adstrictior
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adstrictus, adstricta -um, adstrictior -or -us, adstrictissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bound (by rules), tied; terse, brief, restrained; constricted, dense, compact;; busy/preoccupied (with), intent (on); parsimonious, tight; astringent (taste);
nom. sg. (m./f.)voc. sg. (m./f.)
Examples
Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...serpit", et apud oratores non rarus, semper tamen adstrictior. LXI. Quidquid enim significari brevius potest et cum ornatu..."Dialogus de Oratoribus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...quod inter se specie differunt, cum genere consentiant. Adstrictior Calvus, numerosior Asinius, splendidior Caesar, amarior Caelius, gravior Brutus..."
