contextus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of Latin contexō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈtek.stus/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪ɛks̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈtek.stus/, [kon̪ˈt̪ɛkst̪us]

Noun

contextus m (genitive contextūs); fourth declension

1. weaving, knitting
2. joining
3. connection, coherence
4. structure, fabric
5. context

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	contextus	contextūs
genitive	contextūs	contextuum
dative	contextuī	contextibus
accusative	contextum	contextūs
ablative	contextū	contextibus
vocative	contextus	contextūs

Descendants

• Italian: contesto
• French: contexte
• Spanish: contexto
• English: context

Adjective

contextus (feminine contexta, neuter contextum, adverb contextē); first/second-declension adjective

1. interwoven
2. connected, coherent
3. continuous, uninterrupted, unbroken

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	contextus	contexta	contextum		contextī	contextae	contexta
genitive	contextī	contextae	contextī		contextōrum	contextārum	contextōrum
dative	contextō	contextae	contextō		contextīs
accusative	contextum	contextam	contextum		contextōs	contextās	contexta
ablative	contextō	contextā	contextō		contextīs
vocative	contexte	contexta	contextum		contextī	contextae	contexta

References

• “contextus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “contextus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• contextus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the connection: contextus orationis (not nexus, conexus sententiarum)