Latin edit

Etymology edit

Perfect passive participle of polluō (pollute, defile; violate, dishonor).

Participle edit

pollūtus (feminine pollūta, neuter pollūtum); first/second-declension participle

  1. Soiled, defiled, polluted, stained, fouled; having been soiled, defiled, polluted, stained or fouled.
  2. Contaminated, violated, dishonored, desecrated, polluted; having been violated, dishonored, desecrated or polluted; corrupt, depraved; no longer virgin, unchaste.

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative pollūtus pollūta pollūtum pollūtī pollūtae pollūta
Genitive pollūtī pollūtae pollūtī pollūtōrum pollūtārum pollūtōrum
Dative pollūtō pollūtō pollūtīs
Accusative pollūtum pollūtam pollūtum pollūtōs pollūtās pollūta
Ablative pollūtō pollūtā pollūtō pollūtīs
Vocative pollūte pollūta pollūtum pollūtī pollūtae pollūta

References edit

  • pollutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers