stringō

string-ō "streife" stringen, streifen

• From Proto-Italic *stringō,
  • from a merger of Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“to draw, twist, tie”) (for the "tie, tighten" meanings)
  • and Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to stroke, to shear, stiff”) (for the "strip off, prune" meanings).
• Cognate with strix, striga, strigōsus, stria, strigilis, strigmentum, English streak "Streigfen".

Pronunciation

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

Verb

stringō (present infinitive stringere, perfect active strīnxī, supine strictum); third conjugation

1. to draw tight together, to tie together
2. to pull or strip off, cut off, pluck off, clip off, prune

   Synonyms: prīvō, dēturbō, tondeō, nūdō, dēstringō, fraudō, adimō

3. to unsheath
4. to touch lightly, graze, wound slightly