destringo

Latin

Etymology

From de- +‎ stringo.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) 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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		dēstringere			dēstringī			dēstringēns			—
future		dēstrictūrum esse			dēstrictum īrī			dēstrictūrus			dēstringendus, dēstringundus
perfect		dēstrīnxisse			dēstrictum esse			—			dēstrictus
future perfect		—			dēstrictum fore			—			—
perfect potential		dēstrictūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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