inquino

== Italian == === Verb === inquino first-person singular present indicative of inquinare == Latin == === Etymology === Uncertain; according to the 8th century abridgment of Festus by Paul the Deacon, the word comes from cunio (“to shit”). Cognate with caenum, obscenus according to Pokorny. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɪŋ.kʷɪ.noː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈiŋ.kʷi.no] === Verb === inquinō (present infinitive inquināre, perfect active inquināvī, supine inquinātum); first conjugation to pollute, defile, stain, befoul to corrupt, contaminate Synonyms: polluō, scelerō, maculō, contingō Antonyms: tergeō, abstergeō, pūrgō, luō, putō, effingō ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== inquināmentum inquinātē inquinātiō inquinātus ==== Descendants ==== Spanish: enconar → English: inquinate → Italian: inquinare → Portuguese: inquinar → Spanish: inquinar === References === “inquino”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “inquino”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “inquino”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. == Portuguese == === Verb === inquino first-person singular present indicative of inquinar == Spanish == === Verb === inquino first-person singular present indicative of inquinar