contritus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of conterō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈtriː.tus/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪riːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈtri.tus/, [kon̪ˈt̪riːt̪us]

Participle

contrītus (feminine contrīta, neuter contrītum); first/second-declension participle

1. ground or crushed to pieces
2. bruised, crumbled
3. worn down or away

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	contrītus	contrīta	contrītum		contrītī	contrītae	contrīta
Genitive	contrītī	contrītae	contrītī		contrītōrum	contrītārum	contrītōrum
Dative	contrītō		contrītō		contrītīs
Accusative	contrītum	contrītam	contrītum		contrītōs	contrītās	contrīta
Ablative	contrītō	contrītā	contrītō		contrītīs
Vocative	contrīte	contrīta	contrītum		contrītī	contrītae	contrīta

Adjective

contrītus (feminine contrīta, neuter contrītum); first/second-declension adjective

1. contrite; penitent
2. trite, hackneyed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	contrītus	contrīta	contrītum		contrītī	contrītae	contrīta
Genitive	contrītī	contrītae	contrītī		contrītōrum	contrītārum	contrītōrum
Dative	contrītō		contrītō		contrītīs
Accusative	contrītum	contrītam	contrītum		contrītōs	contrītās	contrīta
Ablative	contrītō	contrītā	contrītō		contrītīs
Vocative	contrīte	contrīta	contrītum		contrītī	contrītae	contrīta

Derived terms

• incontrītus

Descendants

• French: contrit
  • English: contrite
• Italian: contrito

References

• “contritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “contritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• contritus 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)
• contritus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.