praestringo
Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking
Latin > English
praestringo praestringere, praestrinxi, praestrictus V :: bind or tie up; graze, weaken, blunt
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prae-stringo: inxi, ictum, 3, v. a.,
I to bind fast or hard, to bind or tie up; to squeeze tight, compress, etc.
I Lit. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): praestrictā fauce, Ov. Ib. 551: praestricta manus, Sen. Troad. 560: pollices vincire, nodoque praestringere, Tac. A. 12, 47: dracones circumplexu facili (elephantos) ambiunt, nexuque nodi praestringunt, Plin. 8, 11, 11, § 32: praestringere et strangulare, id. 17, 24, 37, § 234: vehementer praestringere aliquid, id. 10, 72, 92, § 192: umor praestrictus gelu, id. 17, 24, 37, § 217: ventus praestringit atque percellit radices arborum, i. e. comprimit, id. 18, 34, 77, § 334: panis datur ex vino ad discutienda, quae praestringi opus est, i. e. coërceri, sisti, id. 22, 25, 68, § 138.—
II Transf.
A To bind or wind about (poet.): alicujus tempora sertis, Stat. S. 5, 1, 112.—
B To graze, touch: portam vomere, Cic. Phil. 2, 40, 102 (al. perstringere): Taifalorum terras praestringens, Amm. 31, 3, 7: praestrictis palatii januis, i. e. passed without entering, id. 14, 7, 10.—
2 Trop. (post-class.): rerum novarum lugubri visu praestrictus, touched, struck, Amm. 29, 6, 9; cf. id. 16, 10, 13.—Hence, esp., to touch in speaking, to mention: nomen, Amm. 26, 1, 4; cf. id. 22, 15, 3.—With acc. and inf., Amm. 21, 7, 2.—
C To weaken, blunt, make dull.
1 In gen.: illi quorum lingua gladiorum aciem praestringit domi, i. e. by boasting, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 11: acies ferri praestringitur, Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64: nitorem eboris, to dim, id. ib.: vites, to deprive them of their eyes or buds, id. 17, 24, 37, § 227.—
2 Esp.: praestringere aciem oculorum or oculos, to blind (class.): aciem oculorum, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 4; Lucil. ap. Non. 34, 32; Liv. 40, 58, 4; cf. oculos, Varr. ap. Non. 35, 5; Cic. Vatin. 10, 24; Sen. Ep. 110, 17: obtutum oculorum, Amm. 17, 7, 2.—Trop.: vos aciem animorum nostrorum virtutis splendore praestringitis, Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 37; so, aciem animi, id. Phil. 12, 2, 3; Vell. 2, 118, 4: aciem mentis, Cic. Div. 1, 29, 61; cf.: oculos mentis, id. Sen. 12, 42: aciem ingenii, id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 46: mentes, Amm. 30, 1, 15: praestigias, Caecil. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 73 (Com. Rel. p. 59 Rib.).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
præstringō,¹² strīnxī, strictum, ĕre, tr.,
1 serrer en avant : pollices inter se vincire nodoque præstringere Tac. *Ann. 12, 47, lier les pouces entre eux et les serrer par un nœud || umor præstrictus gelu Plin. 17, 217, liquide solidifié à la surface par le froid
2 effleurer : cum lecticam ejus fulgur præstrinxisset Suet. Aug. 29, la foudre ayant effleuré sa litière
3 émousser : Plin. 7, 64 ; aciem animorum nostrorum, ingenii tui Cic. Fin. 4, 37 ; Cæcil. 46, émousser la pénétration de nos esprits, de ton intelligence (aveugler nos esprits...), cf. Cic. Div. 1, 61 ; Phil. 12, 3 ; oculos Cic. Vat. 24, éblouir, aveugler.
Latin > German (Georges)
prae-stringo, strīnxī, strictum, ere, I) zuziehen, zuschnüren, zubinden, 1) eig.: faucem laqueo, Ov.: pollices nodo, Tac. – 2) übtr., in Schranken halten, hemmen, quae praestringi opus sit, Plin. 22, 138: umor (gelu) praestrictus, Plin. 17, 217. – II) vorn streifen, -berühren, 1) eig.: cum lecticam eius fulgur praestrinxisset, Suet. Aug. 29, 3: poet., primos Liburnos praestringunt (bespülen) pelago, Avien. descr. orb. 535 sq. – dah. vorbeigehend berühren, vorbeigehen, vorbeiziehen, terras, Amm.: palatii ianuas, Amm. – 2) übtr., stumpf machen, aciem ferri, Plin.: oculos, schwächen, blenden, verdunkeln, Cic. u.a.: ebenso aciem oculorum, Liv. u.a., v. bildl. aciem animi, Plaut.: aciem mentis, Cic.: fulgor ferri, quo mens simul visusque praestringitur, Quint. (vgl. Bünem. Lact. 2, 6, 3, wo auch in den Stellen aus Val. Max. zu lesen praestr.; ebenso Sen. ep. 48, 10): traditis quorum fulgore praestringor, dessen Glanz mich blendet, Tac. ann. 14, 54: u. so miraculorum densitate praestrictus (geblendet), Amm. 16, 10, 13. – pr. vites, die W. der Augen berauben, Plin. 17, 227.
