contractus

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔnˈtrak.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [konˈtrak.tus] === Etymology 1 === Perfect passive participle of contrahō. ==== Participle ==== contractus (feminine contracta, neuter contractum); first/second-declension participle collected, accomplished, contracted ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Adjective ==== contractus (feminine contracta, neuter contractum, comparative contractior); first/second-declension adjective narrow, restricted, pinched, cramped abridged, terse restrained ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. ===== Descendants ===== Italian: contratto Sicilian: cuntrattu, cuntrajutu === Etymology 2 === From contrahō + -tus (suffix forming nouns from verbs, designating the result of an action). ==== Noun ==== contractus m (genitive contractūs); fourth declension collection contraction contract, agreement ===== Declension ===== Fourth-declension noun. ===== 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, 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 (16 July 2016 (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