districtus

Latin

Etymology

  • From distringō.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    districtus (feminine districta, neuter districtum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. busy, stretched (pulled in different directions)
    2. distracted

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative districtus districta districtum districtī districtae districta
    genitive districtī districtae districtī districtōrum districtārum districtōrum
    dative districtō districtae districtō districtīs
    accusative districtum districtam districtum districtōs districtās districta
    ablative districtō districtā districtō districtīs
    vocative districte districta districtum districtī districtae districta

    Descendants

    References

    • “districtus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “districtus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "districtus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “districtus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to be involved in many undertakings; to be much occupied, embarrassed, overwhelmed by business-claims: multis negotiis implicatum, districtum, distentum, obrutum esse
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