stringo

See also: stringò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstrin.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -inɡo
• Hyphenation: strìn‧go

Verb

stringo

1. first-person singular present indicative of stringere
2. first-person singular present indicative of stringare

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *stringō, from a merger of Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“to draw, twist, tie”) (for the "tie, tighten" meanings) and Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to stroke, to shear, stiff”) (for the "strip off, prune" meanings). Cognate with strix, striga, strigōsus, stria, strigilis, strigmentum, English streak.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈstrin.ɡoː/, [ˈs̠t̪rɪŋɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈstrin.ɡo/, [ˈst̪riŋɡo]

Verb

stringō (present infinitive stringere, perfect active strīnxī, supine strictum); third conjugation

1. to draw tight together, to tie together
2. to pull or strip off, cut off, pluck off, clip off, prune

   Synonyms: prīvō, dēturbō, tondeō, nūdō, dēstringō, fraudō, adimō

3. to unsheath
4. to touch lightly, graze, wound slightly

Conjugation

Conjugation of stringō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	stringō	stringis	stringit	stringimus	stringitis	stringunt
	imperfect	stringēbam	stringēbās	stringēbat	stringēbāmus	stringēbātis	stringēbant
	future	stringam	stringēs	stringet	stringēmus	stringētis	stringent
	perfect	strīnxī	strīnxistī	strīnxit	strīnximus	strīnxistis	strīnxērunt, strīnxēre
	pluperfect	strīnxeram	strīnxerās	strīnxerat	strīnxerāmus	strīnxerātis	strīnxerant
	future perfect	strīnxerō	strīnxeris	strīnxerit	strīnxerimus	strīnxeritis	strīnxerint
passive	present	stringor	stringeris, stringere	stringitur	stringimur	stringiminī	stringuntur
	imperfect	stringēbar	stringēbāris, stringēbāre	stringēbātur	stringēbāmur	stringēbāminī	stringēbantur
	future	stringar	stringēris, stringēre	stringētur	stringēmur	stringēminī	stringentur
	perfect	strictus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	strictus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	strictus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	stringam	stringās	stringat	stringāmus	stringātis	stringant
	imperfect	stringerem	stringerēs	stringeret	stringerēmus	stringerētis	stringerent
	perfect	strīnxerim	strīnxerīs	strīnxerit	strīnxerīmus	strīnxerītis	strīnxerint
	pluperfect	strīnxissem	strīnxissēs	strīnxisset	strīnxissēmus	strīnxissētis	strīnxissent
passive	present	stringar	stringāris, stringāre	stringātur	stringāmur	stringāminī	stringantur
	imperfect	stringerer	stringerēris, stringerēre	stringerētur	stringerēmur	stringerēminī	stringerentur
	perfect	strictus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	strictus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	stringe	—	—	stringite	—
	future	—	stringitō	stringitō	—	stringitōte	stringuntō
passive	present	—	stringere	—	—	stringiminī	—
	future	—	stringitor	stringitor	—	—	stringuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		stringere	strīnxisse	strictūrum esse	stringī	strictum esse	strictum īrī
participles		stringēns	—	strictūrus	—	strictus	stringendus, stringundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		stringendī	stringendō	stringendum	stringendō	strictum	strictū

Derived terms

• astringō
• circumstringō
• cōnstringō
• dēstringō
• distringō
• instringō
• interstringō
• obstringō
• perstringō
• praestringō
• reconstringō
• restringō
• strictiō
• strictivilla
• strictīvus
• strictor
• strictoria
• strictūra
• strictus

 

Related terms

• astrictē
• astrictiō
• astrictōrius
• astrictus
• constrictē
• constrictiō
• constrictīvus
• constrictō
• constrictūra
• constrictus
• destrictarium
• destrictē
• destrictīvus
• destrictus
• districtē
• districtiō
• districtīvus
• districtus
• indestrictus
• indistrictus
• instrictus
• obstrictus
• perstrictiō
• perstrictus
• praestrictiō
• praestrictus
• restrictē
• restrictim
• restrictiō
• restrictus
• strictē
• strictim
• substrictus
• superstrictus

 

Descendants

Descendants

• Aromanian: stringu, strindziri
• Catalan: estrènyer
• Dalmatian: strengar
• Franco-Provençal: ètrendre
• Friulian: strenzi, strengi
• Galician: estrinxir
• Istriot: strenzo
• Italian: stringere
• Ladin: strenjer, strenje
• Neapolitan: strenge
• Occitan: estrénher, estrénger
• Old French: estreindre, estraindre
  • French: étreindre
  • Norman: êtreindre
  • → Middle English: straynen
    • English: strain
      • → Irish: straidhn
• Piedmontese: strenze
• Portuguese: estringir
• Romanian: strânge, strângere
• Sardinian: istringhere, istringi, stringiri
• Sicilian: strìnciri
• Spanish: estreñir, estringir
• Venetan: strenxer, strenzar, strenzer, strenxar
• → Albanian: shtrëngoj
• → English: stress, strict, stringent

References

• “stringo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “stringo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• stringo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to draw one's sword: gladium stringere, destringere