nactus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect participle of nancīscor

Participle

nactus (feminine nacta, neuter nactum); first/second-declension participle

  1. encountered, reached
  2. contracted, caught

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative nactus nacta nactum nactī nactae nacta
Genitive nactī nactae nactī nactōrum nactārum nactōrum
Dative nactō nactō nactīs
Accusative nactum nactam nactum nactōs nactās nacta
Ablative nactō nactā nactō nactīs
Vocative nacte nacta nactum nactī nactae nacta

References

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