contestatus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect active participle of contestor.

Participle

contestātus (feminine contestāta, neuter contestātum); first/second-declension participle

  1. called to witness

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative contestātus contestāta contestātum contestātī contestātae contestāta
Genitive contestātī contestātae contestātī contestātōrum contestātārum contestātōrum
Dative contestātō contestātō contestātīs
Accusative contestātum contestātam contestātum contestātōs contestātās contestāta
Ablative contestātō contestātā contestātō contestātīs
Vocative contestāte contestāta contestātum contestātī contestātae contestāta

References

  • contestatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • contestatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • historic times: historicorum fide contestata memoria