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|lshtext=<b>di-stringo</b>: nxi, ctum, 3, v. a.<br /><b>I</b> To [[draw]] [[asunder]], to [[stretch]] [[out]] ([[very]] [[rarely]]): radiis rotarum districti [[pendent]], * Verg. A. 6, 616.—Poet.: (canum) [[rabies]] districta, i. e. showing the teeth, Lucr. 5, 1064; cf.: [[acies]] dentium, Amm. 14, 7, 13.—Far [[more]] freq., esp. [[since]] the Aug. per. (not in [[Caesar]], and in [[Cicero]] [[only]] as P. a.),<br /><b>II</b> (Like [[distineo]], II.) To [[detain]] a [[person]] [[anywhere]], to [[hinder]], to [[occupy]], [[engage]]: Romanum a [[tergo]], Flor. 2, 13, 1: urbem (i. e. Romanos) incendiis, id. 4, 1, 2: distringit quem multarum rerum [[varietas]], Phaedr. 4, 26, 3; cf. Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 239: distringor [[officio]], id. Ep. 1, 10, 9; cf. id. ib. 7, 15, 1; Quint. 12, 1, 5: (Jovem) votis, to [[molest]], [[importune]], Plin. [[Pan]]. 94, 2.—Esp. as milit. t. t., to [[make]] a [[diversion]] [[against]] an [[enemy]], to [[distract]] the [[attention]] of: Hannibalem mittendum in Africam esse ad distringendos Romanos, Liv. 35, 18 fin.: copias regias populatione maritimae orae, id. 44, 35; cf.: Scipionem oppugnatione plurium oppidorum, Front. Strat. 1, 3, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[puzzle]], [[confound]]: ut distrinxi hominem, Plaut. Truc. 5, 1, 65 (Spengel, destrinxi).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., of [[abstract]] objects: ut discordiam moveret, [[qua]] [[consensus]] Romanorum distringeretur, would be hindered, disturbed, Front. Strat. 1, 8, 1 Oud. N. cr.—Hence, [[districtus]], a, um, P. a.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> (Qs. stretched [[tight]], i. e.) Strict, [[severe]] ([[post]]-Aug.): districtior [[accusator]], Tac. A. 4, 36 fin.: feneratrix (opp. [[amica]] [[obsequens]]), Val. Max. 8, 2, 2: [[censura]], id. 2, 9, 6: districtissimi defensores, Cod. Just. 1, 55, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Divided in [[mind]], at [[strife]] [[with]] one's [[self]]; [[hence]], [[hesitating]], [[vacillating]]: [[districtus]] mihi videris esse, [[quod]] et [[bonus]] [[civis]] et [[bonus]] [[amicus]] es, Cic. Fam. 2, 15, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> More freq. and [[class]]., [[occupied]], [[engaged]], [[busy]]: judicio [[districtus]] [[atque]] [[obligatus]], Cic. Verr. 1, 9; cf. ([[vinculo]] mortali) alii alligati sunt, alii astricti, alii districti [[quoque]], Sen. Vit. Beat. 16 fin.: ancipiti contentione, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 4, 9: labore [[vita]] districta, id. de Or. 3, 2, 7; Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 1; * Hor. S. 2, 8, 68; Nep. Hann. 13, 2; cf.: [[imperium]] [[circa]] [[mala]] sua, Flor. 4, 12, 1; and in the comp.: [[numquam]] me a causis et judiciis districtiorem fuisse, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16.—Adv. acc. to A., [[strictly]], [[severely]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[districte]] (des-): minatus, Plin. Ep. 9, 21, 4: deneganda, Dig. 3, 3, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; districtim: [[innocens]], Sen. Contr. 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Comp.: districtius: repercutere, Tert. Idol. 5: vivere, Hier. Ep. 22, no. 11.—Sup., Cassiod. Var. 9, 18.

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