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constringo

Italian

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

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constringo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of constringere

Latin

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of cōnstringō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cōnstringō cōnstringis cōnstringit cōnstringimus cōnstringitis cōnstringunt
imperfect cōnstringēbam cōnstringēbās cōnstringēbat cōnstringēbāmus cōnstringēbātis cōnstringēbant
future cōnstringam cōnstringēs cōnstringet cōnstringēmus cōnstringētis cōnstringent
perfect cōnstrīnxī cōnstrīnxistī cōnstrīnxit cōnstrīnximus cōnstrīnxistis cōnstrīnxērunt,
cōnstrīnxēre
pluperfect cōnstrīnxeram cōnstrīnxerās cōnstrīnxerat cōnstrīnxerāmus cōnstrīnxerātis cōnstrīnxerant
future perfect cōnstrīnxerō cōnstrīnxeris cōnstrīnxerit cōnstrīnxerimus cōnstrīnxeritis cōnstrīnxerint
passive present cōnstringor cōnstringeris,
cōnstringere 		cōnstringitur cōnstringimur cōnstringiminī cōnstringuntur
imperfect cōnstringēbar cōnstringēbāris,
cōnstringēbāre 		cōnstringēbātur cōnstringēbāmur cōnstringēbāminī cōnstringēbantur
future cōnstringar cōnstringēris,
cōnstringēre 		cōnstringētur cōnstringēmur cōnstringēminī cōnstringentur
perfect cōnstrictus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect cōnstrictus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect cōnstrictus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cōnstringam cōnstringās cōnstringat cōnstringāmus cōnstringātis cōnstringant
imperfect cōnstringerem cōnstringerēs cōnstringeret cōnstringerēmus cōnstringerētis cōnstringerent
perfect cōnstrīnxerim cōnstrīnxerīs cōnstrīnxerit cōnstrīnxerīmus cōnstrīnxerītis cōnstrīnxerint
pluperfect cōnstrīnxissem cōnstrīnxissēs cōnstrīnxisset cōnstrīnxissēmus cōnstrīnxissētis cōnstrīnxissent
passive present cōnstringar cōnstringāris,
cōnstringāre 		cōnstringātur cōnstringāmur cōnstringāminī cōnstringantur
imperfect cōnstringerer cōnstringerēris,
cōnstringerēre 		cōnstringerētur cōnstringerēmur cōnstringerēminī cōnstringerentur
perfect cōnstrictus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect cōnstrictus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — cōnstringe — — cōnstringite —
future — cōnstringitō cōnstringitō — cōnstringitōte cōnstringuntō
passive present — cōnstringere — — cōnstringiminī —
future — cōnstringitor cōnstringitor — — cōnstringuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives cōnstringere cōnstrīnxisse cōnstrictūrum esse cōnstringī cōnstrictum esse cōnstrictum īrī
participles cōnstringēns — cōnstrictūrus — cōnstrictus cōnstringendus,
cōnstringundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
cōnstringendī cōnstringendō cōnstringendum cōnstringendō cōnstrictum cōnstrictū

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Descendants of constringo

References

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  • “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.
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