strictim

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

strictim, adv. [strictus, from stringo], straitly, closely.

I Lit. (ante- and postclass., and very rare): strictim attondere, i. e. close to the skin , Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 18: juncta crates, Pall. 1, 13: cithara balteo caelato aptata strictim sustinetur, Ap. Flor. 2, p. 351, 7.—

II Trop., slightly , superficially.

A In gen. (Ciceronian, but very rare): aspicere, Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 162: videre, id. Rosc. Am. 34, 95.—

B In partic., of speech, briefly , cursorily , summarily (freq. and class.): haec nunc strictim dicta, apertiora fient infra, Varr. L. L. 9, § 39 Müll.: breviter strictimque dicere (opp. copiosissime), Cic. Clu. 10, 29: strictim dicere (opp. multa), id. N. D. 3, 8, 19: subjungere de ceteris artibus, Quint. 1, 10, 1: scribere de aliquā re, Suet. Tib. 73 saep.

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