contractus

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Latin

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Etymology

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Perfect passive participle of contrahō.

Pronunciation

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Participle

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

  1. collected, accomplished, contracted

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative contractus contracta contractum contractī contractae contracta
Genitive contractī contractae contractī contractōrum contractārum contractōrum
Dative contractō contractō contractīs
Accusative contractum contractam contractum contractōs contractās contracta
Ablative contractō contractā contractō contractīs
Vocative contracte contracta contractum contractī contractae contracta

Adjective

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

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

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative contractus contracta contractum contractī contractae contracta
Genitive contractī contractae contractī contractōrum contractārum contractōrum
Dative contractō contractō contractīs
Accusative contractum contractam contractum contractōs contractās contracta
Ablative contractō contractā contractō contractīs
Vocative contracte contracta contractum contractī contractae contracta

Descendants

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  • Italian: contratto

Noun

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contractus m (genitive contractūs); fourth declension

  1. collection
  2. contraction
  3. contract, agreement

Declension

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Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative contractus contractūs
Genitive contractūs contractuum
Dative contractuī contractibus
Accusative contractum contractūs
Ablative contractū contractibus
Vocative contractus contractūs

Descendants

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References

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  • 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[1], 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