contraho

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ trahō (“drag”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.tra.hoː/, [ˈkɔn̪t̪rä(ɦ)oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.tra.o/, [ˈkɔn̪t̪räo]

Verb

contrahō (present infinitive contrahere, perfect active contrāxī, supine contractum); third conjugation

1. I draw, bring or drag several objects together; collect, assemble, gather, amass.

   Synonyms: compellō, glomerō, cōgō, conferō, consociō, congerō, cōnstruō, coniungō, iungō, conciliō, concieō, concitō, conserō, illigō, colligō, ligō, convehō, committō, reficiō

   Antonyms: distraho, absolvo, solvo, persolvo, rumpo, dissolvo

2. I bring about, accomplish, execute

   Synonyms: perficio, conficio, absolvo, fungor, defungor, patro, ago, expleo, cumulo, impleo, profligo

3. I get, cause, produce, make.

   Synonyms: acquiro, apiscor, sumo, emo, pario, comparo, nanciscor, concilio

4. I make a contract, conclude, transact, do business, contract.
5. I draw close or together, draw in, contract, compress, shorten, narrow, lessen, abridge, diminish.

   Synonyms: stīpō, congerō

6. (architecture) I make smaller or tapering, narrow.
7. I draw in, lessen, check, restrain.

Conjugation

Conjugation of contrahō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	contrahō	contrahis	contrahit	contrahimus	contrahitis	contrahunt
	imperfect	contrahēbam	contrahēbās	contrahēbat	contrahēbāmus	contrahēbātis	contrahēbant
	future	contraham	contrahēs	contrahet	contrahēmus	contrahētis	contrahent
	perfect	contrāxī	contrāxistī	contrāxit	contrāximus	contrāxistis	contrāxērunt, contrāxēre
	pluperfect	contrāxeram	contrāxerās	contrāxerat	contrāxerāmus	contrāxerātis	contrāxerant
	future perfect	contrāxerō	contrāxeris	contrāxerit	contrāxerimus	contrāxeritis	contrāxerint
passive	present	contrahor	contraheris, contrahere	contrahitur	contrahimur	contrahiminī	contrahuntur
	imperfect	contrahēbar	contrahēbāris, contrahēbāre	contrahēbātur	contrahēbāmur	contrahēbāminī	contrahēbantur
	future	contrahar	contrahēris, contrahēre	contrahētur	contrahēmur	contrahēminī	contrahentur
	perfect	contractus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	contractus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	contractus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	contraham	contrahās	contrahat	contrahāmus	contrahātis	contrahant
	imperfect	contraherem	contraherēs	contraheret	contraherēmus	contraherētis	contraherent
	perfect	contrāxerim	contrāxerīs	contrāxerit	contrāxerīmus	contrāxerītis	contrāxerint
	pluperfect	contrāxissem	contrāxissēs	contrāxisset	contrāxissēmus	contrāxissētis	contrāxissent
passive	present	contrahar	contrahāris, contrahāre	contrahātur	contrahāmur	contrahāminī	contrahantur
	imperfect	contraherer	contraherēris, contraherēre	contraherētur	contraherēmur	contraherēminī	contraherentur
	perfect	contractus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	contractus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	contrahe	—	—	contrahite	—
	future	—	contrahitō	contrahitō	—	contrahitōte	contrahuntō
passive	present	—	contrahere	—	—	contrahiminī	—
	future	—	contrahitor	contrahitor	—	—	contrahuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		contrahere	contrāxisse	contractūrum esse	contrahī	contractum esse	contractum īrī
participles		contrahēns	—	contractūrus	—	contractus	contrahendus, contrahundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		contrahendī	contrahendō	contrahendum	contrahendō	contractum	contractū

Derived terms

• contrāctiō
• contrāctor
• contrāctus
• contrāctē
• contrāctōrium
• contrāctūra

 

Related terms

• abstrahō
• attrahō
• circumtrahō
• distrahō
• dētrahō
• extrahō
• intertrahō
• intrahō
• obtrahō
• pertrahō
• prōtrahō
• retrahō
• subtrahō
• supertrahō
• trahō

 

Descendants

• Catalan: contraure, contreure
• Dutch: contraheren
• English: contract
• French: contracter
• Italian: contrarre
• Norwegian Bokmål: kontrakt
• Portuguese: contrair
• Romanian: contracta, contrage
• Sicilian: cuntràjiri
• Spanish: contraer

References

• “contraho”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “contraho”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• contraho in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to frown: frontem contrahere (opp. explicare)
    
  • to form a friendship with any one: amicitiam cum aliquo jungere, facere, inire, contrahere
    
  • to have business relations with some one: contrahere rem or negotium cum aliquo (Cluent. 14. 41)
    
  • to do no business with a man: nihil cum aliquo contrahere
    
  • to incur debts: aes alienum (always in sing.) facere, contrahere
    
  • to commit some blameworthy action: culpam committere, contrahere
    
  • to concentrate troops: conducere, contrahere copias
    
  • to furl the sails: vela contrahere (also metaph.)