contextum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →contextus, contexta, contextum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
interwoven; closely joined; connected, coherent (literary composition);; continuous, uninterrupted, unbroken; covered with a network (of rivers);
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →contexo, contexere, contexui, contextus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
weave/entwine/braid/twist together; compose/connect/link/combine; make/join/form
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →contextus, contextus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
weaving (action), joining/putting together; connection, coherence; continuity;; ordered scheme, plan/course; structure/fabric; series, complex/whole of parts;; context;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
- T
Liber I
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...profecto, quippe ubi nulla forent aeterno corpore, quorum contextum vis deberet dissolvere quaeque. at nunc, inter se quia..." - L
Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...protinus rescriberem? id de quo quaerebasveniebat in contextum operis mei; scis enim me moralem philosophiamvelle conplecti et omnes..." - L
Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...singulos peccare nec paucos, sed iam scelus esse contextum. Fugiendum ergo et in se recedendum est; immo etiam..." - L
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...totam pertinet uitam nec unam rom denuntiat sed contextum rerum per omnem deinceps aetatem futurarum complectitur ; haec sunt..." - L
ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...cuiuslibet ferae pabulum, cuiuslibet uictima; ex infirmis fluidisque contextum et lineamentis exterioribus nitidum, frigoris aestus laboris inpatiens, ipso..." - M
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...complecti, sed in cogitatis quoque rerum ac verborum contextum sequi, et quae sint ab adversa parte dicta meminisse..." - M
Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...copiose dicit, sed tumultuari. XIII. Nec fortuiti sermonis contextum mirabor umquam, quem iurgantibus etiam mulierculis videamus superfluere..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...fieri in plurimis video, ut litterarum nomina et contextum prius quam formas parvoli discant. XXV. Obstat hoc agnitioni..."
