contentus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈten.tus/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪ɛn̪t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈten.tus/, [kon̪ˈt̪ɛn̪t̪us]

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of contendō (“I stretch, strain, tense, make taut”).

Participle

contentus (feminine contenta, neuter contentum); first/second-declension participle

1. stretched, strained, tense, tight, on the stretch
2. (figuratively) eager, intent

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	contentus	contenta	contentum		contentī	contentae	contenta
Genitive	contentī	contentae	contentī		contentōrum	contentārum	contentōrum
Dative	contentō		contentō		contentīs
Accusative	contentum	contentam	contentum		contentōs	contentās	contenta
Ablative	contentō	contentā	contentō		contentīs
Vocative	contente	contenta	contentum		contentī	contentae	contenta

Derived terms

• contentiō

Etymology 2

Perfect passive participle of contineō (“I hold together, contain”).

Participle

contentus (feminine contenta, neuter contentum); first/second-declension participle

1. having been held together, contained
2. (places) having been enclosed, bounded, limited

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	contentus	contenta	contentum		contentī	contentae	contenta
Genitive	contentī	contentae	contentī		contentōrum	contentārum	contentōrum
Dative	contentō		contentō		contentīs
Accusative	contentum	contentam	contentum		contentōs	contentās	contenta
Ablative	contentō	contentā	contentō		contentīs
Vocative	contente	contenta	contentum		contentī	contentae	contenta

Adjective

contentus (feminine contenta, neuter contentum, comparative contentior, superlative contentissimus, adverb contentē); first/second-declension adjective

1. content, satisfied, eager, intent (+ ablative)

   Synonyms: libēns, intentus, intēnsus, prōmptus

   Antonym: invītus

   aliqua re contentus ― satisfied with something

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	contentus	contenta	contentum		contentī	contentae	contenta
Genitive	contentī	contentae	contentī		contentōrum	contentārum	contentōrum
Dative	contentō		contentō		contentīs
Accusative	contentum	contentam	contentum		contentōs	contentās	contenta
Ablative	contentō	contentā	contentō		contentīs
Vocative	contente	contenta	contentum		contentī	contentae	contenta

Descendants

• Catalan: content
• Dalmatian: contiant
• English: content
• French: content
• Galician: contento
• Italian: contento
• Portuguese: contente
• Romanian: content
• Spanish: contento

References

• “contentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• contentus in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
• “contentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• contentus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• contentus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be contented: rebus suis, sorte sua contentum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be satisfied with a little: paucis, parvo contentum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be content with 12 per cent at compound interest: centesimis cum anatocismo contentum esse (Att. 5. 21. 12)