coartature
Dictionary entries
- Entry →coarto, coartare, coartavi, coartatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
narrow; hem in, pack/crowd/bring/fit close together, restrict; shorten/abridge;
voc. sg. fut. act. part.
Examples
- L
de Vita Beata
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...idem exercitus modo latius panditur modo in angustum coartatur et aut in cornua sinuata media parte curuatur..." - G
Liber II
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...atque inde facies; nam modo occurrentibus silvis via coartatur, modo latissimis pratis diffunditur et patescit; multi greges ovium..."