constrictas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →constricto, constrictare, constrictavi, constrictatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Bio/medical
draw together; (medical term associated with cauterization and amputation);
sg. pres. act. ind. 2nd - Entry →constringo, constringere, constrinxi, constrictus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bind fast/tight, tie up/together; confine, restrain; hinder, inhibit, control;; compress/squeeze; make smaller/lessen/contract; hold together; congeal/freeze;
acc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →constrictus, constricta -um, constrictior -or -us, constrictissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
small/limited in size; marked by contraction/tightening; compressed/contracted;
acc. pl. (f.)
Examples
Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...video senem, meus qui adfinis fuit, ancillas duas constrictas ducere, alteram tonstricem huius, alteram ancillam suam. pertimui: postquam..."Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...ratem uacuae sustentant undique cupae 420quarum porrectis series constricta catenisordinibus geminis obliquas excipit alnos;nec gerit expositum telis..."Liber XIX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...haec quae fortuita dicuntur certa lege constricta sint nihilque in hoc mundo repentinum aut expers ordinis volutetur. Ista..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...quoque recepisse. Causam siccitatis hanc ponit, quod obduruerit constricta tellus nec potuerit imbres inagitata transmittere. Quomodo ergo plurimos..."ad Helviam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...exilium et usque eo fuit indulgentia constricta ut mallet exilium pati quam desiderium, nec ante in patriam quam..."Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...aliter citos currus gubernat: ora nunc pressis trahit constricta frenis, terga nunc torto frequens uerbere coercet. sequitur adsiduus..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...quicquid doloris habent, in pedes deferunt: Quid me constricta spectatis fronte Catone, damnatisque novae simplicitatis opus? Sermonis puri..."Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...artium traditum, ut quasi quasdam leges inmutabili necessitate constrictas studiosis dicendi feram: utique prohoemium et id quale, proxima..."
