"contus" meaning in Latin

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Noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der. Ancient Greek κοντός (kontós)bor. Latin contus Borrowed from Ancient Greek κοντός (kontós, “pole, pike”), from κεντέω (kentéō, “to sting, goad”). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:bor|grc:κοντός|tree=+}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der. Ancient Greek κοντός (kontós)bor. Latin contus [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "prick", "children" : [ ], "status" : "redlink", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ḱent-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "κοντός", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "contus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="contus">, {{bor|la|grc||κοντός|pole, pike}} Ancient Greek κοντός (kontós, “pole, pike”) Head templates: {{la-noun|contus<2>}} contus m (genitive contī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|contus<2>}} Forms: contī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], contus [nominative, singular], contī [nominative, plural], contī [genitive, singular], contōrum [genitive, plural], contō [dative, singular], contīs [dative, plural], contum [accusative, singular], contōs [accusative, plural], contō [ablative, singular], contīs [ablative, plural], conte [singular, vocative], contī [plural, vocative]
  1. long pole; pike Tags: declension-2, masculine Derived forms: percontor (english: perhaps)

Inflected forms

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