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|lshtext=<b>contractĭo</b>: ōnis, f. [[contraho]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[drawing]] [[together]], [[contraction]] (in [[good]] [[prose]]; [[most]] freq. in Cic.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[contractio]] et [[porrectio]] digitorum, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150: bracchii (opp. projectio), id. Or. 18, 59: superciliorum (opp. [[remissio]]), id. Off. 1, 41, 146: frontis, id. Sest. 8, 19: umerorum (opp. [[allevatio]]), Quint. 11, 3, 83: nervorum, a [[contraction]], [[cramp]], Scrib. Comp. 255; [[without]] nervorum, Plin. 20, 17, 73, § 191: bonorum, i. e. [[consolidation]], Gai Inst. 2, 155.—Hence,<br /> <b>B</b> Transf., an abridging, shortening, abridgment, [[shortness]]: paginae, Cic. Att. 5, 4, 4: syllabae, shortening in [[pronunciation]] (opp. [[productio]]), id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: orationis (opp. [[longitudo]]), id. Part. Or. 6, 19.— *<br /><b>II</b> Trop.: animi in dolore, [[dejection]], [[undue]] [[depression]], [[despondency]] (opp. [[effusio]] animi in laetitiā), Cic. Tusc. 4, 31, 66; cf. id. ib. 4, 6, 14: animos demittunt et contrahunt; v. [[contraho]], II. B. | |lshtext=<b>contractĭo</b>: ōnis, f. [[contraho]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[drawing]] [[together]], [[contraction]] (in [[good]] [[prose]]; [[most]] freq. in Cic.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[contractio]] et [[porrectio]] digitorum, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150: bracchii (opp. projectio), id. Or. 18, 59: superciliorum (opp. [[remissio]]), id. Off. 1, 41, 146: frontis, id. Sest. 8, 19: umerorum (opp. [[allevatio]]), Quint. 11, 3, 83: nervorum, a [[contraction]], [[cramp]], Scrib. Comp. 255; [[without]] nervorum, Plin. 20, 17, 73, § 191: bonorum, i. e. [[consolidation]], Gai Inst. 2, 155.—Hence,<br /> <b>B</b> Transf., an abridging, shortening, abridgment, [[shortness]]: paginae, Cic. Att. 5, 4, 4: syllabae, shortening in [[pronunciation]] (opp. [[productio]]), id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: orationis (opp. [[longitudo]]), id. Part. Or. 6, 19.— *<br /><b>II</b> Trop.: animi in dolore, [[dejection]], [[undue]] [[depression]], [[despondency]] (opp. [[effusio]] animi in laetitiā), Cic. Tusc. 4, 31, 66; cf. id. ib. 4, 6, 14: animos demittunt et contrahunt; v. [[contraho]], II. B. | ||
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|gf=<b>contractĭō</b>,¹⁴ ōnis, f. ([[contraho]]),<br /><b>1</b> action de contracter, contraction : digitorum Cic. Nat. 2, 150, action de fermer la main ; [[contractio]] frontis Cic. Sest. 19, action de plisser le front<br /><b>2</b> action de serrer, d’abréger : Cic. Att. 5, 4, 4 ; de Or. 3, 196 || [fig.] [[contractio]] animi Cic. Tusc. 4, 66, resserrement de l’âme, accablement, v. [[contraho]]. | |||
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Revision as of 06:45, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
contractĭo: ōnis, f. contraho,
I a drawing together, contraction (in good prose; most freq. in Cic.).
I Lit.: contractio et porrectio digitorum, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150: bracchii (opp. projectio), id. Or. 18, 59: superciliorum (opp. remissio), id. Off. 1, 41, 146: frontis, id. Sest. 8, 19: umerorum (opp. allevatio), Quint. 11, 3, 83: nervorum, a contraction, cramp, Scrib. Comp. 255; without nervorum, Plin. 20, 17, 73, § 191: bonorum, i. e. consolidation, Gai Inst. 2, 155.—Hence,
B Transf., an abridging, shortening, abridgment, shortness: paginae, Cic. Att. 5, 4, 4: syllabae, shortening in pronunciation (opp. productio), id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: orationis (opp. longitudo), id. Part. Or. 6, 19.— *
II Trop.: animi in dolore, dejection, undue depression, despondency (opp. effusio animi in laetitiā), Cic. Tusc. 4, 31, 66; cf. id. ib. 4, 6, 14: animos demittunt et contrahunt; v. contraho, II. B.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
contractĭō,¹⁴ ōnis, f. (contraho),
1 action de contracter, contraction : digitorum Cic. Nat. 2, 150, action de fermer la main ; contractio frontis Cic. Sest. 19, action de plisser le front
2 action de serrer, d’abréger : Cic. Att. 5, 4, 4 ; de Or. 3, 196
