constrictum
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. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. 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. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.)
Examples
de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...dira, sed frequens magnis imperiis gloria. Conditum, immo constrictum apud me ferrum est, summa parsimonia etiam vilissimi sanguinis..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...repugnanti, non amplexum, non osculum, non coitum venere constrictum, nisi pro qua re praesentes numeraveris denarios centum. Item..."Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...momenti. Licet enim valeat in sermone tantum ut constrictum vinculis suis eum qui responsurus est vel tacere..."IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...fide natum et tenacioribus beneficiorum vinculis fatear esse constrictum? miserum me! amice fidelissime, ingratum me moriendo fecisti..."Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Hannibal iam uel[ut] usu cepisset Italiam; se constrictum a collega teneri; ferrum atque arma iratis et pugnare..."