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restringo
restringo
Latin
Etymology
From re- + stringō (“press, tighten, compress”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /reˈstrin.ɡoː/
Verb
restringō (present infinitive restringere, perfect active restrīnxī, supine restrictum); third conjugation
- I draw back tightly, bind back or fast, tighten.
- I unfasten, unclose, open.
- (figuratively) I restrain, confine, restrict.
Inflection
Derived terms
- restrictē
- restrictim
- restrictio
- restrictus
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References
- restringo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- restringo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “restringo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.