contracta
Dictionary entries
- Entry →contractus, contracta, contractum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
close/narrow/restricted/pinched; short (time); abridged, terse; restrained;; violated; dishonored; touched carnally; stolen, purloined, taken by stealth;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.) - Entry →contracto, contractare, contractavi, contractatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
handle, finger, touch repeatedly; feel; handle unlawfully (theft/embezzlement);; caress/fondle, handle amorously; have sex with; deal with/handle/apply oneself;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd - Entry →contraho, contrahere, contraxi, contractus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
enter into/upon relationship/agreement/business/marriage/loan/battle, deal with;; bring/draw together/in, assemble, collect/gather; unite in friendship/alliance;; sadden/depress/diminish/contract/tighten; cause/provoke (disease/war); commit;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. pl. perf. pass. part.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- A
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...pecunia per quaestorem populi Romani ex praeda vendita contracta. XXX. Quod "per quaestorem" autem dixi, intellegi nunc oportet..." - C
Eumenes
Cornelius Nepos
"...quod et inexercitatae et non multo ante erant contractae, adventare autem dicerentur Hellespontumque transisse Antipater et Crateros magno..." - T
Liber III
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...refert utrum pereat dispersa per auras an contracta suis e partibus obbrutescat, quando hominem totum magis ac magis..." - D
Satura XI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...quos cultae decet adsedisse puellae: nostra bibat uernum contracta cuticula solem effugiatque togam. iam nunc in balnea salua..." - L
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...quae delinquimus: aut inest animo pravis opinionibus malitia contracta aut, etiam si non est falsis occupatus, ad falsa..." - L
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...utilius quam de stellarum siderumque natura, utrum flamma contracta, quod et uisus noster aflirmat et ipsum ab illis..." - L
Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...quattuor Romanorum principum, id est totius imperii, uires contractas in unum locum uidit aluitque, Pompeii fortunam flexit, Caesaris..." - T
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...recalvom ac Silanum senem, statutum, ventriosum, tortis superciliis, contracta fronte, fraudulentum, deorum odium atque hominum, malum, mali viti..."