contentus

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Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of contendō (“I stretch, strain, tense, make taut”).

Participle

contentus (feminine contenta, neuter contentum); first/second-declension participle

  1. stretched, strained, tense, tight, on the stretch
  2. (figuratively) eager, intent
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative contentus contenta contentum contentī contentae contenta
genitive contentī contentae contentī contentōrum contentārum contentōrum
dative contentō contentae contentō contentīs
accusative contentum contentam contentum contentōs contentās contenta
ablative contentō contentā contentō contentīs
vocative contente contenta contentum contentī contentae contenta
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Perfect passive participle of contineō (“I hold together, contain”).

Participle

contentus (feminine contenta, neuter contentum); first/second-declension participle

  1. having been held together, contained
  2. (places) having been enclosed, bounded, limited
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative contentus contenta contentum contentī contentae contenta
genitive contentī contentae contentī contentōrum contentārum contentōrum
dative contentō contentae contentō contentīs
accusative contentum contentam contentum contentōs contentās contenta
ablative contentō contentā contentō contentīs
vocative contente contenta contentum contentī contentae contenta

Adjective

contentus (feminine contenta, neuter contentum, comparative contentior, superlative contentissimus, adverb contentē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. content, satisfied, eager, intent (+ ablative)
    Synonyms: libēns, intentus, intēnsus, prōmptus
    Antonym: invītus
    aliqua re contentus ― satisfied with something
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative contentus contenta contentum contentī contentae contenta
genitive contentī contentae contentī contentōrum contentārum contentōrum
dative contentō contentae contentō contentīs
accusative contentum contentam contentum contentōs contentās contenta
ablative contentō contentā contentō contentīs
vocative contente contenta contentum contentī contentae contenta
Descendants

References

  • “contentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • contentus in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
  • “contentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "contentus", 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)
  • contentus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to be contented: rebus suis, sorte sua contentum esse
    • (ambiguous) to be satisfied with a little: paucis, parvo contentum esse
    • (ambiguous) to be content with 12 per cent at compound interest: centesimis cum anatocismo contentum esse (Att. 5. 21. 12)
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