adstrictiore
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);
abl. sg. (all)
Examples
- M
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..." - P
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..."
