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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konˈstrin.ɡo/
- Rhymes: -inɡo
- Hyphenation: con‧strìn‧go
Verb
constringo
- first-person singular present indicative of constringere
Latin
Etymology
From cōn- (“with, together”) + stringō (“to draw, bind or tie tight”).
Pronunciation
Verb
cōnstringō (present infinitive cōnstringere, perfect active cōnstrīnxī, supine cōnstrictum); third conjugation
- To draw or bind together, to bind, tie up
- (poetic) To stamp or seal
- (in particular, frequently) To bind together with fetters, to fetter, bind (a criminal, insane person etc.)
- (medicine) To draw together, contract
- (in general) To hold or bind together, to bind, fetter, restrain, hinder, inhibit, hold in check
- (in particular, of discourse or reasoning) To bring into a narrow compass, to compress, squeeze
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References
- “constringo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “constringo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- constringo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.