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
Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...tragoediam. proin si quis pugnam expectat, litis contrahat: valentiorem nactus adversarium si erit, ego faciam ut pugnam inspectet..."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..."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..."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..."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..."