What is the Latin word for contagiousness?

The usual Latin words for “contagiousness” are contingō, contāgiō, contāgium; also crīmen, turpitūdō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“contagiousness” in Latin

contingōto touch on all sides, take hold of, come into contact with; to reach (by moving), attain to, come to, arrive at, meet w contāgiōcontact, touch; intercourse (social); influence contāgiumcontact, touching; contagion crīmena judicial decision, verdict, or judgment; an object of reproach, invective; a crime, fault, offense turpitūdōugliness, unsightliness, foulness, deformity; baseness, indecency, shamefulness, disgrace, dishonor, infamy, turpitude

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

contagiousness

contactus (e.g., dominations, Tac.): contagio (e.g., criminis; illius sceleris; turpitudinis): contagiones (e.g., Graeciam evertit contagionibus malorum, Cic.): contagia, plur., (in poetry, and post- Augustan prose; e.g., lucri, Hor., scelerum, Lucr.).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for contagiousness?: The usual Latin words for “contagiousness” are contingō, contāgiō, contāgium; also crīmen, turpitūdō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.