contagio

See also: contagió, contágio, and contagiò

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /kon.təˈʒi.o/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kun.təˈʒi.u/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kon.taˈd͡ʒi.o/

Verb

contagio

1. first-person singular present indicative form of contagiar

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈta.d͡ʒo/

Etymology 1

From Latin contāgium.

Noun

contagio m (plural contagi)

1. contagion
2. disease, epidemic

Derived terms

• contagiare

Related terms

• contagione
• contagioso

Etymology 2

Verb

contagio

1. first-person singular present indicative of contagiare

Anagrams

• cogitano

Further reading

• contagio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈtaː.ɡi.oː/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪äːɡioː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈta.d͡ʒi.o/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪ɑːd͡ʒiɔ]

Etymology 1

The origin of the long -ā- is unknown. In any case, related to tangō (and the prefixed contingō), with the suffix -iō.

Noun

contāgiō f (genitive contāgiōnis); third declension

1. contact, touch
2. intercourse (social)
3. influence

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	contāgiō	contāgiōnēs
Genitive	contāgiōnis	contāgiōnum
Dative	contāgiōnī	contāgiōnibus
Accusative	contāgiōnem	contāgiōnēs
Ablative	contāgiōne	contāgiōnibus
Vocative	contāgiō	contāgiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: contagió
• French: contagion
• Italian: contagione
• Occitan: contagion
• Portuguese: contagião
• Spanish: contagión

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

contāgiō

1. dative/ablative singular of contāgium

References

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) , “tango”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 606-607
• contagio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• contagio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• contagio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• contagio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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Portuguese

Verb

contagio

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of contagiar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈtaxjo/, [kõn̪ˈt̪a.xjo]

Etymology 1

From Latin contāgium.

Noun

contagio m (plural contagios)

1. infection, contagion

   Synonym: contagión (rare)

Derived terms

• contagiar

Related terms

• contagión
• contagioso

Etymology 2

Verb

contagio

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of contagiar.

Further reading

• “contagio” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.