Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 430.contingō on page 430
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contingere to touch
contingere is a Latin Verb that primarily means to touch.
Definitions for contingere
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
touch closely, befall, fall to one's lot
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To come into physical contact with, touch; (freq. w. abl. of parts of the body, etc.).
- 2
To be in physical contact with, be contiguous with, border on, touch. (b) to be in contact or connected with (a person) by relationship or friendship, etc.
- 3
To arrive at, reach; (often of reports, rumours, etc.); to hit (with a missile). (b) to extend to, reach to. (c) to reach (in time).
- 4
(transf.) To attain to, reach, achieve. (b) to mention in passing,touch upon.
- 5
To touch so as to produce a sensible effect; colore ~ingere, to colour, stain. (b) to cover, sprinkle, etc. lightly (with a substance). (c) to touch detrimentally; to lay hands on, appropriate.
Sentences with contingere
Latin to English
Nemo quam bene vivat, sed quam diu, curat, cum omnibus possit contingere, ut bene vivant, ut diu, nulli.Compare Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man's power to live long.
Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis, contactum nullis ante cupidinibus.Compare Cynthia enslaved me with her lovely eyes. She was my first passion: before her, my heart had been untouched.
Nullus profecto terra caelum contingo.Compare Surely no lands touch the sky.
Conjugation table for contingere
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| contingō contingis contingit contingimus contingitis contingunt | contingēbam contingēbās contingēbat contingēbāmus contingēbātis contingēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| contigī contigistī contigit contigimus contigistis contigērunt / contigēre | contigeram contigerās contigerat contigerāmus contigerātis contigerant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| contingam contingēs continget contingēmus contingētis contingent | contigerō contigeris contigerit contigerimus contigeritis contigerint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| contingam contingās contingat contingāmus contingātis contingant | contingerem contingerēs contingeret contingerēmus contingerētis contingerent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| contigerim contigeris contigerit contigerimus contigeritis contigerint | contigissem contigissēs contigisset contigissēmus contigissētis contigissent |
Infinitive present contingere Infinitive perfect contigisse Infinitive future contāctūrum esse | Imperative present continge contingite Imperative future contingitō contingitō contingitōte continguntō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| contingor contingeris contingitur contingimur contingiminī continguntur | contingēbar contingēbāris / contingēbāre contingēbātur contingēbāmur contingēbāminī contingēbantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| contāctus sum contāctus es contāctus est contāctī sumus contāctī estis contāctī sunt | contāctus eram contāctus erās contāctus erat contāctī erāmus contāctī erātis contāctī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| contingar contingēris / contingēre contingētur contingēmur contingēminī contingentur | contāctus erō contāctus eris contāctus erit contāctī erimus contāctī eritis contāctī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| contingar contingāris / contingāre contingātur contingāmur contingāminī contingantur | contingerer contingerēris / contingerēre contingerētur contingerēmur contingerēminī contingerentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| contāctus sim contāctus sīs contāctus sit contāctī sīmus contāctī sītis contāctī sint | contāctus essem contāctus essēs contāctus esset contāctī essēmus contāctī essētis contāctī essent |
Infinitive present contingī Infinitive perfect contāctum esse Infinitive future contāctum īrī | Imperative present contingere contingiminī Imperative future contingitor contingitor - continguntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | contingēns | contingentēs |
| Gen. | contingentis | contingentium |
| Dat. | contingentī | contingentibus |
| Acc. | contingentem | contingentēs |
| Abl. | contingente | contingentibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | contāctūrus | contāctūrī |
| Gen. | contāctūrī | contāctūrōrum |
| Dat. | contāctūrō | contāctūrīs |
| Acc. | contāctūrum | contāctūrōs |
| Abl. | contāctūrō | contāctūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | contāctus | contāctī |
| Gen. | contāctī | contāctōrum |
| Dat. | contāctō | contāctīs |
| Acc. | contāctum | contāctōs |
| Abl. | contāctō | contāctīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | contingendus | contingendī |
| Gen. | contingendī | contingendōrum |
| Dat. | contingendō | contingendīs |
| Acc. | contingendum | contingendōs |
| Abl. | contingendō | contingendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | contingere | contāctum |
| Gen. | contingendī | contāctū |
| Dat. | contingendō | |
| Acc. | contingendum | |
| Abl. | contingendō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 474.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 430.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 122.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "contingō, contingere, contigī, contāctum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/contingo-contingere-contigi-contactum.
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Wheelock's Latin
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