destringo

Latin

Etymology

From de- +‎ stringo.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːsˈtrin.ɡoː/, [d̪eːs̠ˈt̪rɪŋɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /desˈtrin.ɡo/, [d̪esˈt̪riŋɡo]

Verb

dēstringō (present infinitive dēstringere, perfect active dēstrīnxī, supine dēstrictum); third conjugation

1. to strip off

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

2. to scrape (with a strigil)
3. to draw out
   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.25:

     Ea disiecta gladiis destrictis in eos impetum fecerunt.

     That being dispersed, they made a charge on them with drawn swords.

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēstringō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēstringō	dēstringis	dēstringit	dēstringimus	dēstringitis	dēstringunt
	imperfect	dēstringēbam	dēstringēbās	dēstringēbat	dēstringēbāmus	dēstringēbātis	dēstringēbant
	future	dēstringam	dēstringēs	dēstringet	dēstringēmus	dēstringētis	dēstringent
	perfect	dēstrīnxī	dēstrīnxistī	dēstrīnxit	dēstrīnximus	dēstrīnxistis	dēstrīnxērunt, dēstrīnxēre
	pluperfect	dēstrīnxeram	dēstrīnxerās	dēstrīnxerat	dēstrīnxerāmus	dēstrīnxerātis	dēstrīnxerant
	future perfect	dēstrīnxerō	dēstrīnxeris	dēstrīnxerit	dēstrīnxerimus	dēstrīnxeritis	dēstrīnxerint
passive	present	dēstringor	dēstringeris, dēstringere	dēstringitur	dēstringimur	dēstringiminī	dēstringuntur
	imperfect	dēstringēbar	dēstringēbāris, dēstringēbāre	dēstringēbātur	dēstringēbāmur	dēstringēbāminī	dēstringēbantur
	future	dēstringar	dēstringēris, dēstringēre	dēstringētur	dēstringēmur	dēstringēminī	dēstringentur
	perfect	dēstrictus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēstrictus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēstrictus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēstringam	dēstringās	dēstringat	dēstringāmus	dēstringātis	dēstringant
	imperfect	dēstringerem	dēstringerēs	dēstringeret	dēstringerēmus	dēstringerētis	dēstringerent
	perfect	dēstrīnxerim	dēstrīnxerīs	dēstrīnxerit	dēstrīnxerīmus	dēstrīnxerītis	dēstrīnxerint
	pluperfect	dēstrīnxissem	dēstrīnxissēs	dēstrīnxisset	dēstrīnxissēmus	dēstrīnxissētis	dēstrīnxissent
passive	present	dēstringar	dēstringāris, dēstringāre	dēstringātur	dēstringāmur	dēstringāminī	dēstringantur
	imperfect	dēstringerer	dēstringerēris, dēstringerēre	dēstringerētur	dēstringerēmur	dēstringerēminī	dēstringerentur
	perfect	dēstrictus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēstrictus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēstringe	—	—	dēstringite	—
	future	—	dēstringitō	dēstringitō	—	dēstringitōte	dēstringuntō
passive	present	—	dēstringere	—	—	dēstringiminī	—
	future	—	dēstringitor	dēstringitor	—	—	dēstringuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēstringere	dēstrīnxisse	dēstrictūrum esse	dēstringī	dēstrictum esse	dēstrictum īrī
participles		dēstringēns	—	dēstrictūrus	—	dēstrictus	dēstringendus, dēstringundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēstringendī	dēstringendō	dēstringendum	dēstringendō	dēstrictum	dēstrictū

Descendants

• Catalan: destrènyer
• Old French: destraindre

References

• “destringo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “destringo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• destringo 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