contiguus

Latin

Etymology

contig- (perfective active stem of contingō) +‎ -uus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈti.ɡu.us/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪ɪɡuʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈti.ɡu.us/, [kon̪ˈt̪iːɡuːs]

Adjective

contiguus (feminine contigua, neuter contiguum); first/second-declension adjective

1. bordering on, neighboring, contiguous

   Synonyms: vīcīnus, propinquus, fīnitimus, proximus

   Antonyms: longinquus, remōtus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	contiguus	contigua	contiguum		contiguī	contiguae	contigua
genitive	contiguī	contiguae	contiguī		contiguōrum	contiguārum	contiguōrum
dative	contiguō	contiguae	contiguō		contiguīs
accusative	contiguum	contiguam	contiguum		contiguōs	contiguās	contigua
ablative	contiguō	contiguā	contiguō		contiguīs
vocative	contigue	contigua	contiguum		contiguī	contiguae	contigua

Derived terms

• contiguitās (Late Latin)

Descendants

• Catalan: contigu
• English: contiguous
• French: contigu
• Italian: contiguo
• Portuguese: contíguo
• Romanian: contiguu
• Spanish: contiguo

References

• “contiguus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “contiguus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• contiguus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.