contrahit
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. ind. 3rd
Examples
- D
Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...faciunt, ipsam configite matrem' Amphion clamat, sed Paean contrahit arcum. extulit ergo greges natorum ipsumque parentem, dum sibi..." - L
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...solis incidit radios, natura uentosa et frigida contrahit pluribus locis aera conglobatque; deinde si radios solis assumpsit, tonat..." - L
Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...spissat se modo expandit et purgat et alias contrahit diducit ac differt. Hoc ergo interest inter aera..." - L
ad Helviam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...laetis rebus non inflauit nec mutatis contrahit. Aduersus utrumque statum inuictum animum tenet exploratae iam firmitatis..." - L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...comparanda cum pessimis est. 4. Auaritia adquirit et contrahit, quo aliquis melior utatur: ira inpendit, paucis gratuita..." - L
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...quam tristitia est quae ad conspectum mimici naufragii contrahit frontem, non magis quam timor qui Hannibale post Cannas..." - L
de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...idem ac maestus. 5. Maeror contundit mentes, abicit, contrahit; hoc sapienti ne in suis quidem accidet calamitatibus..." - M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...saeuum sed membra uenenum decoquit, in minimum mors contrahit omnia uirus. quidquid homo est, aperit pestis natura profana..."