Latin

Verb

polluō ‎(present infinitive polluere, perfect active polluī, supine pollūtum); third conjugation

1. I soil, defile, pollute, stain, foul.
2. (figuratively, morally) I contaminate, violate, dishonor, desecrate, pollute, defile.

Inflection

Synonyms

• (dishonor): cōnscelerō, contāminō, dēdecorō, dehonestō, dēpudicō, foedō, maculō, temerō, turpō
• (pollute): collinō, commaculō, commingō, cōnspurcō, contāminō, contemerō, foedō, incestō, inquinō, maculō

Derived terms

• pollūbrum
• pollūtiō
• pollūtrīx
• pollūtus

Descendants

• English: pollute
• French: polluer
• Portuguese: poluir
• Spanish: poluir

References

• polluo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• polluo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “polluo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to profane sacred rites: sacra polluere et violare