conterminus

Latin

Etymology

con- +‎ terminus (“boundary”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔnˈtɛr.mɪ.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [konˈtɛr.mi.nus]

Adjective

conterminus (feminine contermina, neuter conterminum); first/second-declension adjective

1. adjoining, neighboring, having a common border

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	conterminus	contermina	conterminum		conterminī	conterminae	contermina
genitive	conterminī	conterminae	conterminī		conterminōrum	conterminārum	conterminōrum
dative	conterminō	conterminae	conterminō		conterminīs
accusative	conterminum	conterminam	conterminum		conterminōs	conterminās	contermina
ablative	conterminō	conterminā	conterminō		conterminīs
vocative	contermine	contermina	conterminum		conterminī	conterminae	contermina

Derived terms

• conterminum

Descendants

• Italian: contermine

Noun

conterminus m (genitive conterminī); second declension

1. a neighbour

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	conterminus	conterminī
genitive	conterminī	conterminōrum
dative	conterminō	conterminīs
accusative	conterminum	conterminōs
ablative	conterminō	conterminīs
vocative	contermine	conterminī

References

• “conterminus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “conterminus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers