destricta
Dictionary entries
- Entry →destringo, destringere, destrinxi, destrictus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
strip off, remove by cutting; strip (clothes); scrape/rub down (w/strigil);; scour (bowels); draw (sword); graze; touch lightly; censure/criticize/satirize;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. pl. perf. pass. part.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →destrictus, destricta -um, destrictior -or -us, destrictissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
strict, severe; uncompromising; unreserved; rigid (L+S); censorious;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.)
Examples
Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...euertet domum. Quid ista uecors tela feminea manu destricta praefert? quem petit dextra uirum Lacaena cultu, ferrum Amazonium..."Liber II
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...unus atriensibus,cui tunica ab umeris linteo Pelusioerat destricta, cirris dependentibus,perambulante laeta domino viridia,alveolo coepit ligneo..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...Othonem omnium militum studia, desertum fuga populi forum, destricta adversus dubitantis tela. iuxta Curtii lacum trepidatione ferentium Galba..."