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coacto

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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From coāctus +‎ -tō.

Verb

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coāctō (present infinitive coāctāre, perfect active coāctāvī, supine coāctātum); first conjugation

  1. to compel, constrain, force
Conjugation
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Descendants
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  • Vulgar Latin: *coacticāre (see there for further descendants)
  • >? Spanish: agachar
  • English: coact
  • Portuguese: coatar

Etymology 2

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Participle

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coāctō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of coāctus

References

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  • coacto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • coacto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.