contentus

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈten.tus/, [kɔnˈtɛn.tʊs]

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of contendō (“I stretch, strain, tense, make taut”).

Participle

contentus m (feminine contenta, neuter contentum); first/second declension

  1. stretched, strained, tense, tight, on the stretch
  2. (figuratively) eager, intent

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Perfect passive participle of contineō (“I hold together, contain”).

Participle

contentus m (feminine contenta, neuter contentum); first/second declension

  1. having been held together, contained
  2. (places) having been enclosed, bounded, limited

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative contentus contenta contentum contentī contentae contenta
Genitive contentī contentae contentī contentōrum contentārum contentōrum
Dative contentō contentae contentō contentīs contentīs contentīs
Accusative contentum contentam contentum contentōs contentās contenta
Ablative contentō contentā contentō contentīs contentīs contentīs
Vocative contente contenta contentum contentī contentae contenta

Adjective

contentus (feminine contenta, neuter contentum); first/second declension

  1. content, satisfied

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative contentus contenta contentum contentī contentae contenta
Genitive contentī contentae contentī contentōrum contentārum contentōrum
Dative contentō contentae contentō contentīs contentīs contentīs
Accusative contentum contentam contentum contentōs contentās contenta
Ablative contentō contentā contentō contentīs contentīs contentīs
Vocative contente contenta contentum contentī contentae contenta

Descendants

References
  • contentus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • contentus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • contentus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • contentus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to be contented: rebus suis, sorte sua contentum esse
    • (ambiguous) to be satisfied with a little: paucis, parvo contentum esse
    • (ambiguous) to be content with 12 per cent at compound interest: centesimis cum anatocismo contentum esse (Att. 5. 21. 12)
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