contrahenda
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;
abl. sg. fut. pass. part.acc. pl. fut. pass. part.nom. sg. fut. pass. part.nom. pl. fut. pass. part.voc. sg. fut. pass. part.voc. pl. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...militarem ac rusticum deceat, sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne iudex eam vel intellegere vel capere..."Liber VII
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...castris educit; nec fuit spatium tali tempore ad contrahenda castra, quod res posita in celeritate videbatur; Gaium Fabium..."Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...posuit, quia uado superari amnis non poterat et contrahendae naues erant ad exercitum traiciendum. Transgressi Maeandrum ad Hieran..."Liber XXXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...auxilia accerserent, et quocumque alio poterat, ad copias contrahendas, in unum iam consilium, ut acie dimicaret, intentus misit..."Liber XXXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...acie decernendum uideret et undique ad se contrahendas uires, maxime de Achaiae urbibus, regionis ab se diuersae..."Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...suae tenuerant simul perlicit donis ad naves undique contrahendas fabricandasque; simul et ipsi traici exercitum levarique quam primum..."Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...media. eoque tempore interiecto altius effossi specus, et contrahendae rursum multitudini gladiatorum spectaculum editur, inditis pontibus pedestrem..."