perstringo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.

Proto-Italic *peri-

Latin per-

Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ-der.

Proto-Indo-European *streyg-der.

Latin stringō

Latin perstringō

From per- + stringō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɛrˈstrɪŋ.ɡoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [perˈstriŋ.ɡo]

Verb

perstringō (present infinitive perstringere, perfect active perstrīnxī, supine perstrictum); third conjugation

to bind tightly together; to draw together or up, contract
to graze, graze against a thing
(transferred sense) to make blunt by grazing against, to make dull, to dull
to seize
(in participle) to touch or wound slightly with words
to blame, censure, reprimand, reprove
Synonyms: obiūrgō, castīgō, arguō, corripiō, accūsō, īnsector, incūsō, damnō, obloquor, exprobrō, increpō, acclāmō, inclāmō, animadvertō, reprehendō, compellō
(in speaking) to touch on slightly, glance over, narrate briefly
belittled, slighted

Conjugation

Conjugation of perstringō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	perstringō	perstringis		perstringit	perstringimus	perstringitis		perstringunt
	imperfect	perstringēbam	perstringēbās		perstringēbat	perstringēbāmus	perstringēbātis		perstringēbant
	future	perstringam	perstringēs		perstringet	perstringēmus	perstringētis		perstringent
	perfect	perstrīnxī	perstrīnxistī		perstrīnxit	perstrīnximus	perstrīnxistis		perstrīnxērunt, perstrīnxēre
	pluperfect	perstrīnxeram	perstrīnxerās		perstrīnxerat	perstrīnxerāmus	perstrīnxerātis		perstrīnxerant
	future perfect	perstrīnxerō	perstrīnxeris		perstrīnxerit	perstrīnxerimus	perstrīnxeritis		perstrīnxerint
passive	present	perstringor	perstringeris, perstringere		perstringitur	perstringimur	perstringiminī		perstringuntur
	imperfect	perstringēbar	perstringēbāris, perstringēbāre		perstringēbātur	perstringēbāmur	perstringēbāminī		perstringēbantur
	future	perstringar	perstringēris, perstringēre		perstringētur	perstringēmur	perstringēminī		perstringentur
	perfect	perstrictus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	perstrictus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	perstrictus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	perstringam	perstringās		perstringat	perstringāmus	perstringātis		perstringant
	imperfect	perstringerem	perstringerēs		perstringeret	perstringerēmus	perstringerētis		perstringerent
	perfect	perstrīnxerim	perstrīnxerīs		perstrīnxerit	perstrīnxerīmus	perstrīnxerītis		perstrīnxerint
	pluperfect	perstrīnxissem	perstrīnxissēs		perstrīnxisset	perstrīnxissēmus	perstrīnxissētis		perstrīnxissent
passive	present	perstringar	perstringāris, perstringāre		perstringātur	perstringāmur	perstringāminī		perstringantur
	imperfect	perstringerer	perstringerēris, perstringerēre		perstringerētur	perstringerēmur	perstringerēminī		perstringerentur
	perfect	perstrictus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	perstrictus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	perstringe		—	—	perstringite		—
active	future	—	perstringitō		perstringitō	—	perstringitōte		perstringuntō
passive	present	—	perstringere		—	—	perstringiminī		—
passive	future	—	perstringitor		perstringitor	—	—		perstringuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		perstringere		perstringī		perstringēns		—
future		perstrictūrum esse		perstrictum īrī		perstrictūrus		perstringendus, perstringundus
perfect		perstrīnxisse		perstrictum esse		—		perstrictus
future perfect		—		perstrictum fore		—		—
perfect potential		perstrictūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		perstringendī	perstringendō		perstringendum	perstringendō	perstrictum		perstrictū

Descendants

English: perstringe

References

“perstringo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“perstringo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“perstringo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to make a cursory mention of a thing; to mention by the way (not obiter or in transcursu): strictim, leviter tangere, attingere, perstringere aliquid