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Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈten.tus/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪ɛn̪t̪ʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈten.tus/, [kon̪ˈt̪ɛn̪t̪us]

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of contendō (“I stretch, strain, tense, make taut”).

Participle

contentus (feminine contenta, neuter contentum); first/second-declension participle

stretched, strained, tense, tight, on the stretch
(figuratively) eager, intent

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	contentus	contenta	contentum	contentī	contentae	contenta
genitive	contentī	contentae	contentī	contentōrum	contentārum	contentōrum
dative	contentō	contentae	contentō	contentīs
accusative	contentum	contentam	contentum	contentōs	contentās	contenta
ablative	contentō	contentā	contentō	contentīs
vocative	contente	contenta	contentum	contentī	contentae	contenta

Derived terms

contentiō

Etymology 2

Perfect passive participle of contineō (“I hold together, contain”).

Participle

contentus (feminine contenta, neuter contentum); first/second-declension participle

having been held together, contained
(places) having been enclosed, bounded, limited

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	contentus	contenta	contentum	contentī	contentae	contenta
genitive	contentī	contentae	contentī	contentōrum	contentārum	contentōrum
dative	contentō	contentae	contentō	contentīs
accusative	contentum	contentam	contentum	contentōs	contentās	contenta
ablative	contentō	contentā	contentō	contentīs
vocative	contente	contenta	contentum	contentī	contentae	contenta

Adjective

contentus (feminine contenta, neuter contentum, comparative contentior, superlative contentissimus, adverb contentē); first/second-declension adjective

content, satisfied, eager, intent (+ ablative)
Synonyms: libēns, intentus, intēnsus, prōmptus

Antonym: invītus

aliqua re contentus ― satisfied with something

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	contentus	contenta	contentum	contentī	contentae	contenta
genitive	contentī	contentae	contentī	contentōrum	contentārum	contentōrum
dative	contentō	contentae	contentō	contentīs
accusative	contentum	contentam	contentum	contentōs	contentās	contenta
ablative	contentō	contentā	contentō	contentīs
vocative	contente	contenta	contentum	contentī	contentae	contenta

Descendants

Catalan: content
Dalmatian: contiant
English: content
French: content
Galician: contento
Italian: contento
Portuguese: contente
Romanian: content
Spanish: contento

References

“contentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
contentus in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
“contentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
contentus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
contentus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to be contented: rebus suis, sorte sua contentum esse
- (ambiguous) to be satisfied with a little: paucis, parvo contentum esse
- (ambiguous) to be content with 12 per cent at compound interest: centesimis cum anatocismo contentum esse (Att. 5. 21. 12)

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 ==Latin==
-===Etymology===
+===Pronunciation===
+* {{la-IPA|contentus}}
-Perfect passive participle of {{term|contineo|contineō|lang=la}}.
-===Participle===
+===Etymology 1===
+Perfect passive participle of {{m|la|contendō||I stretch, strain, tense, make taut}}.
-{{la-perfect participle|content|content}}
+====Participle====
-# {{rfdef|lang=la}}
+{{la-part|contentus}}
+# [[stretched]], [[strained]], [[tense]], [[tight]], on the stretch
-====Inflection====
+# {{lb|la|figuratively}} [[eager]], [[intent]]
-{{la-decl-1&2|content|content}}
+=====Declension=====
+{{la-adecl|contentus}}
+=====Derived terms=====
+* {{l|la|contentiō}}
+===Etymology 2===
+Perfect passive participle of {{m|la|contineō||I hold together, contain}}.
+====Participle====
+{{la-part|contentus}}
+# having been held together, [[contained]]
+# {{lb|la|places}} having been [[enclosed]], [[bounded]], [[limited]]
+=====Declension=====
+{{la-adecl|contentus}}
+====Adjective====
+{{la-adj|contentus|comp=contentior|sup=contentissimus|adv=contentē}}
+# [[content]], [[satisfied]], [[eager]], [[intent]] (+ ablative)
+#: {{syn|la|libēns|intentus|intēnsus|prōmptus}}
+#: {{ant|la|invītus}}
+#: {{uxi|la|{{l|la|aliqua}} {{l|la|re}} contentus|t=satisfied with something}}
+=====Declension=====
+{{la-adecl|contentus}}
+=====Descendants=====
+{{top2}}
+* {{desc|ca|content}}
+* {{desc|dlm|contiant}}
+* {{desc|en|content}}
+* {{desc|fr|content}}
+* {{desc|gl|contento}}
+* {{desc|it|contento}}
+* {{desc|pt|contente}}
+* {{desc|ro|content}}
+* {{desc|es|contento}}
+{{bottom}}
+===References===
+* {{R:L&S}}
+* [https://www.dizionario-latino.com/dizionario-latino-italiano.php?lemma=CONTENTUS100 contentus] in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
+* {{R:Elementary Lewis}}
+* {{R:du Cange}}
+* {{R:Gaffiot}}
+* {{R:M&A}}