constrictos
Dictionary entries
- 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. (m.)
Examples
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...motibus aer.pigro bruma gelu siccisque Aquilonibus haerens 50aethere constricto pluuias in nube tenebat.urebant montana niues camposque iacentisnon duraturae..."
Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...petit, haerentes sed cornibus altis invenit et caeca constrictos occupat ira. ipse recollectis audax Ariasmenus armis desilit. illum..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...propria non pelle quiessem. sed fulgente trahit constrictos Gloria curru non minus ignotos generosis. quo tibi, Tilli, sumere..."
