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

1. collected, accomplished, contracted

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	contractus	contracta	contractum		contractī	contractae	contracta
genitive	contractī	contractae	contractī		contractōrum	contractārum	contractōrum
dative	contractō	contractae	contractō		contractīs
accusative	contractum	contractam	contractum		contractōs	contractās	contracta
ablative	contractō	contractā	contractō		contractīs
vocative	contracte	contracta	contractum		contractī	contractae	contracta

Adjective

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

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	contractus	contracta	contractum		contractī	contractae	contracta
genitive	contractī	contractae	contractī		contractōrum	contractārum	contractōrum
dative	contractō	contractae	contractō		contractīs
accusative	contractum	contractam	contractum		contractōs	contractās	contracta
ablative	contractō	contractā	contractō		contractīs
vocative	contracte	contracta	contractum		contractī	contractae	contracta

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

1. collection
2. contraction
3. contract, agreement

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	contractus	contractūs
genitive	contractūs	contractuum
dative	contractuī	contractibus
accusative	contractum	contractūs
ablative	contractū	contractibus
vocative	contractus	contractūs

Descendants

• → Asturian: contratu, contrautu (learned)
• → Catalan: contracte
• → Galician: contrato (learned)
• → German: Kontrakt
• Italian: contratto
• → Norwegian Bokmål: kontrakt
• → Old French: contract
  • French: contrat
  • → Middle Dutch: contract
    • Dutch: contract
      • Afrikaans: kontrak
      • Negerhollands: kontragt
      • → Caribbean Hindustani: kantrák
      • → Caribbean Javanese: kontrak
      • → Indonesian: kontrak
      • → Papiamentu: kontrakt
      • → West Frisian: kontrakt
  • → Middle English: contract
    • English: contract
      • → Burmese: ကန်ထရိုက် (kanhta.ruik)
      • → Welsh: contract
      • Tok Pisin: kontrak
  • Norman: contrat
• Old Galician-Portuguese: contreito
  • → Portuguese: contreito, contrato
• → Piedmontese: contrat
• → Romanian: contract
• → Russian: контра́кт (kontrákt)
• Sicilian: cuntrattu
• → Spanish: contrato (learned)

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, 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