contrāctus adj.with comp.
P. of contraho, drawn together, compressed, contracted, short, narrow, restricted, limited : nares contractiores habent introitūs: cuticula, wrinkled , Iu.: frons, H.: vestigia vatum, the narrow path , H.: ipsos in usūs locus, too narrow , V.— Fig.: ambitus verborum, brief : studia contractiora, more limited : paupertas, stinted , H.: Contractus leget, in retirement , H.