destringerer
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;
sg. imperf. pass. subj. 1st
Examples
Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...labor, uincat quicumque necessenon putat in uictos saeuum destringere ferrumquique suos ciues, quod signa aduersa tulerunt,non credit..."Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...pelle comas. LI Strigiles Pergamon has misit. Curvo destringere ferro: Non tam saepe teret lintea fullo tibi..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...quidem regis causaeque pudore, uerum bella mouet. nulli destringere ferrum impetus aut umeros clipeo clausisse paterno dulce..."Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...tertia cuspis apertum et se praebentem valuit destringere Cycnum. haut secus exarsit, quam circo taurus aperto..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...veluti custodiet ensis vagina tectus: quem cur destringere coner tutus ab infestis latronibus? o pater et rex Iuppiter..."