taint (v.) Copy link Outline 1. infĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3 (to t. by admixture)2. imbuo, ui, ūtum, 3 (to t. by immersion3. vĭtio, 1 (to render impure or faulty)4. praevĭtio, 1 (to t. beforehand)5. contāmĭno, 1 (to t. by contact)6. inquĭno, 1 (to pollute7. corrumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3 (to spoil, corrupt) • 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.
taint (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. contāgio (prop. touch2. contactus, ūs (syn. of preced.)3. contāgium (mostly poet.4. vĭtium (a blemish, fault) • 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.
TAINT Copy link • TAINT 1. v. PROP., vitiare: corrumpere: inficere: contagione aliquem labefactare. Figuratively, inficere vitiis: imbuere erroribus, vitiis. 2. s. By the verbs; or vitium, contagio (PROP. and figuratively).