contristaris
Dictionary entries
- Entry →contristo, contristare, contristavi, contristatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sadden, make gloomy, depress, discourage; afflict, sap, damage (crops); darken;
sg. futperf. act. ind. 2ndsg. perf. act. subj. 2nd - Entry →contristo, contristare, contristavi, contristatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sadden, make gloomy, depress, discourage; afflict, sap, damage (crops); darken;
sg. pres. pass. ind. 2nd - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
- L
Liber XIX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...cadentibus. Naturale est opinionibus hominum tangi et adversis contristari: quare mihi non permittas hunc tam honestum malae opinionis..." - L
Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...corpus inhabitatum diu pone. Scindetur, obruetur, abolebitur: quid contristaris? ita solet fieri: pereunt semper velamenta nascentium. Quid ista..." - L
de Providentia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...fouere in sinu, continere in umbra uolunt, numquam contristari, numquam flere, numquam laborare. 6. Patrium deus habet aduersus..."
