Substringo, substringis, substrinxi, substrictum, substríngere. Col. To vinde streict vnderneath: to straine hard: to girde vnderneath.Effusa substringere. Quint. To restraine, &c.Substringere carbasa. Mart. To tie or trusse vp the sailes.Comas substringens ligatas auro. Lucan. To trusse vp the haire in a coife of golde.Aurem substringere loquaci. Hor. To giue eare to a babler.Bilem substringere.Iuuen.To represse choler.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
sub -stringo, nxi, ctum, 3, v. a., to bind beneath; to bind, tie, or draw up (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn. subligo). 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.—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. —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.