perstringens
Dictionary entries
- Entry →perstringo, perstringere, perstrinxi, perstrictus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
graze, graze against; make tight all over; offend, make unfavorable mention;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
- P
Liber V
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...eiusdem epistulae increpuit amicitias muliebris, Fufium consulem oblique perstringens. is gratia Augustae floruerat, aptus adliciendis feminarum animis, dicax..." - P
Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...turbido incessu exterritam oratione saeva increpat, oblique Germanicum perstringens quod contra decus Romani nominis non Atheniensis tot cladibus..."