praestringo

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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to dazzle a person: oculorum aciem alicui praestringere (also simply praestringere)