contundo

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Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ tundō.

Pronunciation

Verb

contundō (present infinitive contundere, perfect active contudī, supine contūsum); third conjugation

  1. to beat or pound to a pulp
  2. to bruise, make sore
  3. 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

  1. first-person singular present indicative of contundir