destringitur
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. pres. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
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Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...publica uia errauerit? 4. In singulos seueritas imperatoris destringitur, at necessaria uenia est ubi totus deseruit exercitus. Quid..." - G
Liber III
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...dico balinei, de interioribus loquor; nam dum destringitur tergiturque, audiebat aliquid aut dictabat -. In itinere quasi solutus ceteris..."