Lewis & Short

2. con-tingo (-tinguo), ĕre, v. a., to wet, moisten (perh. only in Lucr. and Verg.).

  1. I. Lit.: oras, pocula circum mellis liquore, Lucr. 1, 938: semina rerum colore, id. 2, 755: lac parco sale, to sprinkle, Verg. G. 3, 403: tonsum corpus amurcā, id. ib. 3, 448.
  2. II. Trop.: musaeo contingens cuncta lepore, Lucr. 1, 934 and 947; 4, 9 and 22.