stringo, inxi, ictum, 3, v. a. [root strig; Gr. στραγγ-, to squeeze; στράγξ, a drop; cf. O. H. Germ. streng; Engl. strong], to draw tight, to bind or tie tight; to draw, bind, or press together, etc. (syn. ligo).
I 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.—
B 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.—
2 To pull or strip off , to pluck off , cut off , clip off , prune , etc. (cf. destringo): oleam ubi nigra erit, stringito, Cato R. R. 65, 1; so, oleam, Plin. 15, 2, 3, § 12: bacam, Varr. R. R. 1, 55, 2: quernas glandes, Verg. G. 1, 305: folia ex arboribus, Caes. B. C. 3, 58; Liv. 23, 30, 3: frondes, Verg. E. 9, 61; Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 28: hordea, Verg. G. 1, 317: arbores, Col. 6, 3, 7: celeriter gladios strinxerunt, drew from the sheath , unsheathed , Caes. B. C. 3, 93: strictam aciem offerre, Verg. A. 6, 291: ensem, id. ib. 10, 577; so, gladios, id. ib. 12, 278; Ov. M. 7, 333: ensem, id. ib. 8, 207; 14, 296: ferrum, Liv. 7, 40 al.: cultrum, id. 7, 5, 5; 3, 50, 3; and poet. transf.: manum, to bare , Ov. Am. 1, 6, 14; id. Tr. 5, 2, 30 al.—
II Trop.
A Of speech, to touch upon , treat briefly , Sil. 8, 48.—Hence, to compress , abridge : narrationis loco rem stringat, Quint. 4, 2, 128 Spald.—
B To hold in check , to rule , sway (syn. coërceo): quaecumque meo gens barbara nutu Stringitur, adveniat, Claud. B. Get. 371.—
C To waste , consume , reduce : praeclaram stringat malus ingluvie rem, Hor. S. 1, 2, 8.—
D (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.—
E To draw in hostility, attack with : in hostes stringatur iambus, Ov. R. Am. 377: bellum, Flor. 3, 21, 1.
X —Hence, strictus , a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), drawn together , close , strait , tight , etc.
A 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.—
B Trop.
1 Of language, brief , concise : quo minus (Aeschines) strictus est, Quint. 10, 1, 77: qui (Demosthenes) est strictior multo (quam Cicero), id. 12, 10, 52.—
2 Of character, severe , strict : Catones, Manil. 5, 106: mentes, id. 1, 769: lex, Stat. S. 3, 5, 87.—
3 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.—
2 Fig., accurately : strictius interpretari, Dig. 8, 2, 20.