astrictius
Dictionary entries
- Entry →astrictus, astricta -um, astrictior -or -us, astrictissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bound (by rules), tied; terse, brief, restrained; constricted, dense, compact;; busy/preoccupied (with), intent (on); parsimonious, tight; astringent (taste);
acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →astricte, astrictius, astrictissime:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
tightly (bound), firmly; strictly, by strict rules; concisely, tersely, pithily;
Examples
Liber III
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...constare rationem, cum ea potius quae pressius et astrictius, quam illa quae hilarius et quasi exsultantius scripsi, possint..."Liber I
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...modum qui infra rem quam qui supra, qui astrictius quam qui effusius dicit. Itaque audis frequenter ut illud..."
