coactus

Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of cōgō (to force, compel).

Pronunciation

Participle

coāctus (feminine coācta, neuter coāctum); first/second-declension participle

  1. forced, compelled, having been forced
  2. urged, encouraged, having been encouraged
  3. assembled, brought together
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative coāctus coācta coāctum coāctī coāctae coācta
genitive coāctī coāctae coāctī coāctōrum coāctārum coāctōrum
dative coāctō coāctae coāctō coāctīs
accusative coāctum coāctam coāctum coāctōs coāctās coācta
ablative coāctō coāctā coāctō coāctīs
vocative coācte coācta coāctum coāctī coāctae coācta
Descendants
  • English: coact
  • Italian: coatto

Etymology 2

From cōgō +‎ -tus (forming action nouns).

Pronunciation

Noun

coāctus m (genitive coāctūs); fourth declension

  1. compulsion
  2. coercion
Usage notes
  • Only attested in the ablative singular.
Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative coāctus coāctūs
genitive coāctūs coāctuum
dative coāctuī coāctibus
accusative coāctum coāctūs
ablative coāctū coāctibus
vocative coāctus coāctūs

References

  • cŏactus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cŏactus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • coāctus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • coāctus²”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cŏāctus / cŏāctŭs”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • coactus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016