contrahite
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;
pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."