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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *th₂-n-g-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''contāgēs''' ''f'' (genitive contāgis); third declension^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ Lucretius has the ablative ''contāgē''.^(OLD 2012)

+ The grammarian Charisius notes that its genitive ends in ''-is''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|con-|tangō|-ēs|t2=to touch]], formed with the stem ⟨tag-⟩ of the verb.^(OLD 2012) The TLL compares [[m|la|contingō|t=to touch]] and [[contāgiō]].^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|tangō]] to [[itc-pro|*tang-e-]] and [[ine-pro|*th₂-n-g-|t=to touch]]; the long ⟨ā⟩ of this noun and of that one is disputed, and may continue a full grade [[m|ine-pro|*teh₂g-]] or copy other compounds such as [[m|la|compāgēs]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|τεταγών|tr=tetagṓn|t=having seized]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found first in Lucretius,^(Köbler 2010) meaning contact or touch.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis and Short call it a Lucretian word; he has it in the third and fourth books, and in the plural in the sixth.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Besides contact, the OLD gives it the sense of infection or contagion,^(OLD 2012) which Conte finds in the sixth book.^(Conte 2010) Arnobius, at the start of the 4th century, uses it again for contact.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of contact and contagion.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 297–310 AD – Arnobius uses it of contact.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|contact|alt=Contact]], touch.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # [[m|en|infection|alt=Infection]], [[m|en|contagion]].^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[contāgium]]

+ * [[contingō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}