contractus

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔnˈtrak.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kon̪ˈt̪rak.t̪us]

Perfect passive participle of contrahō.

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

1. collected, accomplished, contracted

First/second-declension adjective.

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

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

First/second-declension adjective.

• Italian: contratto

From contrahō +‎ -tus (suffix forming nouns from verbs, designating the result of an action).

contractus m (genitive contractūs); fourth declension

1. collection
2. contraction
3. contract, agreement

Fourth-declension noun.

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• “contractus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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• “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
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• “contractus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin