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prae-stringo , inxi, ictum, 3, v. a.,
I.to bind fast or hard, to bind or tie up; to squeeze tight, compress, etc.
II. Transf.
A. To bind or wind about (poet.): “alicujus tempora sertis,Stat. S. 5, 1, 112.—
B. To graze, touch: “portam vomere,Cic. Phil. 2, 40, 102 (al. perstringere): “Taifalorum terras praestringens,Amm. 31, 3, 7: “praestrictis palatii januis,” i. e. passed without entering, id. 14, 7, 10.—
2. Trop. (post-class.): “rerum novarum lugubri visu praestrictus,touched, struck, Amm. 29, 6, 9; cf. id. 16, 10, 13.—Hence, esp., to touch in speaking, to mention: “nomen,Amm. 26, 1, 4; cf. id. 22, 15, 3.—With acc. and inf., Amm. 21, 7, 2.—
C. To weaken, blunt, make dull.
1. In gen.: “illi quorum lingua gladiorum aciem praestringit domi, i. e. by boasting,Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 11: “acies ferri praestringitur,Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64: “nitorem eboris,to dim, id. ib.: vites, to deprive them of their eyes or buds, id. 17, 24, 37, § 227.—
2. Esp.: praestringere aciem oculorum or oculos, to blind (class.): “aciem oculorum,Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 4; Lucil. ap. Non. 34, 32; Liv. 40, 58, 4; cf. oculos, Varr. ap. Non. 35, 5; Cic. Vatin. 10, 24; Sen. Ep. 110, 17: “obtutum oculorum,Amm. 17, 7, 2.—Trop.: “vos aciem animorum nostrorum virtutis splendore praestringitis,Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 37; so, “aciem animi,id. Phil. 12, 2, 3; Vell. 2, 118, 4: “aciem mentis,Cic. Div. 1, 29, 61; cf.: “oculos mentis,id. Sen. 12, 42: “aciem ingenii,id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 46: “mentes,Amm. 30, 1, 15: praestigias, Caecil. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 73 (Com. Rel. p. 59 Rib.).
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (17):
    • Cicero, Philippics, 2.40.102
    • Cicero, Divinatio against Q. Caecilius, 14.46
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    • Cicero, Philippics, 12.2.3
    • Tacitus, Annales, 12.47
    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 1.1
    • Plautus, Truculentus, 2.6
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 8.32
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 7.64
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 40, 58.4
    • Seneca, Troades, 560
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 4.14
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.29
    • Cicero, De Senectute, 12
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.29
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 110.17
    • Statius, Silvae, 5.1
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