coetus
English
Noun
coetus (uncountable)
- Rare spelling of coitus.
- 1907, Progress VII, page 70:
- Pulsatilla. — Cutting pain in the uterus; uterus sensitive to the touch during examination or coetus.
- ante 1968, Karl Barth quoted in: Elizabeth Achtemeier’s The Committed Marriage (1976), page 160:
- Coetus without co-existence is demonic. What are you, you man and woman who are about to enter into sexual relations?
- 1907, Progress VII, page 70:
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From co- (“together”) + itus (“going”), from eō (“I go”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkoe̯.tus/, [ˈkoe̯t̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.tus/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːt̪us]
Noun
coetus m (genitive coetūs); fourth declension
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | coetus | coetūs |
Genitive | coetūs | coetuum |
Dative | coetuī | coetibus |
Accusative | coetum | coetūs |
Ablative | coetū | coetibus |
Vocative | coetus | coetūs |
References
- “coetus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “coetus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- coetus 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)
- cœtŭs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, pages 335/1–2.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to shun society: hominum coetus, congressus fugere
- to shun society: hominum coetus, congressus fugere
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