adstrictius
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);
acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →adstricte, adstrictius, adstrictissime:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
tightly (bound), firmly; strictly, by strict rules; concisely, tersely, pithily;
Examples
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...sensum a te dici non paulo melius et adstrictius memini: non est tuum fortuna quod fecit tuum. Illud..."Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...aliqua diversitas: densior ille, hic copiosior, ille concludit adstrictius, hic latius, pugnat ille acumine semper, hic frequenter..."
