constrictus

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• constringo, constringere, constrinxi, constrictus:

  Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive

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  Frequent

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  Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

  = bind fast/tight, tie up/together; confine, restrain; hinder, inhibit, control;; compress/squeeze; make smaller/lessen/contract; hold together; congeal/freeze;

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  nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
• constrictus, constricta -um, constrictior -or -us, constrictissimus -a -um:

  Adjective · 1st declension

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  Pliny

  Dictionary:

  Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

  = small/limited in size; marked by contraction/tightening; compressed/contracted;

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  nom. sg. (m.)