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(v. a.P. a.P. a.) : di-stringo, nxi, ctum, 3, v. a.
* To draw asunder, to stretch out (very rarely): radiis rotarum districti pendent, * Verg. A. 6, 616.—Poet.: (canum) rabies districta,i. e. showing the teeth,Lucr. 5, 1064; cf.: acies dentium,Amm. 14, 7, 13.—Far more freq., esp. since the Aug. per. (not in Caesar, and in Cicero only as P. a.)
* (Like distineo, II.) To detain a person anywhere, to hinder, to occupy, engage: Romanum a tergo,Flor. 2, 13, 1: urbem (i. e. Romanos) incendiis,id. 4, 1, 2: distringit quem multarum rerum varietas,Phaedr. 4, 26, 3; cf. Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 239: distringor officio,id. Ep. 1, 10, 9; cf. id. ib. 7, 15, 1; Quint. 12, 1, 5: (Jovem) votis,to molest, importune,Plin. Pan. 94, 2.—Esp. as milit. t. t., to make a diversion against an enemy, to distract the attention of: Hannibalem mittendum in Africam esse ad distringendos Romanos,Liv. 35, 18 fin.: copias regias populatione maritimae orae,id. 44, 35; cf.: Scipionem oppugnatione plurium oppidorum,Front. Strat. 1, 3, 5.
* To puzzle, confound: ut distrinxi hominem,Plaut. Truc. 5, 1, 65 (Spengel, destrinxi).
* Transf., of abstract objects: ut discordiam moveret, qua consensus Romanorum distringeretur,would be hindered, disturbed,Front. Strat. 1, 8, 1 Oud. N. cr.—Hence, districtus, a, um, P. a.
* (Qs. stretched tight, i. e.) Strict, severe (post-Aug.): districtior accusator,Tac. A. 4, 36 fin.: feneratrix (opp. amica obsequens),Val. Max. 8, 2, 2: censura,id. 2, 9, 6: districtissimi defensores,Cod. Just. 1, 55, 6.
* Divided in mind, at strife with one's self; hence, hesitating, vacillating: districtus mihi videris esse, quod et bonus civis et bonus amicus es,Cic. Fam. 2, 15, 3.
* More freq. and class., occupied, engaged, busy: judicio districtus atque obligatus,Cic. Verr. 1, 9; cf. (vinculo mortali) alii alligati sunt, alii astricti, alii districti quoque,Sen. Vit. Beat. 16 fin.: ancipiti contentione,Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 4, 9: labore vita districta,id. de Or. 3, 2, 7; Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 1; * Hor. S. 2, 8, 68; Nep. Hann. 13, 2; cf.: imperium circa mala sua,Flor. 4, 12, 1; and in the comp.: numquam me a causis et judiciis districtiorem fuisse,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16.—Adv. acc. to A., strictly, severely.
* Districte (des-): minatus,Plin. Ep. 9, 21, 4: deneganda,Dig. 3, 3, 13.
* Districtim: innocens,Sen. Contr. 7.
* Comp.: districtius: repercutere,Tert. Idol. 5: vivere,Hier. Ep. 22, no. 11.—Sup., Cassiod. Var. 9, 18.
* To draw asunder, to stretch out (very rarely): radiis rotarum districti pendent, * Verg. A. 6, 616.—Poet.: (canum) rabies districta,i. e. showing the teeth,Lucr. 5, 1064; cf.: acies dentium,Amm. 14, 7, 13.—Far more freq., esp. since the Aug. per. (not in Caesar, and in Cicero only as P. a.)
* (Like distineo, II.) To detain a person anywhere, to hinder, to occupy, engage: Romanum a tergo,Flor. 2, 13, 1: urbem (i. e. Romanos) incendiis,id. 4, 1, 2: distringit quem multarum rerum varietas,Phaedr. 4, 26, 3; cf. Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 239: distringor officio,id. Ep. 1, 10, 9; cf. id. ib. 7, 15, 1; Quint. 12, 1, 5: (Jovem) votis,to molest, importune,Plin. Pan. 94, 2.—Esp. as milit. t. t., to make a diversion against an enemy, to distract the attention of: Hannibalem mittendum in Africam esse ad distringendos Romanos,Liv. 35, 18 fin.: copias regias populatione maritimae orae,id. 44, 35; cf.: Scipionem oppugnatione plurium oppidorum,Front. Strat. 1, 3, 5.
* To puzzle, confound: ut distrinxi hominem,Plaut. Truc. 5, 1, 65 (Spengel, destrinxi).
* Transf., of abstract objects: ut discordiam moveret, qua consensus Romanorum distringeretur,would be hindered, disturbed,Front. Strat. 1, 8, 1 Oud. N. cr.—Hence, districtus, a, um, P. a.
* (Qs. stretched tight, i. e.) Strict, severe (post-Aug.): districtior accusator,Tac. A. 4, 36 fin.: feneratrix (opp. amica obsequens),Val. Max. 8, 2, 2: censura,id. 2, 9, 6: districtissimi defensores,Cod. Just. 1, 55, 6.
* Divided in mind, at strife with one's self; hence, hesitating, vacillating: districtus mihi videris esse, quod et bonus civis et bonus amicus es,Cic. Fam. 2, 15, 3.
* More freq. and class., occupied, engaged, busy: judicio districtus atque obligatus,Cic. Verr. 1, 9; cf. (vinculo mortali) alii alligati sunt, alii astricti, alii districti quoque,Sen. Vit. Beat. 16 fin.: ancipiti contentione,Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 4, 9: labore vita districta,id. de Or. 3, 2, 7; Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 1; * Hor. S. 2, 8, 68; Nep. Hann. 13, 2; cf.: imperium circa mala sua,Flor. 4, 12, 1; and in the comp.: numquam me a causis et judiciis districtiorem fuisse,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16.—Adv. acc. to A., strictly, severely.
* Districte (des-): minatus,Plin. Ep. 9, 21, 4: deneganda,Dig. 3, 3, 13.
* Districtim: innocens,Sen. Contr. 7.
* Comp.: districtius: repercutere,Tert. Idol. 5: vivere,Hier. Ep. 22, no. 11.—Sup., Cassiod. Var. 9, 18.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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