destrictae
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;
dat. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. 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;
dat. sg. (f.)gen. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (f.)voc. pl. (f.)
Examples
- L
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..." - G
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..." - P
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..."
