commixtus

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Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of commisceō.

Participle

commixtus (feminine commixta, neuter commixtum, adverb commixtim); first/second-declension participle

  1. mixed, mixed together, mixed up, mingled, intermingled, combined; having been mixed, etc.
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.160–161:
      Intereā magnō miscērī murmure caelum
      incipit; īnsequitur commixtā grandine nimbus.
      Meanwhile the sky becomes embroiled with a mighty rumble; a cloudburst follows, mixed with hail.
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative commixtus commixta commixtum commixtī commixtae commixta
Genitive commixtī commixtae commixtī commixtōrum commixtārum commixtōrum
Dative commixtō commixtō commixtīs
Accusative commixtum commixtam commixtum commixtōs commixtās commixta
Ablative commixtō commixtā commixtō commixtīs
Vocative commixte commixta commixtum commixtī commixtae commixta
Descendants
  • Italian: commisto
  • Spanish: conmixto

Etymology 2

From commisceō +‎ -tus.

Noun

commixtus m (genitive commixtūs); fourth declension

  1. (Late Latin) sexual intercourse
Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative commixtus commixtūs
Genitive commixtūs commixtuum
Dative commixtuī commixtibus
Accusative commixtum commixtūs
Ablative commixtū commixtibus
Vocative commixtus commixtūs

References

  • “commixtus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “commixtus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • commixtus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Souter, Alexander (1949) “commixtus”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.‎, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 62
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