CONTINGO, contingo
Sounds Like: kon-TIN-goh
Translations: to touch, to reach, to happen, to befall, to border on, to attain
From the root: CONTINGO
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: Contingo is a Latin verb meaning 'to touch' or 'to reach'. It can also mean 'to happen' or 'to befall', especially in an impersonal sense. It is often used to describe physical contact or the occurrence of an event.
Inflection: First person singular, present active indicative
Instances
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, CONTINGO.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- CONTIGIT — it happened, it befell, it touched, it reached, it concerned
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