Latin

Participle

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

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

Inflection

First/second declension.

Adjective

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

1. content, satisfied

Inflection

First/second declension.

Descendants

References

• contentus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “contentus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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)