coitus

1.

cŏĭtus, a, um, Part., from coëo.

2.

cŏĭtus, and another orthography coetus (only distinguished in signif. by use; v. infra), ūs (dat. coetu, Cat. 64, 385; 66, 37), m. [coëo].

I.

In gen.

A.

Abstr., a coming or meeting together, an assembling:

eos auspicio meo atque ductu primo coetu vicimus,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 25.— Hence,

B.

Concr., an assemblage, crowd, company; in this signif. coetus alone is used:

quae (opiniones) in senatu, quae in omni coetu concilioque profitendae sint,

Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 77; 2, 4, 11; id. Rep. 6, 13, 13:

ad divinum animorum concilium coetumque proficisci,

id. Sen. 23, 84; id. de Or. 1, 8, 30; id. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 186; Liv. 3, 38, 11; 27, 35, 3; Quint. 2, 15, 18; 2, 9, 2; 8, 4, 8; Cat. 46, 8; 64, 407; Verg. A. 5, 43; Ov. M. 3, 403; 11, 766; 15, 66:

in domum Pisonis,

Tac. A. 4, 41; id. H. 4, 45.—

II.

Esp.

A.

A uniting, joining together, combination; so in both forms.

(α).

Coetus, Lucr. 1, 1016; 1, 1047; 2, 919; 2, 1003;

5, 429: ceterum amnium coctus maritimis similes fluctus movet,

Curt. 9, 4, 9:

stellarum coetus et discessiones,

Gell. 14, 1, 14.—

(β).

Coitus:

ut recens coitus venae resolvatur,

Cels. 2, 10 fin.:

umoris,

id. 5, 18, 31:

sordium in auribus,

id. 6, 7, 7:

syllabarum,

Quint. 9, 4, 59:

vocum,

Gell. 1, 25, 16: osculi, Poët. ap. Gell. 19, 11, 4:

luna morata in coitu solis biduo (i. e. at new moon),

Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 44. —

B.

Sexual intercourse, coition (not in Cic.);

in this signif. only coitus is used.— Of men,

Ov. M. 7, 709; Suet. Calig. 25; cf. Quint. 8, 6, 24; Gai Inst. 1, 64; 1, 87.—Of animals, Col. 6, 24, 3; 6, 23, 3 (Cod. Polit. coetus); Cels. 2, 1 fin. al.—

2.

Transf., of plants:

palmarum,

Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 35.— Also of ingrafting, Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 103.