contingo

Meaning

  1. (conjugation-3) to touch on all sides, take hold of, come into contact with
  2. (conjugation-3) to reach (by moving), attain to, come to, arrive at, meet with
  3. (conjugation-3) to touch, extend to, border upon, reach; to be near, neighbouring or contiguous to
  4. (conjugation-3) to strike
  5. (conjugation-3) to touch, affect, seize upon, move
  6. (conjugation-3, passive, regional) to touch with pollution, pollute, stain, defile, contaminate
  7. (conjugation-3, with-dative) to fall to one's lot, obtain
  8. (conjugation-3) to happen, turn out, come to pass

Opposite of
dissideō, distō, tergeō, abstergeō, pūrgō, luō, putō, effingō
Pronounced as (IPA)
[kɔnˈtɪŋ.ɡoː]
Etymology

From con- (“together”) + tangō (“touch”).

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