contrahuntur
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. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber IV
Aulus Gellius
"...potius, quae huiusce generis longae usionis gratia contrahuntur et reconduntur, ex eo, quod non in promptu..."Dialogus de Oratoribus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...bibliothecis adhuc manent et cum maxime a Muciano contrahuntur, ac iam undecim, ut opinor, Actorum libris et tribus..."