districtus

Latin

Etymology

From distringere.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /disˈtrik.tus/, [dɪsˈtrɪk.tʊs]

Adjective

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

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

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative districtus districta districtum districtī districtae districta
Genitive districtī districtae districtī districtōrum districtārum districtōrum
Dative districtō 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, 1883–1887)
  • districtus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, 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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