contritus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of conterō.

Pronunciation

Participle

contrītus (feminine contrīta, neuter contrītum); first/second-declension participle

  1. ground or crushed to pieces
  2. bruised, crumbled
  3. worn down or away

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative contrītus contrīta contrītum contrītī contrītae contrīta
Genitive contrītī contrītae contrītī contrītōrum contrītārum contrītōrum
Dative contrītō contrītō contrītīs
Accusative contrītum contrītam contrītum contrītōs contrītās contrīta
Ablative contrītō contrītā contrītō contrītīs
Vocative contrīte contrīta contrītum contrītī contrītae contrīta

Adjective

contrītus (feminine contrīta, neuter contrītum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. contrite; penitent
  2. trite, hackneyed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative contrītus contrīta contrītum contrītī contrītae contrīta
Genitive contrītī contrītae contrītī contrītōrum contrītārum contrītōrum
Dative contrītō contrītō contrītīs
Accusative contrītum contrītam contrītum contrītōs contrītās contrīta
Ablative contrītō contrītā contrītō contrītīs
Vocative contrīte contrīta contrītum contrītī contrītae contrīta

Derived terms

Descendants

  • French: contrit
  • Italian: contrito

References

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