contextus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈtek.stus/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪ɛks̠t̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈtek.stus/, [kon̪ˈt̪ɛkst̪us]
Noun
contextus m (genitive contextūs); fourth declension
- weaving, knitting
- joining
- connection, coherence
- structure, fabric
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | contextus | contextūs |
| Genitive | contextūs | contextuum |
| Dative | contextuī | contextibus |
| Accusative | contextum | contextūs |
| Ablative | contextū | contextibus |
| Vocative | contextus | contextūs |
Adjective
contextus (feminine contexta, neuter contextum, adverb contextē); first/second-declension adjective
- interwoven
- connected, coherent
- continuous, uninterrupted, unbroken
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | contextus | contexta | contextum | contextī | contextae | contexta | |
| Genitive | contextī | contextae | contextī | contextōrum | contextārum | contextōrum | |
| Dative | contextō | contextō | contextīs | ||||
| Accusative | contextum | contextam | contextum | contextōs | contextās | contexta | |
| Ablative | contextō | contextā | contextō | contextīs | |||
| Vocative | contexte | contexta | contextum | contextī | contextae | contexta | |
References
- “contextus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “contextus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- contextus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the connection: contextus orationis (not nexus, conexus sententiarum)
- the connection: contextus orationis (not nexus, conexus sententiarum)