Definition of destringo
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Orthography ID = 1004381
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LEM
dēstringō, dēstringere, dēstrinxī, dēstrictus
verb (3rd conjugation)
  1. to strip off
  2. to unsheathe, draw
  3. [poetic] to touch gently, graze, skim, skirt
  4. [figuratively] to criticise, censure, satirize
Abbreviations
dē-stringo inxī, ictus, ere, to strip off: tunica ab umeris destricta est, Ph.

—To unsheathe, draw: gladios in rem p.: gladiis destrictis impetum facere, Cs.: ensem, H.: in se destrictis securis, brandished, L.

—To touch gently, graze, skim, skirt (poet.): Aequora alis, O.: corpus, O.

—Fig., to criticise, censure, satirize: mordaci carmine quemquam, O.: alios contumeliā, Ph.
 
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