contractum
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;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - 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;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →contractus, contractus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
shrinking/narrowing; undertaking; legal/commercial agreement/contract;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...componere leges, induperatores pugnare ac proelia obire, nautae contractum cum ventis degere bellum, nos agere hoc autem..."Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...creata. sic aequo geritur certamine principiorum ex infinito contractum tempore bellum. nunc hic nunc illic superant vitalia rerum..."ad Helviam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...Cuius non lacrimas illius hilaritas supprimat? Cuius non contractum sollicitudine animum illius argutiae soluant? Quem non in iocos..."Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...feruntur, at in isdem siccum et sollicitum et contractum dicendi propositum plerumque adfectatione ipsa severitatis invisum est, quando..."Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...levat: "dicam quae acta sint ante ipsum rei contractum, dicam quae in re ipsa, dicam quae postea..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...labella guttis abstersisti omnibus articulis, ne quicquam nostro contractum ex ore maneret, tamquam commictae spurca saliva lupae. praeterea..."In Catilinam II
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...praetexta coeperat, Publicium et Minucium, quorum aes alienum contractum in popina nullum rei publicae motum adferre poterat; reliquit..."Liber IV
Aulus Gellius
"...omnimodo debere, alii contra, nisi id vitium morbo contractum esset. Eum vero, cui dens deesset, Servius redhiberi posse..."
