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