praestringo

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Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

praestringō (present infinitive praestringere, perfect active praestrīnxī, supine praestrictum); third conjugation

  1. to bind fast; to tie up
  2. to squeeze tight; to compress
  3. to graze, glance off

Conjugation

References

  • praestringo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • praestringo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • praestringo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to dazzle a person: oculorum aciem alicui praestringere (also simply praestringere)