strictus
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of stringō (“tighten, compress”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈstrik.tus/, [ˈstrɪk.tʊs]
Participle
strictus m (feminine stricta, neuter strictum); first/second declension
- tightened, compressed, having been tightened
- drawn (a sword)
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | strictus | stricta | strictum | strictī | strictae | stricta | |
| Genitive | strictī | strictae | strictī | strictōrum | strictārum | strictōrum | |
| Dative | strictō | strictae | strictō | strictīs | strictīs | strictīs | |
| Accusative | strictum | strictam | strictum | strictōs | strictās | stricta | |
| Ablative | strictō | strictā | strictō | strictīs | strictīs | strictīs | |
| Vocative | stricte | stricta | strictum | strictī | strictae | stricta | |
Descendants
- Albanian: shtrenjtë
- Aromanian: strimtu, strãmtu
- Asturian: estrechu
- Catalan: estret
- English: strait, strict
- French: étroit, étreint, strict
- Friulian: stret, strent
- Galician: estreito
References
- strictus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- strictus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- strictus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- strictus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to throw oneself on the enemy with drawn sword: strictis gladiis in hostem ferri
- to throw oneself on the enemy with drawn sword: strictis gladiis in hostem ferri
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