LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

stringō

stringō (present infinitive stringere, perfect active strīnxī, supine strictum)
Classical[ˈstrɪŋ.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[ˈstriŋ.ɡo]

Meaning

  1. to draw tight together, to tie together
  2. to pull or strip off, cut off, pluck off, clip off, prune
  3. to unsheath
  4. to touch lightly, graze, wound slightly

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.stringōstringēbamstringamstrīnxīstrīnxeramstrīnxerō
2nd sg.stringisstringēbāsstringēsstrīnxistīstrīnxerāsstrīnxeris
3rd sg.stringitstringēbatstringetstrīnxitstrīnxeratstrīnxerit
1st pl.stringimusstringēbāmusstringēmusstrīnximusstrīnxerāmusstrīnxerimus
2nd pl.stringitisstringēbātisstringētisstrīnxistisstrīnxerātisstrīnxeritis
3rd pl.stringuntstringēbantstringentstrīnxērunt
strīnxēre		strīnxerantstrīnxerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.stringamstringeremstrīnxerimstrīnxissem
2nd sg.stringāsstringerēsstrīnxerīsstrīnxissēs
3rd sg.stringatstringeretstrīnxeritstrīnxisset
1st pl.stringāmusstringerēmusstrīnxerīmusstrīnxissēmus
2nd pl.stringātisstringerētisstrīnxerītisstrīnxissētis
3rd pl.stringantstringerentstrīnxerintstrīnxissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.stringorstringēbarstringar
2nd sg.stringeris
stringere		stringēbāris
stringēbāre		stringēris
stringēre
3rd sg.stringiturstringēbāturstringētur
1st pl.stringimurstringēbāmurstringēmur
2nd pl.stringiminīstringēbāminīstringēminī
3rd pl.stringunturstringēbanturstringentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.stringarstringerer
2nd sg.stringāris
stringāre		stringerēris
stringerēre
3rd sg.stringāturstringerētur
1st pl.stringāmurstringerēmur
2nd pl.stringāminīstringerēminī
3rd pl.stringanturstringerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.stringestringere
pres. 2nd pl.stringitestringiminī
fut. 2nd sg.stringitōstringitor
fut. 3rd sg.stringitōstringitor
fut. 2nd pl.stringitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.stringuntōstringuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivestringerestringī
perfect infinitivestrīnxissestrictum esse
future infinitivestrictūrum essestrictum īrī
present participlestringēns—
perfect participle—strictus
future participlestrictūrus
strictūra, strictūrā, strictūrae, strictūram, strictūrārum, strictūrās, strictūre, strictūrī, strictūrīs, strictūrō, strictūrōrum, strictūrōs, strictūrum		stringendus
stringundus, stringenda, stringendā, stringendae, stringendam, stringendārum, stringendās, stringende, stringendīs, stringendōrum, stringendōs, stringunda, stringundā, stringundae, stringundam, stringundārum, stringundās, stringunde, stringundī, stringundīs, stringundō, stringundōrum, stringundōs, stringundum
gerundstringendī, stringendō, stringendumsupinestrictum, strictū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

gladium stringere, destringere
to draw one's sword.

stringo, inxi, ictum, 3, v. a. root strig; Gr. στραγγ-, to squeeze; στράγξ, a drop; cf. O. H. Germ. streng; Engl. strong,
I. 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.—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.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*streyg-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*strinégti
  3. Proto-Italic*stringō
  4. Proto-Indo-European*strengʰ-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*stréngʰeti
  6. Proto-Italic*strengō
  7. Latinstringō

From a merger of two earlier verbs: * Proto-Italic *stringō (“to strip off”), from Proto-Indo-European *stri-né-g-ti ~ *stri-n-g-énti, nasal infix present of the root *streyg- (“to strip, shear”). * Proto-Italic *strengō (“to twist, tie”), from Proto-Indo-European *stréngʰ-e-ti, thematic present of the root *strengʰ- (“to twist”). Related to strix, striga, strigōsus, stria, strigilis, strigmentum. Cognate with English streak.

Elsewhere
  • Catalanestrènyer
  • Italianstringere
  • Italianstrignere
  • Italianstregnere
  • Italianstringa
  • Occitanestrénher
  • Occitanestrénger
  • Frenchétreindrefrom Old French estreindre
  • Englishstrainfrom Old French estreindre
  • Spanishestreñirfrom Old Spanish estrennir
Old Galician-Portuguese
  • Portugueseestringir
  • Galicianestrinxir

Quick answers

What does stringō mean in Latin?
stringō, a verb, means “to draw tight together, to tie together; to pull or strip off, cut off, pluck off, clip off, prune; to unsheath”.
What are the principal parts of stringō?
stringō, stringere, strīnxī, strictum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce stringō?
In classical Latin, [ˈstrɪŋ.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈstriŋ.ɡo].
Where does stringō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *streyg- → Proto-Indo-European *strinégti → Proto-Italic *stringō → Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- → Proto-Indo-European *stréngʰeti → Proto-Italic *strengō → Latin stringō.