strictio

Latin

Etymology

From stringō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈstrik.ti.oː/, [ˈs̠t̪rɪkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈstrik.t͡si.o/, [ˈst̪rikt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

strictiō f (genitive strictiōnis); third declension

1. a drawing or pressing together
   • Caelius Aurelianus, De Morbis Acutis et Chronicis 2.9.79:

     Sed praetactis membris, quae frigido mortis torpore afficiuntur calefactionibus etiam adhibitis, cum obvolutione, atque modica strictione ex lanis effecta.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	strictiō	strictiōnēs
genitive	strictiōnis	strictiōnum
dative	strictiōnī	strictiōnibus
accusative	strictiōnem	strictiōnēs
ablative	strictiōne	strictiōnibus
vocative	strictiō	strictiōnēs

References

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