interstringo

Latin

Etymology

From inter- +‎ stringō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.terˈstrin.ɡoː/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛrˈs̠t̪rɪŋɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.terˈstrin.ɡo/, [in̪t̪erˈst̪riŋɡo]

Verb

interstringō (present infinitive interstringere, perfect active interstrīnxī, supine interstrictum); third conjugation

1. (poetic) to squeeze tight
2. to throttle, strangle
   • c. 186 BCE, Plautus, Aulularia 4.4.32:

     ibo intro atque illi socienno tuo iam interstringam gulam.

     I'll go in there, and that accomplice of yours—I'll strangle him on the spot.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of interstringō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	interstringō		interstringis		interstringit		interstringimus		interstringitis		interstringunt
	imperfect	interstringēbam		interstringēbās		interstringēbat		interstringēbāmus		interstringēbātis		interstringēbant
	future	interstringam		interstringēs		interstringet		interstringēmus		interstringētis		interstringent
	perfect	interstrīnxī		interstrīnxistī		interstrīnxit		interstrīnximus		interstrīnxistis		interstrīnxērunt, interstrīnxēre
	pluperfect	interstrīnxeram		interstrīnxerās		interstrīnxerat		interstrīnxerāmus		interstrīnxerātis		interstrīnxerant
	future perfect	interstrīnxerō		interstrīnxeris		interstrīnxerit		interstrīnxerimus		interstrīnxeritis		interstrīnxerint
passive	present	interstringor		interstringeris, interstringere		interstringitur		interstringimur		interstringiminī		interstringuntur
	imperfect	interstringēbar		interstringēbāris, interstringēbāre		interstringēbātur		interstringēbāmur		interstringēbāminī		interstringēbantur
	future	interstringar		interstringēris, interstringēre		interstringētur		interstringēmur		interstringēminī		interstringentur
	perfect	interstrictus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	interstrictus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	interstrictus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	interstringam		interstringās		interstringat		interstringāmus		interstringātis		interstringant
	imperfect	interstringerem		interstringerēs		interstringeret		interstringerēmus		interstringerētis		interstringerent
	perfect	interstrīnxerim		interstrīnxerīs		interstrīnxerit		interstrīnxerīmus		interstrīnxerītis		interstrīnxerint
	pluperfect	interstrīnxissem		interstrīnxissēs		interstrīnxisset		interstrīnxissēmus		interstrīnxissētis		interstrīnxissent
passive	present	interstringar		interstringāris, interstringāre		interstringātur		interstringāmur		interstringāminī		interstringantur
	imperfect	interstringerer		interstringerēris, interstringerēre		interstringerētur		interstringerēmur		interstringerēminī		interstringerentur
	perfect	interstrictus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	interstrictus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		interstringe		—		—		interstringite		—
	future	—		interstringitō		interstringitō		—		interstringitōte		interstringuntō
passive	present	—		interstringere		—		—		interstringiminī		—
	future	—		interstringitor		interstringitor		—		—		interstringuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		interstringere			interstringī			interstringēns			—
future		interstrictūrum esse			interstrictum īrī			interstrictūrus			interstringendus, interstringundus
perfect		interstrīnxisse			interstrictum esse			—			interstrictus
future perfect		—			interstrictum fore			—			—
perfect potential		interstrictūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		interstringendī		interstringendō		interstringendum		interstringendō		interstrictum		interstrictū

References

• “interstringo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• interstringo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.