contextus
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);
nom. sg. (m.) - 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
nom. 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. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.nom. sg.voc. pl.voc. sg.
Examples
- L
Liber VIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...terra, non caelum, non totus hic rerum omnium contextus, quamvis deo agente ducatur; non semper tenebit hunc ordinem..." - L
Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...nostrorum procerum. Non fuerunt circa flosculos occupati: totus contextus illorum virilis est. Inaequalitatem scias esse ubi quae eminent..." - L
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...errasse. Quorum ut causas excutiamus, et propositi operis contextus exigit et ipse in hoc tempus congruens casus..." - L
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...parte rumpuntur et inde uentum nautici expectant, unde contextus coronae periit: si a septemtrione discessit, aquilo erit..." - L
de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...erit, haec unitas et hic maximi imperii contextus in partes multas dissiliet, idemque huic urbi finis dominandi erit..." - L
de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...Caudex ob hoc ipsum appellatus quia plurium tabularum contextus caudex apud antiquos uocatur, unde publicae tabulae codices dicuntur..." - M
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...utcumque commonet locus, sicut sermonis alicuius habiti: verborum contextus eadem arte quo modo comprehendetur? XXV. Mitto quod quaedam..." - M
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...continua metaphora, sic hoc schema faciat tropos ille contextus. XLVII. Quaedam vero genera huius figurae nullam cum tropis..."
