contagio

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

contagio

1. first-person singular present indicative of contagiar

• IPA^(key): /konˈta.d͡ʒo/
• Rhymes: -adʒo
• Hyphenation: con‧tà‧gio

From Latin contāgium.

contagio m (plural contagi)

1. contagion
2. disease, epidemic

• contagiare

• contagione
• contagioso

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

contagio

1. first-person singular present indicative of contagiare

• contagio in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• contagio in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• contagio in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• contagio in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• contagio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• cogitano

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

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

contāgiō f (genitive contāgiōnis); third declension

1. contact, touch

   Synonyms: tāctus, contāctus

2. intercourse (social)
3. influence

   Synonym: tāctus

Third-declension noun.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

contāgiō

1. dative/ablative singular of contāgium

• 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

contagio

1. first-person singular present indicative of contagiar

• IPA^(key): /konˈtaxjo/ [kõn̪ˈt̪a.xjo]
• Rhymes: -axjo
• Syllabification: con‧ta‧gio

From Latin contāgium.

contagio m (plural contagios)

1. infection, contagion

   Synonym: (rare) contagión

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

contagio

1. first-person singular present indicative of contagiar

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