coniunctus

Latin

Alternative forms

• conjūnctus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔnˈjuːŋk.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [konˈjuŋk.tus]

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of coniungō (“to bind together, connect”), from con- (“with, together”) +‎ iungō (“to join, unite”). Possibly a doublet of cūnctus.

Participle

coniūnctus (feminine coniūncta, neuter coniūnctum, comparative coniūnctior, superlative coniūnctissimus, adverb coniūnctē or coniūnctim); first/second-declension participle

1. perfect passive participle of coniungō
2. united, connected; (of places) adjoining, contiguous, bordering upon, near
3. (transferred sense, of time) connected with, contemporary, following
4. (figurative)
   1. connected with, pertaining to; accordant or agreeing with, conformable to
   2. connected by marriage; married
   3. connected or united by relationship or friendship; allied, kindred, intimate, friendly

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	coniūnctus	coniūncta	coniūnctum		coniūnctī	coniūnctae	coniūncta
genitive	coniūnctī	coniūnctae	coniūnctī		coniūnctōrum	coniūnctārum	coniūnctōrum
dative	coniūnctō	coniūnctae	coniūnctō		coniūnctīs
accusative	coniūnctum	coniūnctam	coniūnctum		coniūnctōs	coniūnctās	coniūncta
ablative	coniūnctō	coniūnctā	coniūnctō		coniūnctīs
vocative	coniūncte	coniūncta	coniūnctum		coniūnctī	coniūnctae	coniūncta

Derived terms

• coniūnctē
• coniūnctim
• coniūnctīvus
• coniūnctum
• cūnctus

Related terms

• coniūnctiō
• coniūnctrīx

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *yewg-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *yunégti

Proto-Italic *jungō

Latin iungō

Latin coniungō

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin coniūnctus

From coniungō (“to bind together, connect”) + -tus (action noun suffix).

Noun

coniūnctus m (genitive coniūnctūs); fourth declension

1. a connection, conjunction

Inflection

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	coniūnctus	coniūnctūs
genitive	coniūnctūs	coniūnctuum
dative	coniūnctuī	coniūnctibus
accusative	coniūnctum	coniūnctūs
ablative	coniūnctū	coniūnctibus
vocative	coniūnctus	coniūnctūs

References

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