commingo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

com-mingo, minxi, minctum, 3, v. a.,

to pollute , defile : lectum potus (by vomiting), * Hor. S. 1, 3, 90: suavia comminxit spurcā salivā tuā, Cat. 78, 8; cf. id. 99, 10: commictum caenum, as a term of reproach, for a paltry , dirty fellow : commictum caeno stercilinium publicum, Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 3.

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