destringo
Latin
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /deːsˈtrin.ɡoː/, [d̪eːs̠ˈt̪rɪŋɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /desˈtrin.ɡo/, [d̪esˈt̪riŋɡo]
Verb
editdēstringō (present infinitive dēstringere, perfect active dēstrīnxī, supine dēstrictum); third conjugation
- to strip off
- to scrape (with a strigil)
- to draw out
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.25:
- Ea disiecta gladiis destrictis in eos impetum fecerunt.
- That being dispersed, they made a charge on them with drawn swords.
- Ea disiecta gladiis destrictis in eos impetum fecerunt.
Conjugation
editDescendants
edit- Catalan: destrènyer
- Old French: destraindre
References
edit- “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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to draw one's sword: gladium stringere, destringere
- to draw one's sword: gladium stringere, destringere