taint
taint
subs.
Disease: P. and V. νόσος, ἡ, νόσημα, τό.
Corruption: P. and V. διαφθορά, ἡ.
Taint (of guilt): P. and V. μίασμα, τό, ἄ̆γος, τό, V. μύσος, τό, λῦμα, τό, κηλί̄ς, ἡ.
Disgrace: P. and V. αἰσχύ̄νη, ἡ, κηλί̄ς, ἡ, V. αἶσχος, τό.
Pollution: P. μιαρία, ἡ.
subs.
Disease: P. and V. νόσος, ἡ, νόσημα, τό.
Corruption: P. and V. διαφθορά, ἡ.
Taint (of guilt): P. and V. μίασμα, τό, ἄ̆γος, τό, V. μύσος, τό, λῦμα, τό, κηλί̄ς, ἡ.
Disgrace: P. and V. αἰσχύ̄νη, ἡ, κηλί̄ς, ἡ, V. αἶσχος, τό.
Pollution: P. μιαρία, ἡ.
taint
v. trans.
Infect: P. ἀναπιμπλάναι.
Defile: P. and V. μιαίνειν, P. καταρρυπαίνειν, V. χραίνειν (also Plat. but rare P.), κηλῑδοῦν, χρώζειν ; see defile.
Corrupt: P. and V. διαφθείρειν.
Mar: P. and V. αἰσχύ̄νειν, κᾰταισχύ̄νειν, λῡμαίνεσθαι (acc. or dat.).
v. trans.
Infect: P. ἀναπιμπλάναι.
Defile: P. and V. μιαίνειν, P. καταρρυπαίνειν, V. χραίνειν (also Plat. but rare P.), κηλῑδοῦν, χρώζειν ; see defile.
Corrupt: P. and V. διαφθείρειν.
Mar: P. and V. αἰσχύ̄νειν, κᾰταισχύ̄νειν, λῡμαίνεσθαι (acc. or dat.).
TAINT
v. PROP. vitiare: corrumpere: inficere: contagione aliquem labefactare.
Figuratively inficere vitiis: imbuere erroribus vitiis.
v. PROP. vitiare: corrumpere: inficere: contagione aliquem labefactare.
Figuratively inficere vitiis: imbuere erroribus vitiis.
s. By the verbs; or vitium contagio (PROP. and figuratively).
taint (v.):
1. infĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3 (to t. by admixture): to t. the pasturage with infection, i. pabula tabo, Virg. G. 3, 481: honey very little t.'d with the flavour of leaves, mel minime fronde infectum, Plin. 11, 13, 13. Fig.: the whole state is wont to be t.'d with the vices of its chief men, vitiis principum infici solet tota civitas, Cic. Leg. 3, 13, 30.
2. imbuo, ui, ūtum, 3 (to t. by immersion: esp. common in pass. part.): a gift t.'d with poison, tabo munus imbutum, Hor. Epod. 5, 65. Fig.: a mind t.'d by evil practices, animus imbutus malis artibus, Sall. Cat. 13, ad fin.: t.'d with superstition, superstitione imbutus, Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 60. Join: imbuti et infecti, Liv. 40, 11.
3. vĭtio, 1 (to render impure or faulty): the bone is t.'d, os vitiatur, Cels. 8, 2, init.: the breezes are t.'d by the smell, vitiantur odoribus aurae, Ov. M. 7, 548: to eat a t.'d boar, vitiatum (aprum) consumere, Hor. Sat. 2, 2, 91: a stomach t.'d by disease, stomachus morbo vitiatus, Sen. Ben. 5, 12, 6.
4. praevĭtio, 1 (to t. beforehand): this gulf the goddess t.s beforehand, and pollutes with marvellous drugs, hunc (gurgitem) dea praevitiat, portentificisque venenis inquinat, Ov. M. 14, 55.
5. contāmĭno, 1 (to t. by contact): a t.'d breath, contaminatus spiritus, Cic. Pis. 9, 20. Fig.: the senate thought their blood was being t.'d, contaminari sanguinem suum patres rebantur, Liv. 4, 1, ad init.
6. inquĭno, 1 (to pollute: a weaker word than inficio): water t.'d by corpses, aqua cadaveribus inquinata, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97. Fig.: to t. a man's reputation, i. famam, Liv. 29, 37: we are not slightly t.'d, but thoroughly impregnated (with vice), non inquinati sumus, sed infecti, Sen. Ep. 59, 9.
7. corrumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3 (to spoil, corrupt): the fish is t.'d, pisces corrumpuntur, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 67: a region of the air being t.'d, corrupto coeli tractu, Virg. Aen. 3, 138: Cic. Phr.: a tumid and swollen limb is t.'d, membrum tumidum et turgidum vitiose se habet, Cic. Tusc. 3, 9, 19: to t. us with vice unawares, nobis vitium nescientibus allinere, Sen. Ep. 7, 2.
1. infĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3 (to t. by admixture): to t. the pasturage with infection, i. pabula tabo, Virg. G. 3, 481: honey very little t.'d with the flavour of leaves, mel minime fronde infectum, Plin. 11, 13, 13. Fig.: the whole state is wont to be t.'d with the vices of its chief men, vitiis principum infici solet tota civitas, Cic. Leg. 3, 13, 30.
2. imbuo, ui, ūtum, 3 (to t. by immersion: esp. common in pass. part.): a gift t.'d with poison, tabo munus imbutum, Hor. Epod. 5, 65. Fig.: a mind t.'d by evil practices, animus imbutus malis artibus, Sall. Cat. 13, ad fin.: t.'d with superstition, superstitione imbutus, Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 60. Join: imbuti et infecti, Liv. 40, 11.
3. vĭtio, 1 (to render impure or faulty): the bone is t.'d, os vitiatur, Cels. 8, 2, init.: the breezes are t.'d by the smell, vitiantur odoribus aurae, Ov. M. 7, 548: to eat a t.'d boar, vitiatum (aprum) consumere, Hor. Sat. 2, 2, 91: a stomach t.'d by disease, stomachus morbo vitiatus, Sen. Ben. 5, 12, 6.
4. praevĭtio, 1 (to t. beforehand): this gulf the goddess t.s beforehand, and pollutes with marvellous drugs, hunc (gurgitem) dea praevitiat, portentificisque venenis inquinat, Ov. M. 14, 55.
5. contāmĭno, 1 (to t. by contact): a t.'d breath, contaminatus spiritus, Cic. Pis. 9, 20. Fig.: the senate thought their blood was being t.'d, contaminari sanguinem suum patres rebantur, Liv. 4, 1, ad init.
6. inquĭno, 1 (to pollute: a weaker word than inficio): water t.'d by corpses, aqua cadaveribus inquinata, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97. Fig.: to t. a man's reputation, i. famam, Liv. 29, 37: we are not slightly t.'d, but thoroughly impregnated (with vice), non inquinati sumus, sed infecti, Sen. Ep. 59, 9.
7. corrumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3 (to spoil, corrupt): the fish is t.'d, pisces corrumpuntur, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 67: a region of the air being t.'d, corrupto coeli tractu, Virg. Aen. 3, 138: Cic. Phr.: a tumid and swollen limb is t.'d, membrum tumidum et turgidum vitiose se habet, Cic. Tusc. 3, 9, 19: to t. us with vice unawares, nobis vitium nescientibus allinere, Sen. Ep. 7, 2.
taint (subs.):
1. contāgio (prop. touch: hence, t. conveyed by touch): to bring the t. (of a disease) into a country, c. importare, Plin. 26, 2, 3: to weaken the rest by the t., contagione ceteros labefacere, Col. 6, 5, 1. Fig.: the t. of that guilt is more widely spread, latius patet illius sceleris c., Cic. Mur. 37, 78: the t. of superstition, c. superstitionis, Plin. Ep. 10, 97, ad fin.: to preserve their disposition pure and undefiled from the t. of the neighbouring people, ingenium sincerum integrumque a contagione accolarum servare, Liv. 37, 54.
2. contactus, ūs (syn. of preced.): Liv.: Tac.
3. contāgium (mostly poet.: usu. in pl.): the evil t. of the neighbouring cattle, mala vicini pecoris contagia, Virg. E. 1, 50. Fig.: the t. of crime, scelerum c., Lucan 3, 322.
4. vĭtium (a blemish, fault): it is plain that the t. passed into the springs, constat in fontes v. venisse, Ov. M. 7, 533: the dying herbage thirsts by reason of the t. in the air, vitio moriens sitit aëris herba, Virg. E. 7, 57.
1. contāgio (prop. touch: hence, t. conveyed by touch): to bring the t. (of a disease) into a country, c. importare, Plin. 26, 2, 3: to weaken the rest by the t., contagione ceteros labefacere, Col. 6, 5, 1. Fig.: the t. of that guilt is more widely spread, latius patet illius sceleris c., Cic. Mur. 37, 78: the t. of superstition, c. superstitionis, Plin. Ep. 10, 97, ad fin.: to preserve their disposition pure and undefiled from the t. of the neighbouring people, ingenium sincerum integrumque a contagione accolarum servare, Liv. 37, 54.
2. contactus, ūs (syn. of preced.): Liv.: Tac.
3. contāgium (mostly poet.: usu. in pl.): the evil t. of the neighbouring cattle, mala vicini pecoris contagia, Virg. E. 1, 50. Fig.: the t. of crime, scelerum c., Lucan 3, 322.
4. vĭtium (a blemish, fault): it is plain that the t. passed into the springs, constat in fontes v. venisse, Ov. M. 7, 533: the dying herbage thirsts by reason of the t. in the air, vitio moriens sitit aëris herba, Virg. E. 7, 57.