contus
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κοντός (kontós, “pole, pike”), from κεντέω (kentéō, “I sting, goad”).
Noun
contus m (genitive contī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | contus | contī |
| genitive | contī | contōrum |
| dative | contō | contīs |
| accusative | contum | contōs |
| ablative | contō | contīs |
| vocative | conte | contī |
Derived terms
- percontor (perhaps)
References
- “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