contractae
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;
dat. sg. (f.)gen. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (f.)voc. pl. (f.) - 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;
dat. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...pecunia per quaestorem populi Romani ex praeda vendita contracta. XXX. Quod "per quaestorem" autem dixi, intellegi nunc oportet..."Eumenes
Cornelius Nepos
"...quod et inexercitatae et non multo ante erant contractae, adventare autem dicerentur Hellespontumque transisse Antipater et Crateros magno..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...recalvom ac Silanum senem, statutum, ventriosum, tortis superciliis, contracta fronte, fraudulentum, deorum odium atque hominum, malum, mali viti..."