coarto

See also: coartó and coartò

Catalan

Verb

coarto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of coartar

Italian

Verb

coarto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of coartare

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From con- (being or bringing together, co-) +‎ artō (to draw or press close together).

Pronunciation

Verb

coartō (present infinitive coartāre, perfect active coartāvī, supine coartātum); first conjugation

  1. to press together, compress, contract, confine
    Antonyms: laxō, dīlātō
  2. (figurative)
    1. to abridge, shorten (of time)
    2. to abridge, compress (of discourse)
    3. to compel, constrain
      Synonym: cōgō

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References

  • coarto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • coarto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • coarto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Verb

coarto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of coartar