coetus

English

Noun

coetus (uncountable)

  1. Rare spelling of coitus.
    • 1907, Progress VII, page 70:
      Pulsatilla. — Cutting pain in the uterus; uterus sensitive to the touch during examination or coetus.
    • ante 1968, Karl Barth quoted in: Elizabeth Achtemeier’s The Committed Marriage (1976), page 160:
      Coetus without co-existence is demonic. What are you, you man and woman who are about to enter into sexual relations?

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From co- (“together”) +‎ itus (“going”), from eō (“I go”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkoe̯.tus/, [ˈkoe̯.tʊs]

Noun

coetus m (genitive coetūs); fourth declension

  1. union; meeting, interaction

Declension

Fourth declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative coetus coetūs
genitive coetūs coetuum
dative coetuī coetibus
accusative coetum coetūs
ablative coetū coetibus
vocative coetus coetūs

References

  • coetus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • coetus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • coetus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • cœtŭs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 335/1–2
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to shun society: hominum coetus, congressus fugere
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