pollute Copy link Outline 1. inquĭno, 12. contāmĭno, 1 (strictly, to mix up together; hence not used in the best age of physical defilement, as in Suet. Ner. 56)3. polluo, i, ūtum, 3 (either of physical or moral defilement)4. măcŭlo, 1 (to spot, stain5. incesto, 1 (esp. poet.)6. foedo, 1 (to befoul, defile)7. fūnesto, 1 (with blood)8. tĕmĕro, 1 (strictly, to profane)9. conscĕlĕro, 1 (to infect with guilt) • pollute: 1. inquĭno, 1: to p. (befoul) with every kind of affront, omni contumelia i., Phaedr. 1, 2, 21: Hor.: to p. a (whole) company of boys (corrupt them), i. gregem puerorum, Varr. in Non.: to p. oneself by parricide, se parricidio i., Cic. Tusc. 5, 2, 6. 2. contāmĭno, 1 (strictly, to mix up together; hence not used in the best age of physical defilement, as in Suet. Ner. 56): they thought their blood p.d, contaminari sanguinem suum rebantur, Liv. 4, 1, init.; p.d with crime, contaminatus facinore, Caes. B. G. 7, 43: Cic.: Hor. 3. polluo, i, ūtum, 3 (either of physical or moral defilement): to p. food, dapes p., Virg. Aen. 3, 234: to p. and outrage sacred things, sacra p. et violare, Cic. Verr. 5, 72, 187. 4. măcŭlo, 1 (to spot, stain: less freq.): to p. groves by debauchery, nemora stupro m., Cic. Mil. 31, 85: Liv. Strengthened, commaculo, 1 (rare): to p. the altars of the gods with blood, sanguine altaria Deum c., Tac. A. 1, 39. 5. incesto, 1 (esp. poet.): to p. by death, funere i., Virg. Aen. 6, 150: Stat.: Suet. Tib. 43 (of sensual pollution). 6. foedo, 1 (to befoul, defile): your arrival p.d Rome itself, Romam ipsam foedavit adventus tuus, Cic. in Pis. 22, 53. Join: pollui foedarique, Tac. 7. fūnesto, 1 (with blood): to p. altars with human sacrifices, aras humanis hostiis f., Cic. Font. 10, 21: Juv. 8. tĕmĕro, 1 (strictly, to profane): to p. bodies with abominable food, corpora nefandis dapibus t., Ov. M. 15, 75. 9. conscĕlĕro, 1 (to infect with guilt): Liv.