contractus
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;
nom. sg. (m.) - 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;
nom. 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. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.nom. sg.voc. pl.voc. sg.
Examples
- A
Liber IV
Aulus Gellius
"...datum ... iri; qui ducturus erat, itidem spondebat. Is contractus stipulationum sponsionumque dicebatur "sponsalia". Tunc, quae promissa erat, "sponsa..." - L
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...quam si spiritum aliqua causa perturbat, cum timore contractus est, cum senectute languescit et uenis torpentibus marcet..." - P
Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...regio iacit arte salutem. Exiguus primum atque ipsos contractus in usus eligitur locus; hunc angustique imbrice tecti parietibusque..." - P
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...equi laevaque hastilia bina ferebat poeniceam fulvo chlamydem contractus ab auro. venerat in silvas et filia Solis easdem..." - T
Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...militiae idoneum genus, exciti dicuntur; Veiosque ingens exercitus contractus, ut inde obviam Gallis iretur; longius discedi, ne alio..." - P
Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...ritum militiae iussa ducis, se ipse gladio transegit. Contractus deinde omnis exercitus sub pellibus habitus est ad reliqua..."
