districtis
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;
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. 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;
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all)
Examples
Liber IX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...promiserim: praeoccupati sumus, ad virtutem contendimus inter vitia districti. Pudet dicere: honesta colimus quantum vacat. At quam grande..."Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...labore compescunt et expeditionibus detinent: numquam vacat lascivire districtis, nihilque tam certum est quam otii vitia negotio discuti..."de Vita Beata
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...interest? quod arte alligati sunt alii, adstricti [alii], districti quoque: hic qui ad superiora progressus..."de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...arripi non possit, et id ipsum illis districtis in multa subducitur. XI. Denique uis scire quam..."IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...adplicat fato, et in hac turpissima perpetuitatis cogitatione districti per exigua festinantis aevi momenta praemorimur. faciamus potius..."Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...fortunave mersit. saxum ingens volvunt alii, radiisque rotarum districti pendent; sedet aeternumque sedebit infelix Theseus, Phlegyasque miserrimus omnis..."