Lewis & Short

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sub -stringo, nxi, ctum, 3, v. a., to bind beneath; to bind, tie, or draw up (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn. subligo).

  1. I. Lit.: crinem nodo, Tac. G. 38: ligatas auro comas, Luc. 3, 281: sinus, Sen. Troad. 88: lintea malo, Sil. 1, 689: caput equi loro, Nep. Eum. 5, 5: carnem fasciā, Suet. Galb. 21.
  2. II. Transf., to bind or draw together; to draw up, contract, check: aurem, i. e. to point or prick the ear, Hor. S. 2, 5, 95: lacrimas, Marc. Emp. 8: bilem, Juv. 6, 433.
    1. B. Trop., to check, restrain, etc.: effusa, Quint. 10, 5, 4.
      Hence, substrictus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II.), drawn together, contracted; hence, small, narrow, tight, close: ilia, Ov. M. 3, 216: crura, id. ib. 11, 752: testes castorum, Plin. 32, 3, 13, § 26: tunica, Gell. 7, 12, 3.
      Comp.: venter substrictior, Col. 6, 20.