coactus

Latin

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin co-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti

Proto-Italic *agō

Latin agō

Latin cōgō

Latin coāctus

Perfect passive participle of cōgō (“to force, compel”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [koˈaːk.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [koˈak.tus]

Participle

coāctus (feminine coācta, neuter coāctum); first/second-declension participle

1. forced, compelled, having been forced
2. urged, encouraged, having been encouraged
3. assembled, brought together

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	coāctus	coācta	coāctum		coāctī	coāctae	coācta
genitive	coāctī	coāctae	coāctī		coāctōrum	coāctārum	coāctōrum
dative	coāctō	coāctae	coāctō		coāctīs
accusative	coāctum	coāctam	coāctum		coāctōs	coāctās	coācta
ablative	coāctō	coāctā	coāctō		coāctīs
vocative	coācte	coācta	coāctum		coāctī	coāctae	coācta

Descendants

• → English: coact
• → Italian: coatto

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin co-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti

Proto-Italic *agō

Latin agō

Latin cōgō

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin coāctus

From cōgō + -tus (forming action nouns).

Pronunciation

• coāctus:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [koˈaːk.tʊs]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [koˈak.tus]
• coāctūs:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [koˈaːk.tuːs]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [koˈak.tus]

Noun

coāctus m (genitive coāctūs); fourth declension

1. compulsion
2. coercion

Usage notes

• Only attested in the ablative singular.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	coāctus	coāctūs
genitive	coāctūs	coāctuum
dative	coāctuī	coāctibus
accusative	coāctum	coāctūs
ablative	coāctū	coāctibus
vocative	coāctus	coāctūs

References

• “cŏactus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cŏactus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “coāctus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “coāctus²”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “cŏāctus / cŏāctŭs”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• coactus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016