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“contiguity” in Latin
contineōto hold, keep, connect, contain, maintain; to hold or keep together/close; connect, surround; to keep in, enclose, boundcohaereōto cling, cleave or stick (closely) together; to be united, cohere, adhere; to be composed of, consist of or in; to be n
The English word contiguity itself goes back to Latin contingō, through contiguitās.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
contiguity
circumlocution with adjectives or verbs under CONTIGUOUS. From the contiguity of their houses, *propter contiguas domos [continentia, cohaerentia, are used in this sense by Macrobius, Saturnalia, 5, 15, continentia regionum; cohaerentia regionum].
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for contiguity?
- The usual Latin words for “contiguity” are contineō, cohaereō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.