restringo
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restringo
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Etymology edit
From re- + stringō (“press, tighten, compress”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /resˈtrin.ɡoː/, [rɛs̠ˈt̪rɪŋɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /resˈtrin.ɡo/, [resˈt̪riŋɡo]
Verb edit
restringō (present infinitive restringere, perfect active restrīnxī, supine restrictum); third conjugation
- to draw back tightly, bind back or fast, tighten
- to unfasten, unclose, open
- (figuratively) to restrain, confine, restrict
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- English: restrict, restrain
- Catalan: restrènyer, restringir
- French: restreindre
- Galician: restrinxir
- Italian: restringere, ristringere
- Portuguese: restringir
- Romanian: restrânge
- Sicilian: ristrìnciri
- Spanish: restringir
References edit
- “restringo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “restringo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- restringo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.