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
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..."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..."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..."