English

Alternative forms

• coetus (rare)

Noun

coitus ‎(countable and uncountable, plural coituses)

1. (formal or humorous) Sexual intercourse.
   • 2006 October 2nd, Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, The Big Bang Theory, “Pilot”, screenplay (revised first draft), act one, scene A (page 26):

     Wolowitz:   Hang on. There really is a lady here?
     Leonard:   Uh-huh.
     Wolowitz:   And you want us out because you’re anticipating coitus?
     Leonard:   No, she’s just a friend.
     Wolowitz:   So she’s available for coitus?
     Leonard:   No, she’s – –

Synonyms

• carnal knowledge
• coition
• copulation
• pareunia
• sex act
• sexual congress
• sexual intercourse
• sexual relation

Derived terms

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From coeō.

Alternative forms

• coetus

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.i.tus/

Noun

coitus m ‎(genitive coitūs); fourth declension

1. a coming or meeting
2. a joining, combination
3. sexual intercourse

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Descendants

• English: coitus
• Portuguese: coito

References

• coitus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• coitus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “coitus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.