constringo

• IPA^(key): /konsˈtrin.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -inɡo
• Hyphenation: con‧strìn‧go

constringo

1. first-person singular present indicative of constringere

From cōn- (“with, together”) +‎ stringō (“to draw, bind or tie tight”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kõːˈstrɪŋ.ɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [konˈst̪riŋ.ɡo]

cōnstringō (present infinitive cōnstringere, perfect active cōnstrīnxī, supine cōnstrictum); third conjugation

1. To draw or bind together, to bind, tie up
   1. (poetic) To stamp or seal
   2. (in particular, frequently) To bind together with fetters, to fetter, bind (a criminal, insane person etc.)
   3. (medicine) To draw together, contract
2. (in general) To hold or bind together, to bind, fetter, restrain, hinder, inhibit, hold in check
3. (in particular, of discourse or reasoning) To bring into a narrow compass, to compress, squeeze

• constrictus (participle)
• constrictiō (noun)

• “constringo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “constringo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• constringo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.