- contractus
- 1.
contractus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from contraho.2.contractus, ūs, m. [contraho].* I.A drawing together:II.
acinorum,
a shrinking, wrinkling, Varr. R. R. 1, 68.—Trop.A.An entering upon or transacting of an affair: rei, * Quint. 4, 2, 49.—B.Jurid. t. t. (not in Cic.), a contract, agreement: contractus ultro citroque obligatio est, quam Graeci sunallagma vocant, Dig. 50, 16, 19:omnes contractus, ut emptio, venditio, locatio, conductio, societas, depositum, mutuum, et alii innumerabiles,
Just. Inst. 1, 2, 2; Gai Inst. 3, 88 sqq.: stipulationum sponsionumque, Serv. Sulp. ap. Gell. 4, 4, 2; Dig. 24, 3, 23 et saep.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.