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|lshtext=<b>in-fĭcĭo</b>: fēci, fectum, 3, v. a. in-[[facio]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[put]] or [[dip]] [[into]] [[any]] [[thing]]; [[hence]],<br /><b>I</b> Lit., to [[stain]], [[dye]], [[color]], [[tinge]] [[with]]: [[quia]] [[tibi]] suaso infecisti pallulam, Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 16: omnes se [[Britanni]] vitro inficiunt, Caes. B. G. 5, 14: [[lana]] infecta conchylio, Plin. 32, 7, 25, § 77: [[arma]] infecta [[sanguine]], Verg. A. 5, 413; cf.: locum [[sanguine]], Tac. H. 2, 55: diem, to [[discolor]], [[darken]], Ov. M. 13, 601: populi [[sole]] infecti, [[nondum]] exusti, Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 70: palpebrae mulieribus infectae [[quotidiano]], Plin. 11, 37, 56, § 154: [[vestis]] ita infecta, id. 28, 7, 23, § 83; cf.: tinguntur [[sole]] populi, jam [[quidem]] infecti, darkened, tanned, id. 6, 19, 22, § 70: [[albus]] ora [[pallor]] inficit, covers, Hor. Epod. 7, 15; cf.: [[virgo]] inficitur teneras [[ore]] rubente genas, Tib. 3, 4, 32.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[mix]] [[with]] [[something]]: pocula [[veneno]], Just. 21, 4: hōc (abl.) amnem inficit, Verg. A. 12, 418. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: [[sapientia]] [[nisi]] [[alte]] descendit et diu sedit animum non coloravit sed infecit, has [[merely]] tinged, Sen. Ep. 71, 31: si illā (humanorum divinorumque notitiā) se non perfuderit, sed infecerit, id. ib. 110, 8; cf.: (vestes) quarum generosi graminis ipsum Infecit [[natura]] [[pecus]], Juv. 12, 41. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[instruct]] in [[any]] [[thing]] (syn. imbuere): jam infici debet ([[puer]]) iis artibus, quas si, dum est [[tener]], combiberit, ad majora veniet paratior, Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 9: animos teneros et rudes inficiunt et flectunt, ut volunt, id. Leg. 1, 17 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.