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
- A
Liber IV
Aulus Gellius
"...potius, quae huiusce generis longae usionis gratia contrahuntur et reconduntur, ex eo, quod non in promptu..." - P
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..."