contractus, contracta, contractum:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
close/narrow/restricted/pinched; short (time); abridged, terse; restrained;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | contractus | contracti |
| Gen. | contracti | contractorum |
| Dat. | contracto | — |
| Acc. | contractum | contractos |
| Voc. | contracte | contracti |
| Abl. | contracto | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | contracta | contractae |
| Gen. | contractae | contractarum |
| Dat. | contractae | — |
| Acc. | contractam | contractas |
| Voc. | contracta | contractae |
| Abl. | contracta | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | contractum | contracta |
| Gen. | contracti | contractorum |
| Dat. | contracto | — |
| Acc. | contractum | contracta |
| Voc. | contractum | contracta |
| Abl. | contracto | — |
Examples
- A
Liber IV
Aulus Gellius
"...datum ... iri; qui ducturus erat, itidem spondebat. Is contractus stipulationum sponsionumque dicebatur "sponsalia". Tunc, quae promissa erat, "sponsa..." - L
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...quam si spiritum aliqua causa perturbat, cum timore contractus est, cum senectute languescit et uenis torpentibus marcet..." - P
Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...regio iacit arte salutem. Exiguus primum atque ipsos contractus in usus eligitur locus; hunc angustique imbrice tecti parietibusque..." - P
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...equi laevaque hastilia bina ferebat poeniceam fulvo chlamydem contractus ab auro. venerat in silvas et filia Solis easdem..." - T
Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...militiae idoneum genus, exciti dicuntur; Veiosque ingens exercitus contractus, ut inde obviam Gallis iretur; longius discedi, ne alio..." - P
Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...ritum militiae iussa ducis, se ipse gladio transegit. Contractus deinde omnis exercitus sub pellibus habitus est ad reliqua..."