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
Liber IV
Aulus Gellius
"...datum ... iri; qui ducturus erat, itidem spondebat. Is contractus stipulationum sponsionumque dicebatur "sponsalia". Tunc, quae promissa erat, "sponsa..."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..."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..."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..."Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...militiae idoneum genus, exciti dicuntur; Veiosque ingens exercitus contractus, ut inde obviam Gallis iretur; longius discedi, ne alio..."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..."