constrictus
μηδέν' ὀλβίζειν, πρὶν ἂν τέρμα τοῦ βίου περάσῃ μηδὲν ἀλγεινὸν παθών → Count no man blessed 'til he's passed the endpoint of his life without grievous suffering. (Sophocles, King Oedipus 1529f.)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
constrictus: a, um, Part. and P. a., from constringo.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cōnstrictus,¹⁴ a, um, part. de constringo || adjt, resserré, compact : folium constrictius Plin. 21, 58, feuille plus resserrée.
Latin > German (Georges)
cōnstrictus, a, um, I) Partic. v. constringo, w. s. – II) Adi. m. Compar., eng zusammengezogen, a) verkürzt, arbor, beschnitten, Plin.: folium constrictius, Plin. – b) verdichtet, kompakt, pulticula constrictior, Cael. Aur. acut. 2, 18, 108.
Latin > English
constrictus constricta -um, constrictior -or -us, constrictissimus -a -um ADJ :: small/limited in size; marked by contraction/tightening; compressed/contracted
