LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

astringō

astringō (present infinitive astringere, perfect active astrīnxī, supine astrictum)
Classical[asˈtrɪŋ.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[asˈtriŋ.ɡo]
astrictus perf. pass. ptcp.

Meaning

  1. to draw close, bind or tie together; tighten, contract
  2. to check, repress, restrain
  3. to put under obligation, oblige, necessitate

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.astringōastringēbamastringamastrīnxīastrīnxeramastrīnxerō
2nd sg.astringisastringēbāsastringēsastrīnxistīastrīnxerāsastrīnxeris
3rd sg.astringitastringēbatastringetastrīnxitastrīnxeratastrīnxerit
1st pl.astringimusastringēbāmusastringēmusastrīnximusastrīnxerāmusastrīnxerimus
2nd pl.astringitisastringēbātisastringētisastrīnxistisastrīnxerātisastrīnxeritis
3rd pl.astringuntastringēbantastringentastrīnxērunt
astrīnxēre		astrīnxerantastrīnxerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.astringamastringeremastrīnxerimastrīnxissem
2nd sg.astringāsastringerēsastrīnxerīsastrīnxissēs
3rd sg.astringatastringeretastrīnxeritastrīnxisset
1st pl.astringāmusastringerēmusastrīnxerīmusastrīnxissēmus
2nd pl.astringātisastringerētisastrīnxerītisastrīnxissētis
3rd pl.astringantastringerentastrīnxerintastrīnxissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.astringorastringēbarastringar
2nd sg.astringeris
astringere		astringēbāris
astringēbāre		astringēris
astringēre
3rd sg.astringiturastringēbāturastringētur
1st pl.astringimurastringēbāmurastringēmur
2nd pl.astringiminīastringēbāminīastringēminī
3rd pl.astringunturastringēbanturastringentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.astringarastringerer
2nd sg.astringāris
astringāre		astringerēris
astringerēre
3rd sg.astringāturastringerētur
1st pl.astringāmurastringerēmur
2nd pl.astringāminīastringerēminī
3rd pl.astringanturastringerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.astringeastringere
pres. 2nd pl.astringiteastringiminī
fut. 2nd sg.astringitōastringitor
fut. 3rd sg.astringitōastringitor
fut. 2nd pl.astringitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.astringuntōastringuntor
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveastringereastringī
perfect infinitiveastrīnxisseastrictum esse
future infinitiveastrictūrum esseastrictum īrī
present participleastringēns—
perfect participle—astrictus
astricta, astrictā, astrictae, astrictam, astrictārum, astrictās, astricte, astrictī, astrictīs, astrictō, astrictōrum, astrictōs
future participleastrictūrus
astrictūra, astrictūrā, astrictūrae, astrictūram, astrictūrārum, astrictūrās, astrictūre, astrictūrī, astrictūrīs, astrictūrō, astrictūrōrum, astrictūrōs, astrictūrum		astringendus
astringundus, astringenda, astringendā, astringendae, astringendam, astringendārum, astringendās, astringende, astringendīs, astringendōrum, astringendōs
gerundastringendī, astringendō, astringendumsupineastrictum, astrictū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

iureiurando aliquem astringere
to bind some one by an oath.
numeris orationem astringere, vincire
to make a speech rhythmical.
scelere se devincire, se obstringere, astringi
to commit a crime and so make oneself liable to the consequences of it.

a-stringo (ads-, Ritschl, Baiter, Halm, Jahn, Keil; as-, Fleck., Merk., Kayser), inxi, ictum, 3, v. a.,
I. to draw close, to draw, bind, or tie together, to bind, to tighten, contract (syn.: constringo, stringo, alligo, obligo, vincio).
I. Lit.: (hunc) adstringite ad columnam fortiter, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 25: ad statuam astrictus est, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42: manus, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 9: vinculorum, id est aptissimum ... quod ex se atque de iis, quae adstringit quam maxume, unum efficit, Cic. Tim. 4 fin.: astringit vincula motu, Ov. M. 11, 75: laqueos, Sen. Ira, 3, 16: artius atque hederā procera adstringitur ilex, is twined around with ivy, Hor. Epod. 15, 5: adstringi funibus, Vulg. Ezech. 27, 24: aliquem adstringere loris, ib. Act. 22, 25: pavidum in jus Cervice adstrictā dominum trahat, with a halter round his neck, Juv. 10, 88 (Jahn, obstrictā): aspice ... Quam non adstricto percurrat pulpita socco, not drawn close, loose; poet. for a negligent style of writing, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 174: Ipse rotam adstringit multo sufflamine consul, checks, Juv. 8, 148: balteus haud fluxos gemmis adstrinxit amictus, Luc. 2, 362: frontem, to contract, knit, Mart. 11, 40; Sen. Ep. 106: labra porriguntur et scinduntur et adstringuntur, Quint. 11, 3, 81: frondem ferro, to cut off, clip, Col. 5, 6, 17 al.; so, alvum, to make costive (opp. solvere, q. v.), Cels. 1, 3; 2, 30.—Of the contraction produced by cold: nivibus quoque molle rotatis astringi corpus, Ov. M. 9, 222; so id. Tr. 3, 4, 48; id. P. 3, 3, 26: ventis glacies astricta pependit, id. M. 1, 120: Sic stat iners Scythicas adstringens Bosporus undas, Luc. 5, 436: vis frigoris (corpora) ita adstringebat, Curt. 7, 3, 13; 8, 4, 6.—Hence, also, to make colder, to cool, refresh: ex quo (puteo) possis rursus adstringere, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 25: corpus astringes brevi Salone, Mart. 1, 49, 11 (acc. to Varr. in a pass. sense in the perf., adstrinxi for adstrictus sum, Varr. L. L. Fragm. ap. Gell. 2, 25, 7).—Of colors, to deaden: ita permixtis viribus alterum altero excitatur aut adstringitur, Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 134 (diff. from alligare, which precedes; v. alligo, I. B.).—Also of an astringent, harsh taste: radix gustu adstringit, Plin. 27, 10, 60, § 85.—
II. Trop., to draw together, draw closer, circumscribe; to bind, put under obligation, oblige, necessitate: ubi adfinitatem inter nos nostram adstrinxeris, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 73: vellem, suscepisses juvenem regendum; pater enim nimis indulgens, quicquid ego adstrinxi, relaxat, Cic. Att. 10, 6; so, mores disciplinae severitate, Quint. 2, 2, 4 Spald.: ad adstringendam fidem, Cic. Off. 3, 31, 111: hac lege tibi meam astringo fidem, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 22: quo (jure jurando) se cuncti astrinxerant, Suet. Caes. 84: hujus tanti officii servitutem astringebam testimonio sempiterno, to confirm, secure, Cic. Planc. 30 fin. Wund.: religione devinctum astrictumque, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42: disciplina astricta legibus, id. Brut. 10, 40; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3: lege et quaestione, id. Clu. 155: suis condicionibus, id. Quinct. 5: auditor nullā ejus modi adstrictus necessitate, id. N. D. 1, 7, 17: orationem numeris astringere, id. de Or. 3, 44, 173 et saep.: adstringi sacris, to be bound to maintain, id. Leg. 2, 19: inops regio, quae parsimoniā astringeret milites, Liv. 39, 1: ad temperantiam, Plin. Ep. 7, 1: ad servitutem juris, Quint. 2, 16, 9: illa servitus ad certa se verba adstringendi, id. 7, 3, 16: milites ad certam stipendiorum formulam, Suet. Aug. 49; id. Tib. 18: me astringam verbis in sacra jura tuis, Ov. H. 16, 320; 20, 28: magno scelere se astringeret, Cic. Phil. 4, 4, 9; id. Sest. 50 fin.; so id. Sull. 29, 82; perh. also id. Pis. 39 fin.; instead of this abl. of class. Latin, we sometimes find in comedy apparently the gen.: et ipsum sese et illum furti adstringeret, made guilty of, charged himself with, Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 34: Homo furti sese adstringet, id. Poen. 3, 4, 27 (cf.: Audin tu? hic furti se adligat, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 39; Draeger, Hist. Synt. I. § 209, regards this as a vulgar extension of the use of the gen. with verbs of accusing, convicting, etc., but Klotz, s. v. astringo, regards it as really an old dative, furtoi furti; cf. quoi cui).—Of reasoning or discourse, to compress, abridge, bring into short compass: Stoici breviter adstringere solent argumenta, Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 13 (cf. id. ib. 3, 10, 22: Haec sic dicuntur a Stoicis, concludunturque contortius); id. Fat. 14, 32: premere tumentia, luxuriantia adstringere, Quint. 10, 4, 1 Frotsch., Halm.—Hence, astrictus (ads-), a, um, P. a., drawn together, tight, narrow, close.
A. Lit.: limen astrictum, shut, Ov. Am. 3, 1, 50: alvus fusior aut astrictior, Cels. 1, 3: corpus astrictum, i. e. alvus dura, id. 3, 6: genus morbi astrictum, costiveness, id. 1 praef.: gustu adstricto, of a harsh, astringent taste, Plin. 27, 12, 96, § 121.—
B. Trop.
1. Sparing, parsimonious, covetous (not before the Aug. per.): astrictus pater, Prop. 3, 17, 18: adstricti moris auctor, Tac. A. 3, 55: parsimonia, Just. 44, 2.—
2. Of discourse, compact, brief, concise, short (opp. remissus): dialectica quasi contracta et astricta eloquentia putanda est, Cic. Brut. 90, 309: verborum astricta comprehensio, id. ib. 95, 327: est enim finitimus oratori poëta, numeris astrictior paulo, id. de Or. 1, 16, 70; 1, 16, 60.—Sup. not used.—Adv.: astrictē (ads-), concisely, briefly (only of discourse): astricte numerosa oratio, Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 184.—Comp.: astrictius dicere, Sen. Ep. 8 fin., and Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 20: scribere, id. ib. 3, 18, 10: ille concludit adstrictius, hic latius, Quint. 10, 1, 106.—Sup. not used.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinastringō

Proto-Indo-European *streyg- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *strinégti Proto-Italic *stringō Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréngʰeti Proto-Italic *strengō Latin stringō Latin astringō From ad- + stringō.

Descendants
  • Englishastringe
  • Englishastrict
  • Frenchastreindre
  • Italianastringere
  • Occitanastrénher
  • Romanianastrânge
  • Spanishastringir
  • Spanishastreñir

Quick answers

What does astringō mean in Latin?
astringō, a verb, means “to draw close, bind or tie together; tighten, contract; to check, repress, restrain”.
What are the principal parts of astringō?
astringō, astringere, astrīnxī, astrictum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce astringō?
In classical Latin, [asˈtrɪŋ.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [asˈtriŋ.ɡo].
Where does astringō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd → Proto-Italic *ad → Proto-Italic *ad- → Latin astringō.