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
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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."
