contristo
contristo, to sadden, make gloomy, cloud, dim, darken
Frieze-Dennison Vergil
contrīstō, āvī, ātus, 1, a.: to make sad, sadden, overcast, render baneful or adverse; sadden, 10.275. (com- and trīstis)
con-tristo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [tristis], to make sad or sorrowful, to sadden, afflict (except in Caelius, perh. not ante-Aug.).
- I Lit.: contristavit haec sententia Balbum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 5: prudens ... non perturbatur nec contristatur nec timet, Sen. Ep. 85, 14.—Of animals, Col. 8, 8, 4; of bees, id. 9, 14, 11.—
- II Transf.
- A Of the weather, light, colors, etc., to make dark, render gloomy, to cloud, dim, darken, sadden, etc.: Auster pluvio frigore caelum, Verg. G. 3, 279; cf.: Sirius ... laevo contristat lumine caelum, id. A. 10, 275; and: Aquarius annum, Hor. S. 1, 1, 36: aram silvā super opacā, Val. Fl. 3, 427: colores (opp. exhilarare), Plin. 35, 17, 57, § 198.—
- B Of vines, to injure, hurt, damage: vites caloribus, Col. 3, 2, 20; 3, 20, 1 al.
con-trīsto, āvī, ātum, āre (con u. tristis), betrüben, verdüstern, (Ggstz. exhilarare), a) dem äußern Aussehen nach, inversum annum (v. Wassermann), Hor.: pluvio frigore caelum (v. Auster), Verg.: caelum laevo lumine (v. Sirius), Verg.: colores sulphure, Plin.: vites caloribus contristantur, bekommen ein schlechtes Aussehen, Col. – b) moralisch = trübe, düster, traurig stimmen, v. lebl. Subjj., contristat haec sententia Balbum Cornelium, Cael. in Cic. ep.: sequetur pars, quae solet non immerito contristare et in sollicitudinem adducere, Sen. – Passiv contristari medial = sich betrüben, trübe (düster) gestimmt werden, v. Menschen, numquam c., Sen. rhet.: c. ob scelera, Sen. – von Tieren, apes saepius iniuriā contristatae, Col.
See: contristare
contrīstō, (12) āvī, ātum, āre (cum, tristis), tr., attrister, contrister : Cæl. d. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 5 ; nec contristatur nec timet Sen. Ep. 85, 14, il nʼéprouve ni tristesse ni crainte || [fig.] attrister, assombrir : contristat aras silva Val. Flacc. 3, 427, il orne les autels dʼun sombre feuillage ; colores contristati Plin. 35, 198, couleurs ternies ; vites caloribus contristantur Col. Rust. 3, 2, 20, la vigne souffre de la chaleur.
- 1. verdriet doen, treurig stemmen; ➤ haec sententia eum contristat;
- 2. (poët.; postklass.) donker maken, verduisteren [caelum]; ➤ Aquarius annum contristat.
contrīstō āvī, ātus, āre
- com-+tristis, to sadden, make gloomy, cloud, dim, darken: frigore caelum, V.: (Aquarius) annum, H.