LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

perstringō

perstringō (present infinitive perstringere, perfect active perstrīnxī, supine perstrictum)
Classical[pɛrˈstrɪŋ.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[perˈstriŋ.ɡo]

Meaning

  1. to bind tightly together; to draw together or up, contract
  2. to graze, graze against a thing
  3. to make blunt by grazing against, to make dull, to dull
  4. to seize
  5. to touch or wound slightly with words
  6. to blame, censure, reprimand, reprove
  7. to touch on slightly, glance over, narrate briefly
  8. belittled, slighted

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Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.perstringōperstringēbamperstringamperstrīnxīperstrīnxeramperstrīnxerō
2nd sg.perstringisperstringēbāsperstringēsperstrīnxistīperstrīnxerāsperstrīnxeris
3rd sg.perstringitperstringēbatperstringetperstrīnxitperstrīnxeratperstrīnxerit
1st pl.perstringimusperstringēbāmusperstringēmusperstrīnximusperstrīnxerāmusperstrīnxerimus
2nd pl.perstringitisperstringēbātisperstringētisperstrīnxistisperstrīnxerātisperstrīnxeritis
3rd pl.perstringuntperstringēbantperstringentperstrīnxērunt
perstrīnxēre		perstrīnxerantperstrīnxerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.perstringamperstringeremperstrīnxerimperstrīnxissem
2nd sg.perstringāsperstringerēsperstrīnxerīsperstrīnxissēs
3rd sg.perstringatperstringeretperstrīnxeritperstrīnxisset
1st pl.perstringāmusperstringerēmusperstrīnxerīmusperstrīnxissēmus
2nd pl.perstringātisperstringerētisperstrīnxerītisperstrīnxissētis
3rd pl.perstringantperstringerentperstrīnxerintperstrīnxissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.perstringorperstringēbarperstringar
2nd sg.perstringeris
perstringere		perstringēbāris
perstringēbāre		perstringēris
perstringēre
3rd sg.perstringiturperstringēbāturperstringētur
1st pl.perstringimurperstringēbāmurperstringēmur
2nd pl.perstringiminīperstringēbāminīperstringēminī
3rd pl.perstringunturperstringēbanturperstringentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.perstringarperstringerer
2nd sg.perstringāris
perstringāre		perstringerēris
perstringerēre
3rd sg.perstringāturperstringerētur
1st pl.perstringāmurperstringerēmur
2nd pl.perstringāminīperstringerēminī
3rd pl.perstringanturperstringerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.perstringeperstringere
pres. 2nd pl.perstringiteperstringiminī
fut. 2nd sg.perstringitōperstringitor
fut. 3rd sg.perstringitōperstringitor
fut. 2nd pl.perstringitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.perstringuntōperstringuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveperstringereperstringī
perfect infinitiveperstrīnxisseperstrictum esse
future infinitiveperstrictūrum esseperstrictum īrī
present participleperstringēns—
perfect participle—perstrictus
perstricta, perstrictā, perstrictae, perstrictam, perstrictārum, perstrictās, perstricte, perstrictī, perstrictīs, perstrictō, perstrictōrum, perstrictōs
future participleperstrictūrus
perstrictūra, perstrictūrā, perstrictūrae, perstrictūram, perstrictūrārum, perstrictūrās, perstrictūre, perstrictūrī, perstrictūrīs, perstrictūrō, perstrictūrōrum, perstrictūrōs, perstrictūrum		perstringendus
perstringundus, perstringenda, perstringendā, perstringendae, perstringendam, perstringendārum, perstringendās, perstringende, perstringendīs, perstringendōrum, perstringendōs
gerundperstringendī, perstringendō, perstringendumsupineperstrictum, perstrictū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

strictim, leviter tangere, attingere, perstringere aliquid
to make a cursory mention of a thing; to mention by the way (not obiter or in transcursu).

per-stringo, nxi, ctum, 3, v. a.
I. To bind tightly together; to draw together, draw up, contract: vitem, Cato, R. R. 32: stomachus nimio rigore perstrictus, Veg. Vet. 3, 53; Grat. Cyneg. 296.—
II. To graze, graze against a thing.
A. Lit.: femur, Verg. A. 10, 344: solum aratro, to plough slightly, Cic. Agr. 2, 25: portam vomere, to graze against, id. Phil. 2, 40 dub. (al. praestr-).—
2. Transf., To blunt by grazing against, to make dull, to dull: minaci murmure aures, to stun, deafen, Hor. C. 2, 1, 18: juvenem multo perstringunt lumine, Stat. Th. 5, 666 (but for perstringere oculos, aciem, etc., cf. praestringo).—
B. Trop.
1. To seize: horror ingens spectantes perstringit, Liv. 1, 25; Val. Fl. 7, 81; cf. id. 7, 194.—
2. In partic.
a. To touch or wound slightly with words; to blame, censure, reprimand, reprove (class.): alicujus voluntatem asperioribus facetiis, Cic. Planc. 14, 33: aliquem vocis libertate, id. Sest. 6, 14: aliquem suspicione, id. Sull. 16, 46: aliquem oblique, Tac. A. 5, 11: cultum habitumque alicujus lenibus verbis, id. ib. 2, 59: modice perstricti, id. ib. 4, 17: ad perstringendos mulcendosque militum animos, id. H. 1, 85.—
b. In speaking, to touch slightly, to glance over, to narrate briefly: leviter transire ac tantummodo perstringere unamquamque rem, Cic. Rosc. Am. 32, 91: quod meis omnibus litteris in Pompeianā laude perstrictus est (Crassus), belittled, slighted, id. Att. 1, 14, 3: perquam breviter perstringere atque attingere, id. de Or. 2, 49, 201: celeriter perstringere reliquum vitae cursum, id. Phil. 2, 19, 47: summatim, Vulg. Dan. 7, 1.

Origins

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 perstringō From per- + stringō.

Descendants
  • Englishperstringe

Quick answers

What does perstringō mean in Latin?
perstringō, a verb, means “to bind tightly together; to draw together or up, contract; to graze, graze against a thing”.
What are the principal parts of perstringō?
perstringō, perstringere, perstrīnxī, perstrictum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce perstringō?
In classical Latin, [pɛrˈstrɪŋ.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [perˈstriŋ.ɡo].