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.