inquinatus
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of inquinō (“pollute, defile”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /in.kʷiˈnaː.tus/, [ɪŋkʷɪˈnäːt̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.kwiˈna.tus/, [iŋkwiˈnäːt̪us]
Participle
inquinātus (feminine inquināta, neuter inquinātum, comparative inquinātior, superlative inquinātissimus); first/second-declension participle
- polluted, defiled, befouled, having been stained
- corrupted, having been contaminated
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| 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
- incorrect language: oratio inquinata (De Opt. Gen. Or. 3. 7)