contagio
See also: contagió, contágio, and contagiò
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /kon.təˈʒi.o/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kun.təˈʒi.u/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /kon.taˈd͡ʒi.o/
Verb
contagio
- first-person singular present indicative form of contagiar
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konˈta.d͡ʒo/
- Rhymes: -adʒo
- Hyphenation: con‧tà‧gio
Etymology 1
From Latin contāgium.
Noun
contagio m (plural contagi)
- contagion
- disease, epidemic
Derived terms
- contagiare
Related terms
- contagione
- contagioso
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
contagio
- first-person singular present indicative of contagiare
Further reading
- contagio in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- contagio in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- contagio in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- contagio in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- contagio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- cogitano
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈtaː.ɡi.oː/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪äːɡioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈta.d͡ʒi.o/, [kon̪ˈt̪äːd͡ʒio]
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
contāgiō f (genitive contāgiōnis); third declension
- contact, touch
- Synonyms: tāctus, contāctus
- intercourse (social)
- influence
- Synonym: tāctus
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | contāgiō | contāgiōnēs |
| Genitive | contāgiōnis | contāgiōnum |
| Dative | contāgiōnī | contāgiōnibus |
| Accusative | contāgiōnem | contāgiōnēs |
| Ablative | contāgiōne | contāgiōnibus |
| Vocative | contāgiō | contāgiōnēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: contagió
- French: contagion
- Ido: kontagio
- Italian: contagione
- Occitan: contagion
- Portuguese: contagião
- Spanish: contagión
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
contāgiō
- dative/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, →ISBN, 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
- first-person singular present indicative of contagiar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konˈtaxjo/ [kõn̪ˈt̪a.xjo]
- Rhymes: -axjo
- Syllabification: con‧ta‧gio
Etymology 1
From Latin contāgium.
Noun
contagio m (plural contagios)
- infection, contagion
- Synonym: (rare) contagión
Derived terms
- contagiar
Related terms
- contagión
- contagioso
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
contagio
- first-person singular present indicative of contagiar
Further reading
- “contagio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014