contentiosus

Latin

Etymology

contentiō +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.ten.tiˈoː.sus/, [kɔn̪t̪ɛn̪t̪iˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.ten.t͡siˈo.sus/, [kon̪t̪ent̪͡s̪iˈɔːs̬us]

Adjective

contentiōsus (feminine contentiōsa, neuter contentiōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. contentious, disputatious
2. headstrong, obstinate, pertinacious

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	contentiōsus	contentiōsa	contentiōsum		contentiōsī	contentiōsae	contentiōsa
Genitive	contentiōsī	contentiōsae	contentiōsī		contentiōsōrum	contentiōsārum	contentiōsōrum
Dative	contentiōsō		contentiōsō		contentiōsīs
Accusative	contentiōsum	contentiōsam	contentiōsum		contentiōsōs	contentiōsās	contentiōsa
Ablative	contentiōsō	contentiōsā	contentiōsō		contentiōsīs
Vocative	contentiōse	contentiōsa	contentiōsum		contentiōsī	contentiōsae	contentiōsa

Descendants

• Catalan: contenciós
• English: contentious
• French: contentieux
• Italian: contenzioso
• Portuguese: contencioso
• Romanian: contențios
• Spanish: contencioso

References

• “contentiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• contentiosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.