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Latin
Etymology
From con- + tundō.
Pronunciation
Verb
contundō (present infinitive contundere, perfect active contudī, supine contūsum); third conjugation
- to beat or pound to a pulp
- to bruise, make sore
- to utterly subdue
Conjugation
- The variant fourth principal part contūnsum is found in Pliny.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
“contundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “contundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- contundo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
Verb
contundo
- first-person singular present indicative of contundir