districtum
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;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. 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;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.)
Examples
- L
Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...tanti vulnus suum premere et patibulo pendere districtum, dum differat id quod est in malis optimum, supplici finem..." - Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...tene, ut ego accipiar laute, torquerier omni sollicitudine districtum, ne panis adustus, ne male conditum ius adponatur..." - G
Liber X
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...enim dubito te, ut primum potueris, ad tam districtum officium reversurum. Statuam poni mihi..."