contractans
Dictionary entries
- 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;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...verast longe ratione remotum. quippe ubi sol nudum contractans corpus aquai non quierit calidum supera de reddere parte..."Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...possit mixtos in corpore odores concoctosque suo contractans perdere viro, propter eandem debent primordia rerum non adhibere suum..."
