contrahet
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. fut. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...canet tempora flebili; et dum pauca deus saecula contrahet, quaeretur patriae quis fuerit locus. Felix incolui non steriles..."Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...singulas noctes tantum sibi reique publicae piaculi contrahet? Quid alia quae auspicato agimus omnia fere intra pomerium..."