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
- T
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..." - T
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..."
