Latin

Participle

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

1. collected, accomplished, contracted

Inflection

First/second declension.

Adjective

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

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

Inflection

First/second declension.

Noun

contractus m ‎(genitive contractūs); fourth declension

1. collection
2. contraction
3. contract, agreement

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Descendants

• Old Portuguese: contreito
• Portuguese: contreito, contrato (borrowing)
• Russian: контра́кт ‎(kontrákt)

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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “contractus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• contractus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• contractus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, 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