contingo

Italian

Verb

contingo

1. first-person singular present indicative of contingere

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /konˈtin.ɡoː/

Verb

present active contingō, present infinitive contingere, perfect active contigī, supine contāctum.

1. I touch on all sides, come into contact with.
2. I reach (by moving), attain to, come to, arrive at, meet with.
3. I touch, extend to, border upon, reach; I am near, neighbouring or contiguous to.
4. I touch, affect, seize upon, move,
5. (usually in passive) I touch with pollution, pollute, stain, defile, contaminate.
6. (with dative) I fall to my lot, obtain.
7. I happen, turn out, come to pass.

Inflection

Third Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	contingō	contingis	contingit	contingimus	contingitis	contingunt
	future	contingam	contingēs	continget	contingēmus	contingētis	contingent
	imperfect	contingēbam	contingēbās	contingēbat	contingēbāmus	contingēbātis	contingēbant
	perfect	contigī	contigistī	contigit	contigimus	contigistis	contigērunt
	future perfect	contigerō	contigeris	contigerit	contigerimus	contigeritis	contigerint
	pluperfect	contigeram	contigerās	contigerat	contigerāmus	contigerātis	contigerant
passive	present	contingor	contingeris	contingitur	contingimur	contingiminī	continguntur
	future	contingar	contingēris	contingētur	contingēmur	contingēminī	contingentur
	imperfect	contingēbar	contingēbāris	contingēbātur	contingēbāmur	contingēbāminī	contingēbantur
	perfect	Use contāctus m, contācta f, contāctum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use contāctus m, contācta f, contāctum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use contāctus m, contācta f, contāctum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	contingam	contingās	contingat	contingāmus	contingātis	contingant
	imperfect	contingerem	contingerēs	contingeret	contingerēmus	contingerētis	contingerent
	perfect	contigerim	contigerīs	contigerit	contigerīmus	contigerītis	contigerint
	pluperfect	contigissem	contigissēs	contigisset	contigissēmus	contigissētis	contigissent
passive	present	contingar	contingāris	contingātur	contingāmur	contingāminī	contingantur
	imperfect	contingerer	contingerēris	contingerētur	contingerēmur	contingerēminī	contingerentur
	perfect	Use contāctus m, contācta f, contāctum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use contāctus m, contācta f, contāctum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	continge	contingitō	contingitō	contingere	contingitor	contingitor
	plural	contingite	contingitōte	continguntō	contingiminī	—	continguntor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		contingere	contigisse	contāctūrus esse	contingī	contāctus esse	contāctum īrī
participles		contingēns (contingentis)	—	contāctūrus-ra, -rum	—	contāctus-a, -um	contingendus-nda, -ndum

Derived terms

• contāctus

Related terms

• attingō
• obtingō
• pertingō
• tangō

References

• contingo in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
• contingent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911