"contus" meaning in Latin

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      "form": "contō",
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          "english": "perhaps",
          "translation": "perhaps",
          "word": "percontor"
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          "ref": "c. 100 CE – 110 CE, Tacitus, Histories 1.44",
          "text": "Praefixa contīs capita gestābantur inter signa cohortium iū̆xtā aquilam legiōnis...",
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          "text": "Praefixa contīs capita gestābantur inter signa cohortium iū̆xtā aquilam legiōnis...",
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  "word": "contus"
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