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destringo
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(verb) : dē-stringo, inxi, ictum, 3
* To strip off.
* Lit. (class.), of the leaves of plants: avenam,Cato R. R. 37, 5: oleam,Col. 11, 2, 83: bacam myrti,id. 12, 38, 7: frondem,Quint. 12, 6, 2: ramos,Luc. 4, 317 al.—Of rubbing the body in the bath, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 14; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 55; 62; Mart. 14, 51; hence also of scouring out the intestines: interanea,Plin. 32, 9, 31, § 96. Esp. freq. of the sword; to unsheathe, draw: gladium,Cic. Off. 3, 31, 112; Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 2; id. B. C. 1, 46; Liv. 27, 13 al.: ensem,Hor. Od. 3, 1, 17; Ov. F. 2, 99; 207 et saep.; hence also securim,Liv. 8, 7.
* To touch gently, to graze, skim, skirt (perh. only in the poets).
* Lit.: aequora alis,Ov. M. 4, 562: pectus arundine,id. ib. 10, 526: pectora summa sagittā,id. H. 16, 275; for which, corpus harundo,id. M. 8, 382; cf.: Cygnum cuspis,id. ib. 12, 101; and even vulnus,to cause a slight wound,Grat. Cyn. 364.
* Trop., to criticise, censure, satirize: quemquam mordaci carmine,Ov. Tr. 2, 563: alios gravi contumelia,Phaedr. 1, 29, 2.—Hence, dē-strictus, a, um, P. a., severe, rigid, censorious: quam destrictam egerunt censuram,Val. Max. 2, 9, 6.—Comp.: ut quis destrictior accusator, velut sacrosanctus erat,Tac. A. 4, 36 fin.
* To strip off.
* Lit. (class.), of the leaves of plants: avenam,Cato R. R. 37, 5: oleam,Col. 11, 2, 83: bacam myrti,id. 12, 38, 7: frondem,Quint. 12, 6, 2: ramos,Luc. 4, 317 al.—Of rubbing the body in the bath, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 14; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 55; 62; Mart. 14, 51; hence also of scouring out the intestines: interanea,Plin. 32, 9, 31, § 96. Esp. freq. of the sword; to unsheathe, draw: gladium,Cic. Off. 3, 31, 112; Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 2; id. B. C. 1, 46; Liv. 27, 13 al.: ensem,Hor. Od. 3, 1, 17; Ov. F. 2, 99; 207 et saep.; hence also securim,Liv. 8, 7.
* To touch gently, to graze, skim, skirt (perh. only in the poets).
* Lit.: aequora alis,Ov. M. 4, 562: pectus arundine,id. ib. 10, 526: pectora summa sagittā,id. H. 16, 275; for which, corpus harundo,id. M. 8, 382; cf.: Cygnum cuspis,id. ib. 12, 101; and even vulnus,to cause a slight wound,Grat. Cyn. 364.
* Trop., to criticise, censure, satirize: quemquam mordaci carmine,Ov. Tr. 2, 563: alios gravi contumelia,Phaedr. 1, 29, 2.—Hence, dē-strictus, a, um, P. a., severe, rigid, censorious: quam destrictam egerunt censuram,Val. Max. 2, 9, 6.—Comp.: ut quis destrictior accusator, velut sacrosanctus erat,Tac. A. 4, 36 fin.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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