coacto

Latin

Etymology 1

From coāctus +‎ -tō.

Verb

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

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

Etymology 2

Participle

coāctō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of coāctus

References

  • 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.