districtae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →distringo, distringere, distrinxi, districtus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
stretch out/apart; detain; distract; pull in different directions;
dat. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →districtus, districta -um, districtior -or -us, districtissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
busy; having many claims on one's attention; pulled in different directions;
dat. sg. (f.)gen. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (f.)voc. pl. (f.)
Examples
- M
Liber X
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...arcent 420hae uincent partes. aderat maturus uterque,et districta epulis ad cunctas aula patebatinsidias, poteratque cruor per regia..." - L
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...emittens, quanto uinceret noctem; deinde paulatim magnitudo eius districta est et euanuit claritas; nouissime totus intercidit. Quoi ergo..." - L
de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...quotum quemque ex tam immensa et uariis cupiditatibus districta urbe poterunt uidere? Quam multi erunt quorum illos..."