coetus

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English

Noun

coetus (uncountable)

  1. Rare spelling of coitus.
    • 1907, Progress, VII, page 70:
      Pulsatilla. — Cutting pain in the uterus; uterus sensitive to the touch during examination or coetus.
    • ante 1968, Karl Barth quoted in: Elizabeth Achtemeier’s The Committed Marriage (1976), page 160:
      Coetus without co-existence is demonic. What are you, you man and woman who are about to enter into sexual relations?

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From co- (together) +‎ itus (going), from (I go).

Pronunciation

Noun

coetus m (genitive coetūs); fourth declension

  1. union, meeting, interaction
    Synonyms: concilium, congressus, concursus, cōntiō, coitiō, conventus
  2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) group, society
    • 2009, Pope Benedict XVI, Anglicanorum Coetibus, Rome:
      Anglicanorum coetibus Spiritus Sanctus recentioribus temporibus lumen conciliavit ut efflagitarent se, prouti singulos et glomeratim, in plenam Catholicae Ecclesiae communionem recipi, quippe quam expostulationem Apostolica Sedes sane censuerit esse admittendam.
      Societas autem organis hierarchicis instructa et mysticum Christi Corpus, coetus adspectabilis et communitas spiritualis, Ecclesia terrestris et Ecclesia caelestibus bonis ditata, non ut duae res considerandae sunt, sed unam realitatem complexam efformant, quae humano et divino coalescit elemento.
      In recent times the Holy Spirit has moved groups of Anglicans to petition repeatedly and insistently to be received into full Catholic communion individually as well as corporately. The Apostolic See has responded favourably to such petitions. In fact, the society structured with hierarchical organs and the Mystical Body of Christ, the visible society and the spiritual community, the earthly Church and the Church endowed with heavenly riches, are not to be thought of as two realities. On the contrary, they form one complex reality formed from a two-fold element, human and divine.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative coetus coetūs
Genitive coetūs coetuum
Dative coetuī coetibus
Accusative coetum coetūs
Ablative coetū coetibus
Vocative coetus coetūs

References

  • coetus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • coetus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • coetus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • cœtŭs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, pages 335/1–2.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to shun society: hominum coetus, congressus fugere