contiguus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
contig- (perfective active stem of contingō) + -uus
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈti.ɡu.us/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪ɪɡuʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈti.ɡu.us/, [kon̪ˈt̪iːɡuːs]
Adjective[edit]
contiguus (feminine contigua, neuter contiguum); first/second-declension adjective
- bordering on, neighboring, contiguous
- Synonyms: vīcīnus, propinquus, fīnitimus, proximus
- Antonyms: longinquus, remōtus
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | contiguus | contigua | contiguum | contiguī | contiguae | contigua | |
| Genitive | contiguī | contiguae | contiguī | contiguōrum | contiguārum | contiguōrum | |
| Dative | contiguō | contiguō | contiguīs | ||||
| Accusative | contiguum | contiguam | contiguum | contiguōs | contiguās | contigua | |
| Ablative | contiguō | contiguā | contiguō | contiguīs | |||
| Vocative | contigue | contigua | contiguum | contiguī | contiguae | contigua | |
Derived terms[edit]
- contiguitās (Late Latin)
Descendants[edit]
- Catalan: contigu
- English: contiguous
- French: contigu
- Italian: contiguo
- Portuguese: contíguo
- Romanian: contiguu
- Spanish: contiguo
References[edit]
- “contiguus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “contiguus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- contiguus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.