dīstrictus adj.with comp.
P of distringo, drawn in opposite ways, hesitating : districtus esse, quod, etc. — Harassed, distracted, busy : iudicio: ancipiti contentione: labore vita: omni Sollicitudine, H.: a causis districtior.
districtus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from distringo. ...
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