interstringo

Latin

Etymology

From inter- +‎ stringō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /in.terˈstrin.ɡoː/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛrˈs̠t̪rɪŋɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.terˈstrin.ɡo/, [in̪t̪erˈst̪riŋɡo]

Verb

interstringō (present infinitive interstringere, perfect active interstrīnxī, supine interstrictum); third conjugation

1. (poetic) to squeeze tight
2. to throttle, strangle
   • c. 186 BCE, Plautus, Aulularia 4.4.32:

     ibo intro atque illi socienno tuo iam interstringam gulam.

     I'll go in there, and that accomplice of yours—I'll strangle him on the spot.

Conjugation

Conjugation of interstringō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	interstringō	interstringis	interstringit	interstringimus	interstringitis	interstringunt
	imperfect	interstringēbam	interstringēbās	interstringēbat	interstringēbāmus	interstringēbātis	interstringēbant
	future	interstringam	interstringēs	interstringet	interstringēmus	interstringētis	interstringent
	perfect	interstrīnxī	interstrīnxistī	interstrīnxit	interstrīnximus	interstrīnxistis	interstrīnxērunt, interstrīnxēre
	pluperfect	interstrīnxeram	interstrīnxerās	interstrīnxerat	interstrīnxerāmus	interstrīnxerātis	interstrīnxerant
	future perfect	interstrīnxerō	interstrīnxeris	interstrīnxerit	interstrīnxerimus	interstrīnxeritis	interstrīnxerint
passive	present	interstringor	interstringeris, interstringere	interstringitur	interstringimur	interstringiminī	interstringuntur
	imperfect	interstringēbar	interstringēbāris, interstringēbāre	interstringēbātur	interstringēbāmur	interstringēbāminī	interstringēbantur
	future	interstringar	interstringēris, interstringēre	interstringētur	interstringēmur	interstringēminī	interstringentur
	perfect	interstrictus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	interstrictus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	interstrictus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	interstringam	interstringās	interstringat	interstringāmus	interstringātis	interstringant
	imperfect	interstringerem	interstringerēs	interstringeret	interstringerēmus	interstringerētis	interstringerent
	perfect	interstrīnxerim	interstrīnxerīs	interstrīnxerit	interstrīnxerīmus	interstrīnxerītis	interstrīnxerint
	pluperfect	interstrīnxissem	interstrīnxissēs	interstrīnxisset	interstrīnxissēmus	interstrīnxissētis	interstrīnxissent
passive	present	interstringar	interstringāris, interstringāre	interstringātur	interstringāmur	interstringāminī	interstringantur
	imperfect	interstringerer	interstringerēris, interstringerēre	interstringerētur	interstringerēmur	interstringerēminī	interstringerentur
	perfect	interstrictus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	interstrictus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	interstringe	—	—	interstringite	—
	future	—	interstringitō	interstringitō	—	interstringitōte	interstringuntō
passive	present	—	interstringere	—	—	interstringiminī	—
	future	—	interstringitor	interstringitor	—	—	interstringuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		interstringere	interstrīnxisse	interstrictūrum esse	interstringī	interstrictum esse	interstrictum īrī
participles		interstringēns	—	interstrictūrus	—	interstrictus	interstringendus, interstringundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		interstringendī	interstringendō	interstringendum	interstringendō	interstrictum	interstrictū

References

• “interstringo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• interstringo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.