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in-fĭcĭo , fēci, fectum, 3, v. a. in-facio,
I.to put or dip into any thing; hence,
B. Transf.
1. To mix with something: “pocula veneno,Just. 21, 4: hōc (abl.) amnem inficit, Verg. A. 12, 418. —
2. In partic., in a bad sense, to taint, infect, spoil: “pabula tabo,Verg. G. 3, 481; cf.: “Gorgoneis Alecto infecta venenis,imbued, id. A. 7, 341: “mel infectum fronde,that has a taste of leaves, Plin. 11, 13, 13, § 32.—
II. Trop.
B. In partic.
2. To spoil, corrupt, infect (syn. corrumpo): “nos umbris, deliciis, otio . . . desidia animum infecimus,Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 78: “inficimur opinionum pravitate,id. ib. 3, 2: “vereor ne hoc quod infectum est serpat longius,id. Att. 1, 13, 2: “cupiditatibus principum et vitiis infici solet tota civitas,id. Leg. 3, 13, 30: elui difficile est; “non enim inquinati sumus, sed infecti,Sen. Ep. 59, 9: “artibus infectus,Tac. A. 2, 2.—Poet.: “infectum eluitur scelus (= quo se infecerunt),Verg. A. 6, 742 Forbig and Conington ad loc.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (20):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 1.13.2
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 5.14
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 13.601
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 12.418
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 5.413
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 6.742
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 7.341
    • Vergil, Georgics, 3.481
    • Tacitus, Annales, 2.2
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 2.55
    • Plautus, Truculentus, 2.2
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 11.32
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 6.70
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 1.17
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 3.13
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 3.2
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 5.27
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 110.8
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 59.9
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 71.31
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