contracto
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. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (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. ind. 1st - 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.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- G
Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...auxiliis undique excitis, dilectibus ubique acerbissime actis, contracto et omnis generis commeatu quanto numquam antea, iter ingressus..." - P
Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...clausis cunctantur in aedibus, omnes ignavaeque fame et contracto frigore pigrae. Tum sonus auditur gravior, tractimque susurrant, frigidus..." - T
Liber XL
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...petebat, is sensit effectum, auxiliorum praefectis imperat, ut contracto certamine, tamquam multitudine superarentur, repente tergis datis ad castra..." - T
Liber XXXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...tyrannus praesidium agris mitteret, discessit. inde Tegeam exercitu contracto concilioque eodem et Achaeis et sociis indicto..." - T
Liber XXXIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...dextro cornu, laeuo Agrianas locat, in medium accipit contractos ex castellorum—Cares maxime erant— praesidiis, equites cornibus circumdat..." - T
Liber XXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...cognouere. et primo recipere suos uoluerat rex; deinde contracto iam inter Aetolos et Tralles—Illyriorum id est genus..." - T
Liber XXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...essent omni undique genere uehiculorum iumentorumque ex agris contracto. id pro cetera socordia neglegentiaque a Campanis actum; paulo..." - T
Liber VII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...etiam ocior fuit. Ibi circa iacentis Galli corpus contracto certamine pugna atrox concitatur. Iam non manipulis proximarum stationum..."
