stringe
Dictionary entries
- Entry →stringo, stringere, strinxi, strictus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
draw tight; draw; graze; strip off;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
XVIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...unicum et coniugem, tene pariter, duos circa tuum stringe complexum. pro inaudita feritas! ita patri non sufficit..."Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...ualidis amplexae stirpibus ulmos exierint, tum stringe comas, tum bracchia tonde (ante reformidant ferrum), tum denique dura exerce..."