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                    "description": "(v. a.P. a.) : stringo, inxi, ictum, 3, v. a.root strig; Gr. στραγγ-, to squeeze; στράγξ, a drop; cf. O. H. Germ. streng; Engl. strong\n* To draw tight, to bind or tie tight; to draw, bind, or press together, etc. (syn. ligo).\n* Lit.: te stringam ad carnarium,Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 66: stringit vitta comas,Luc. 5, 143: caesariem  crinali cultu, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 85: stricta matutino frigore vulnera,Liv. 22, 51: pectora pigro gelu,Luc. 4, 652: strictos insedimus amnes,Val. Fl. 1, 414: mare gelu stringi et consistere,Gell. 17, 8, 16: quercus in duas partes diducta, stricta denuo et cohaesa,having closed together,id. 15, 16, 4: habenam,to draw tight,Stat. Th. 11, 513: ferrum,Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 6.\n* Transf. (through the intermediate idea of drawing close), to touch, touch upon, touch lightly or slightly, to graze (syn. tango): litus ama, et laevas stringat sine palmula cautes,Verg. A. 5, 163; cf.: stringebat summas ales miserabilis undas,Ov. M. 11, 733: aequor (aurā),id. ib. 4, 136: metas interiore rotā,id. Am. 3, 2, 12: latus,Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 24: vestigia canis rostro,Ov. M. 1, 536 et saep.: equos,to stroke,Charis. 84 P.: tela stringentia corpus,i. e. slightly touching,Verg. A. 10, 331; cf. Sen. Ben. 2, 6, 1: coluber Dente pedem strinxit,Ov. M. 11, 776: strictus ac recreatus ex vulnere in tempus,Flor. 4, 12, 44.\n* Trop.\n* Of speech, to touch upon, treat briefly, Sil. 8, 48.—Hence, to compress, abridge: narrationis loco rem stringat,Quint. 4, 2, 128 Spald.\n* To hold in check, to rule, sway (syn. coërceo): quaecumque meo gens barbara nutu Stringitur, adveniat,Claud. B. Get. 371.\n* To waste, consume, reduce: praeclaram stringat malus ingluvie rem,Hor. S. 1, 2, 8.\n* (Acc. to I. B.) To touch, move, affect; esp. to affect painfully, to wound, pain: atque animum patriae strinxit pietatis imago,Verg. A. 9, 294: quam tua delicto stringantur pectora nostro,Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 21: nomen alicujus,id. ib. 2, 350.\n* To draw in hostility, attack with: in hostes stringatur iambus,Ov. R. Am. 377: bellum,Flor. 3, 21, 1.—Hence, strictus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), drawn together, close, strait, tight, etc.\n* Lit.: laxaret pedem a stricto nodo,Liv. 24, 7, 5: duriora genti corpora, stricti artus,Tac. G. 30: strictissima janua,Ov. R. Am. 233: si strictior fuerit pedatura,Hyg. Grom. 3, 1: emplastrum,thick,Scrib. Comp. 45 fin.: venter,i. e. bound up, costive,Veg. 3, 16: strictior aura,more severe, colder,Aus. Idyll. 14, 3.\n* Trop.\n* Of language, brief, concise: quo minus (Aeschines) strictus est,Quint. 10, 1, 77: qui (Demosthenes) est strictior multo (quam Cicero),id. 12, 10, 52.\n* Of character, severe, strict: Catones,Manil. 5, 106: mentes,id. 1, 769: lex,Stat. S. 3, 5, 87.\n* Rigid, exact (law Lat.): restitutio stricto jure non competebat,Dig. 29, 2, 85; 39, 3, 3 al.—Adv.: strictē and strictim, closely, tightly: in foramen conicies,Pall. Mart. 8, 2.—Comp., Pall. 1, 6.—Sup., Gell. 16, 3, 4.\n* Fig., accurately: strictius interpretari,Dig. 8, 2, 20."
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