stritto
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *strey- (“to resist”).[1] Compare English stride.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈstrit.toː/, [ˈs̠t̪rɪt̪ːoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈstrit.to/, [ˈst̪rit̪ːo]
Verb edit
strittō (present infinitive strittāre); first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem
- (intransitive) To be weak in the feet
Conjugation edit
No perfect is attested.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- stritto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “stritto”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 605