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Latin
Etymology
From de- + stringo.
Pronunciation
Verb
dēstringō (present infinitive dēstringere, perfect active dēstrīnxī, supine dēstrictum); third conjugation
- to strip off
- Synonyms: prīvō, stringō, tondeō, nūdō, fraudō, dēturbō, adimō
- to scrape (with a strigil)
- to draw out
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “destringo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “destringo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- destringo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to draw one's sword: gladium stringere, destringere