contundo

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ tundō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈtun.doː/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪ʊn̪d̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈtun.do/, [kon̪ˈt̪un̪d̪o]

Verb

contundō (present infinitive contundere, perfect active contudī, supine contūsum); third conjugation

1. to beat or pound to a pulp
2. to bruise, make sore
3. to utterly subdue

Conjugation

• The variant fourth principal part contūnsum is found in Pliny.

Conjugation of contundō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	contundō	contundis	contundit	contundimus	contunditis	contundunt
	imperfect	contundēbam	contundēbās	contundēbat	contundēbāmus	contundēbātis	contundēbant
	future	contundam	contundēs	contundet	contundēmus	contundētis	contundent
	perfect	contudī	contudistī	contudit	contudimus	contudistis	contudērunt, contudēre
	pluperfect	contuderam	contuderās	contuderat	contuderāmus	contuderātis	contuderant
	future perfect	contuderō	contuderis	contuderit	contuderimus	contuderitis	contuderint
passive	present	contundor	contunderis, contundere	contunditur	contundimur	contundiminī	contunduntur
	imperfect	contundēbar	contundēbāris, contundēbāre	contundēbātur	contundēbāmur	contundēbāminī	contundēbantur
	future	contundar	contundēris, contundēre	contundētur	contundēmur	contundēminī	contundentur
	perfect	contūsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	contūsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	contūsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	contundam	contundās	contundat	contundāmus	contundātis	contundant
	imperfect	contunderem	contunderēs	contunderet	contunderēmus	contunderētis	contunderent
	perfect	contuderim	contuderīs	contuderit	contuderīmus	contuderītis	contuderint
	pluperfect	contudissem	contudissēs	contudisset	contudissēmus	contudissētis	contudissent
passive	present	contundar	contundāris, contundāre	contundātur	contundāmur	contundāminī	contundantur
	imperfect	contunderer	contunderēris, contunderēre	contunderētur	contunderēmur	contunderēminī	contunderentur
	perfect	contūsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	contūsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	contunde	—	—	contundite	—
	future	—	contunditō	contunditō	—	contunditōte	contunduntō
passive	present	—	contundere	—	—	contundiminī	—
	future	—	contunditor	contunditor	—	—	contunduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		contundere	contudisse	contūsūrum esse	contundī	contūsum esse	contūsum īrī
participles		contundēns	—	contūsūrus	—	contūsus	contundendus, contundundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		contundendī	contundendō	contundendum	contundendō	contūsum	contūsū

Derived terms

• contūsiō

Descendants

• French: contondre
• Italian: contundere
• Portuguese: contundir
• Spanish: contundir

References

“contundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

• “contundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• contundo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Verb

contundo

1. first-person singular present indicative of contundir