coinquinatus

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.

I.

Prop. (rare;

not in Cic.): stercore conquinatae,

Col. 8, 5, 19; 8, 7, 2. —

II.

Trop.

* A.

Of infectious disease, to infect, taint:

totam progeniem,

Col. 7, 5, 6.—More freq.,

B.

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.