contrahat
Dictionary entries
- 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;
sg. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
- T
Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...tragoediam. proin si quis pugnam expectat, litis contrahat: valentiorem nactus adversarium si erit, ego faciam ut pugnam inspectet..." - D
Satura XI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...luce egressa reuerti nocte solet, tacito bilem tibi contrahat uxor umida suspectis referens multicia rugis uexatasque comas..." - L
Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...minus manifestam et notabilem poni, quam persequatur et contrahat animal huic rei genitum. Quidam existimant conditura et dispositione..." - L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...congeriem non putem dignam quae frontem uiri boni contrahat. Quanto risu prosequenda sunt quae nobis lacrimas educunt! XXXIV..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...sermones? Non ipsum tempus epularum tuarum, quum frugalitas contrahat, extendit humanitas? Non enim ante medium diem distentus solitaria..."