different between foetus vs coetus

English

Noun

foetus (plural foetuses or (hypercorrect) foeti)

1. (chiefly Britain) Alternative spelling of fetus

Usage notes

The form fetus is the primary spelling in the United States, Canada, Australia, and in the scientific community, whereas foetus is still commonly used in the United Kingdom and some other Commonwealth nations. Sometimes considered less correct than fetus and suggested to be abandoned.

Derived terms

• foetal

References

Anagrams

• fouets

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin f?tus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fø?t?s/
• Hyphenation: foe?tus

Noun

foetus n or m (plural foetussen, diminutive foetusje n)

1. fetus

Derived terms

• feut

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?foe?.tus/, [?foe?t??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?fe.tus/, [?f??t?us]

Adjective

foetus (feminine foeta, neuter foetum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Alternative form of f?tus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Noun

foetus m (genitive foet?s); fourth declension

1. Alternative form of f?tus

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

References

• foetus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• foetus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Noun

coetus (uncountable)

1. Rare spelling of coitus.
   • 1907, Progress VII, page 70:

     Pulsatilla.?—?Cutting pain in the uterus; uterus sensitive to the touch during examination or coetus.

   • ante 1968, Karl Barth quoted in: Elizabeth Achtemeier’s The Committed Marriage (1976), page 160:

     Coetus without co-existence is demonic. What are you, you man and woman who are about to enter into sexual relations?

Anagrams

• Cuetos, cutose, escout

Latin

Alternative forms

• coitus

Etymology

From co- (“together”) +? itus (“going”), from e? (“I go”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?koe?.tus/, [?koe?t??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?t??e.tus/, [?t????t?us]

Noun

coetus m (genitive coet?s); fourth declension

1. union; meeting, interaction
2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) group, society
   • 2009, Pope Benedict XVI, Anglicanorum Coetibus, Rome:

     Anglicanorum coetibus Spiritus Sanctus recentioribus temporibus lumen conciliavit ut efflagitarent se, prouti singulos et glomeratim, in plenam Catholicae Ecclesiae communionem recipi, quippe quam expostulationem Apostolica Sedes sane censuerit esse admittendam.

     Societas autem organis hierarchicis instructa et mysticum Christi Corpus, coetus adspectabilis et communitas spiritualis, Ecclesia terrestris et Ecclesia caelestibus bonis ditata, non ut duae res considerandae sunt, sed unam realitatem complexam efformant, quae humano et divino coalescit elemento.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

References

• coetus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• coetus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• coetus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• cœt?s in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 335/1–2
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.