contraho

Latin

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.?

Latin trahō

Latin contrahō

From con- + trahō (“drag”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔn.tra.(ɦ)oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔn.tra.o]

Verb

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

1. to draw in, 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: distrahō, absolvō, solvō, persolvō, rumpō, dissolvō

2. to bring about, accomplish, execute

   Synonyms: perficiō, cōnficiō, absolvō, fungor, defungor, patrō, agō, expleō, cumulō, impleō, prōfligō

3. to get, cause, produce, make

   Synonyms: acquirō, apīscor, sūmō, emō, pariō, comparō, nancīscor, conciliō

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

   Synonyms: stīpō, congerō

6. (architecture) to make smaller or tapering, narrow
7. to 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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		contrahere			contrahī			contrahēns			—
future		contractūrum esse			contractum īrī			contractūrus			contrahendus, contrahundus
perfect		contrāxisse			contractum esse			—			contractus
future perfect		—			contractum fore			—			—
perfect potential		contractūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		contrahendī		contrahendō		contrahendum		contrahendō		contractum		contractū

Derived terms

• contractē
• contractiō
• contractor
• contractōrium
• contractūra
• contractus

Related terms

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

Descendants

• Catalan: contraure, contreure
• Dutch: contraheren
• English: contract
• French: contracter
• Galician: contraer
• 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.)