contus

contus, i, m., = κοντός,

• a pole, pike (perh. not ante-Aug.), as an implement of a boat or ship, Verg. A. 5, 208; 6, 302; Tac. A. 14, 5; Suet. Calig. 32; as a weapon, Verg. A. 9, 510; Tac. A. 6, 35; id. H. 1, 44.—Prov.: non contis et remulco ferri, ut aiunt, sed velificatione plenā, Amm.18, 5, 6: pedalis, i. q. membrum virile, Auct. Priap. 10, 3.

contus, ī, m. (κοντός), I) die Stange, a) als Schiffsgerät, bes. zum Fortstoßen kleinerer Fahrzeuge, die Ruderstange (versch. von remus, das Ruder), conti bini a prora prominentes, Liv.: acutā cuspide contos expediunt, Verg.: quosdam contis remisque detrusit in mare, Suet.: Clitumnus fons aegerrime contis remisque superatur adversus, Plin. ep. – Sprichw., non contis et remulco (rymulco) ferri, ut aiunt, sed velificatione plenā, Amm. 18, 5, 6. – b) als Waffe, der lange Wurfspieß, die Pike, praefixa contis capita, Tac.: lanceis contisque pugnare, Flor.: conto percuti, Aur. Vict. – II) übtr., das männliche Glied, pedalis, Auct. Priap. 10, 3.

contus [CL < κοντός] , pole, pike, (shaft of) spear. b fish-spear, gaff or sim.. c ‘mundle’, pot-stirrer. haec [Allecto] solet ad bellum ferratos ducere contos Aldh. VirgV 2640; ~is, spreotum, ~os, speoru GlC C 609–10; ~us, spereleas sceæft Ælf. Gl.; s973 Eadgarus anax; namque sermone Latino / fausti ‘contim’ nuncuparunt ‘beatam’ [i. e. Ead-gar; cf. Verg. Aen. IX 510] (Vers.) Æthelw. IV 9; ferratos ~os expediunt, diu certantes ut navem a rupe propellerent W. Malm. GR V 419; hic statur acutis / contis, et gladiis pugna cruenta madet Garl. Tri. Eccl. 86; 1253 (v. 2 cortus); c1370 non expectabunt pro contis dum reboabunt [gl.: i. pro lanceis et gladiis, quos fugient pro timore] (J. Bridl.) Pol. Poems I 198, 200; prop, long staff, ~us PP.  b qui tunc me forte lacerti / longius attigerint contis seu qualibus astis Hwætberht Aen. 55 (Turpedo) 5; s1256 piscatorum tuguria cum retibus et ~is ‥ asportabantur M. Par. Maj. V 561; c1370 (v. contari).  c in coquina sint ‥ mortarium, pilus, ~us [gl.: movur] Neckam Ut. 97; 1390 unum ~um vocatum mundele de ferro PlRCP 519 r. 499; pottspone or ladyl, ~us, cocliar PP; ~us, A. a potstykke WW.

contus, (12) ī, m. (κοντός), ¶ 1 perche à ramer : Virg. En. 5, 208 ; Tac. Ann. 14, 5 ¶ 2 épieu, pique : Tac. Ann. 6, 35.

contus , i. m.
長條。竹篙槍。

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contus ī, m

• , κοντός, a pole, pike: conti bini a prorā prominentes, L.—As a weapon, V.: contis praefixa capita, Ta.—A boat-hook, V.

CONTUS

CONTUS(κοντός, from κεντέω, to prick or pierce) was, as Nonius (p. 555 m., 18.24) expresses it, hasta longior et robusta, with a pointed iron at the one end. (Verg. A. 5.208) It was used for various purposes, but chiefly as a punt-pole by sailors, who, in shallow water, thrust it into the ground, and thus pushed on the boat. (Hom. Od. 9.287; Verg. l. c. and 6.302. Cf. κοντωτὰ πλοῖα in Diod. Sic. 19.22.) It also served as a means to sound the depth of the water. (Festus, s. v. Perconctatio, p. 214, ed. Müller; Nonius, p. 44 m.; Donat. on Terent. Hec. 1.2, 2.) At a later period, when the Romans became acquainted with the huge lances or pikes of some of the northern barbarians, the word contus was applied to that kind of weapon (Verg. A. 9.510; Tac. Hist. 1.44, 3.27-Z2; Lamprid. Commod. 13); and the long pikes peculiar to the Sarmatians were always designated by this name. (Tac. Hist. 1.79, Ann. 6.35; Stat. Achill. 2.416; Valer. Flacc. 6.162.)

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Contus

(κοντός). (1) A pole with a pointed iron at the end, used as a punt-pole by boatmen.

(2) A huge pike such as those carried by barbarian soldiers (Hist. i. 44).