districtus

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Latin

Etymology

From distringere.

Pronunciation

Adjective

districtus (feminine districta, neuter districtum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. busy, stretched (pulled in different directions)
  2. distracted

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative districtus districta districtum districtī districtae districta
Genitive districtī districtae districtī districtōrum districtārum districtōrum
Dative districtō districtō districtīs
Accusative districtum districtam districtum districtōs districtās districta
Ablative districtō districtā districtō districtīs
Vocative districte districta districtum districtī districtae districta

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References

  • districtus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • districtus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • districtus 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)
  • districtus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be involved in many undertakings; to be much occupied, embarrassed, overwhelmed by business-claims: multis negotiis implicatum, districtum, distentum, obrutum esse