astricte
ἐν οἰκίᾳ τυφλῶν καὶ ὁ νυκτάλωψ ὀξυδερκής → even the day-blind is sharp-eyed in a blind house | among the blind, the one-eyed man is king
Latin > English
astricte astrictius, astrictissime ADV :: tightly (bound), firmly; strictly, by strict rules; concisely, tersely, pithily
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
astrictē: (ads-), adv., v. astringo,
I P. a. fin.
Latin > German (Georges)
astrictē (adstrictē), Adv. m. Compar. (astrictus), I) straff, tres catenas inserens circa suum corpus, dum alligasset astricte, Ven. Fort. vit. s. Radeg. 25: imponendum malagma, quod digerat; astrictiusque alligandum, Cels. 8, 10. no. 7. – II) übtr.: a) durch den Rhythmus gebunden, in gebundener Weise, orationem non astricte, sed remissius (in mehr freier Weise) numerosam esse oportere, Cic. de or. 3, 184. – b) gedrängt, bündig, kurz, astrictius dicere, Sen. u. (Ggstz. effusius dicere) Plin. ep.: astrictius scribere, Plin. ep.: ille concludit astrictius, hic latius, Quint.
