contractus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of contrahō.

Pronunciation

Participle

contractus (feminine contracta, neuter contractum); first/second-declension participle

  1. collected, accomplished, contracted

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative contractus contracta contractum contractī contractae contracta
genitive contractī contractae contractī contractōrum contractārum contractōrum
dative contractō contractae contractō contractīs
accusative contractum contractam contractum contractōs contractās contracta
ablative contractō contractā contractō contractīs
vocative contracte contracta contractum contractī contractae contracta

Adjective

contractus (feminine contracta, neuter contractum, comparative contractior); first/second-declension adjective

  1. narrow, restricted, pinched, cramped
  2. abridged, terse
  3. restrained

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative contractus contracta contractum contractī contractae contracta
genitive contractī contractae contractī contractōrum contractārum contractōrum
dative contractō contractae contractō contractīs
accusative contractum contractam contractum contractōs contractās contracta
ablative contractō contractā contractō contractīs
vocative contracte contracta contractum contractī contractae contracta

Descendants

  • Italian: contratto

Noun

contractus m (genitive contractūs); fourth declension

  1. collection
  2. contraction
  3. contract, agreement

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative contractus contractūs
genitive contractūs contractuum
dative contractuī contractibus
accusative contractum contractūs
ablative contractū contractibus
vocative contractus contractūs

Descendants

References

  • “contractus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “contractus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "contractus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • contractus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “contractus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • contractus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • “contractus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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