contus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek κοντός (kontós, “pole, pike”), from κεντέω (kentéō, “I sting, goad”).
Noun
[edit]contus m (genitive contī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | contus | contī |
Genitive | contī | contōrum |
Dative | contō | contīs |
Accusative | contum | contōs |
Ablative | contō | contīs |
Vocative | conte | contī |
Derived terms
[edit]- percontor (perhaps)
References
[edit]- “contus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “contus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- contus 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)
- contus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “contus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “contus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin