stringō inxī, ictus, ere
STRAG-,
to draw tight, bind tight, compress, press together
: stricta frigore volnera, L.: ferri duritiem,
forge
, Ct. dub.—
To touch lightly, graze
: laevas cautes, V.: Stringebat summas ales undas, O.: metas
rotā, O.: tela stringentia
corpus, V.: dente pedem, O.
—Of places,
to border on, touch
: Scytharum gens ultima Asiae, quā Bactra sunt,
stringit, Cu.—
To strip off, pluck off, cut away, clip, prune
: quernas glandes, V.: folia ex arboribus, Cs.: strictis
foliis vivere, L.: celeriter
gladios,
unsheathe
, Cs.: strictam aciem offerre,
V.: cultrum, L.: manum,
to bare
, O.; cf. in hostīs stringatur iambus,
be drawn
(as a weapon), O.—Fig.,
to waste, consume, reduce
: Praeclaram stringat malus ingluvie rem, H.—
To touch, move, affect, injure, wound, pain
: animum, V.: nomen
meum, O.
