinatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • incorrect language: oratio inquinata (De Opt. Gen. Or. 3. 7)
    • a life defiled by every crime: vita omnibus flagitiis inquinata
    • (ambiguous) to be vicious, criminal: vitiis, sceleribus inquinatum, contaminatum, obrutum esse
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