LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst/second-declension participle

strictus

strictus (feminine stricta, neuter strictum, adverb strictim)
Classical[ˈstrɪk.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈstrik.tus]

Meaning

  1. participletightened, compressed, having been tightened
  2. participledrawn (of a sword)

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

strictis gladiis in hostem ferri
to throw oneself on the enemy with drawn sword.

strictus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from stringo.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*streyg-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*strigtós
  3. Proto-Italic*strigtos
  4. Latinstrictus

Perfect passive participle of stringō (“to tighten, compress”). From Proto-Italic *strigtos, from Proto-Indo-European *strig-tó-s, from the root *streyg- (“to shear”). Stringō originated as a merger of a verb from a nasal-infixed *streyg- (“to strip, shear”) and another from *strengʰ- (“to twist, tie”). Even though the participle is formally derived from *streyg- (because of the lack of -n-), its meaning of “tightened, compressed” developed from the second root.

Elsewhere
  • Catalanestret
  • Catalanestricte
  • Italianstretto
  • Occitanestrech
  • Occitanestreit
  • Frenchétroitfrom Old French estroit
  • Portugueseestreitofrom Old Galician-Portuguese estreito
  • Spanishestrechofrom Old Spanish estrecho
  • Romanianstrâmt
  • Sardinianistrintu
Proto-Brythonic
  • Bretonstrizh
  • Cornishstrooth

Quick answers

What does strictus mean in Latin?
strictus, a verb, means “tightened, compressed, having been tightened; drawn (of a sword)”.
What are the principal parts of strictus?
strictus, stricta, strictum (first/second-declension participle).
How do you pronounce strictus?
In classical Latin, [ˈstrɪk.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈstrik.tus].
Where does strictus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *streyg- → Proto-Indo-European *strigtós → Proto-Italic *strigtos → Latin strictus.