contraheret
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. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Eumenes
Cornelius Nepos
"...totidem dierum spatio retardaretur. Quare circumirent, suas quisque contraheret copias. Ad Antigoni autem refrenandum impetum tale capit consilium..."Liber VII
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...quemadmodum ab Gergovia discederet ac rursus omnem exercitum contraheret, ne profectio nata ab timore defectionis similis fugae videretur..."Liber XXXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...scribit ut onerarias ex omni Graeciae ora eodem contraheret. Ipse Chalcidem profectus, deductis non a Chalcide solum..."Liber XXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...tueri non poterat in extremum Italiae angulum Bruttios contraheret, et Metapontinos ciuitatem uniuersam excitos sedibus suis et Lucanorum..."Liber XXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...esse ratus ne eo facto in unum omnes contraheret nec par esset unus tot exercitibus, Carthaginem Nouam interim..."Liber XVI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...monile venum dedisset, quo pecuniam faciendis magicis sacris contraheret, primum strata humi longoque fletu et silentio, post altaria..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...quos nullo rectore suus quemque impetus vel pavor contraheret diduceretve. postquam impulsos sensit Antonius, denso agmine obturbabat. laxati..."