contus

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek κοντός (kontós, pole, pike), from κεντέω (kentéō, I sting, goad).

Noun

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contus m (genitive contī); second declension

  1. long pole; pike

Declension

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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

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References

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  • 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