contextus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of Latin contexō

Pronunciation

Participle

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

  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

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

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)
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