coercitus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of coerceō.

Participle

coercitus (feminine coercita, neuter coercitum); first/second-declension participle

  1. surrounded, confined
  2. shut up, tamed, curbed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

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