praestringo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /prae̯sˈtrin.ɡoː/, [präe̯s̠ˈt̪rɪŋɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /presˈtrin.ɡo/, [presˈt̪riŋɡo]

Verb

praestringō (present infinitive praestringere, perfect active praestrīnxī, supine praestrictum); third conjugation

1. to bind fast; to tie up
2. to squeeze tight; to compress
3. to graze, glance off

Conjugation

Conjugation of praestringō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	praestringō	praestringis	praestringit	praestringimus	praestringitis	praestringunt
	imperfect	praestringēbam	praestringēbās	praestringēbat	praestringēbāmus	praestringēbātis	praestringēbant
	future	praestringam	praestringēs	praestringet	praestringēmus	praestringētis	praestringent
	perfect	praestrīnxī	praestrīnxistī	praestrīnxit	praestrīnximus	praestrīnxistis	praestrīnxērunt, praestrīnxēre
	pluperfect	praestrīnxeram	praestrīnxerās	praestrīnxerat	praestrīnxerāmus	praestrīnxerātis	praestrīnxerant
	future perfect	praestrīnxerō	praestrīnxeris	praestrīnxerit	praestrīnxerimus	praestrīnxeritis	praestrīnxerint
passive	present	praestringor	praestringeris, praestringere	praestringitur	praestringimur	praestringiminī	praestringuntur
	imperfect	praestringēbar	praestringēbāris, praestringēbāre	praestringēbātur	praestringēbāmur	praestringēbāminī	praestringēbantur
	future	praestringar	praestringēris, praestringēre	praestringētur	praestringēmur	praestringēminī	praestringentur
	perfect	praestrictus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	praestrictus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	praestrictus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	praestringam	praestringās	praestringat	praestringāmus	praestringātis	praestringant
	imperfect	praestringerem	praestringerēs	praestringeret	praestringerēmus	praestringerētis	praestringerent
	perfect	praestrīnxerim	praestrīnxerīs	praestrīnxerit	praestrīnxerīmus	praestrīnxerītis	praestrīnxerint
	pluperfect	praestrīnxissem	praestrīnxissēs	praestrīnxisset	praestrīnxissēmus	praestrīnxissētis	praestrīnxissent
passive	present	praestringar	praestringāris, praestringāre	praestringātur	praestringāmur	praestringāminī	praestringantur
	imperfect	praestringerer	praestringerēris, praestringerēre	praestringerētur	praestringerēmur	praestringerēminī	praestringerentur
	perfect	praestrictus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	praestrictus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	praestringe	—	—	praestringite	—
	future	—	praestringitō	praestringitō	—	praestringitōte	praestringuntō
passive	present	—	praestringere	—	—	praestringiminī	—
	future	—	praestringitor	praestringitor	—	—	praestringuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		praestringere	praestrīnxisse	praestrictūrum esse	praestringī	praestrictum esse	praestrictum īrī
participles		praestringēns	—	praestrictūrus	—	praestrictus	praestringendus, praestringundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		praestringendī	praestringendō	praestringendum	praestringendō	praestrictum	praestrictū

References

• “praestringo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praestringo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praestringo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to dazzle a person: oculorum aciem alicui praestringere (also simply praestringere)