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strictim

strictim, superficially, cursorily, summarily, briefly

strictim, adv. [strictus, from stringo], straitly, closely.
  • I Lit. (ante- and postclass., and very rare): strictim attondere, i. e. close to the skin, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 18 (268): juncta crates, Pall. 1, 13: cithara balteo caelato aptata strictim sustinetur, Ap. Flor. 2, p. 351, 7.—
  • II Trop., slightly, superficially.
    • A In gen. (Ciceronian, but very rare): aspicere, Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 162: videre, id. Rosc. Am. 34, 95.—
    • B In partic., of speech, briefly, cursorily, summarily (freq. and class.): haec nunc strictim dicta, apertiora fient infra, Varr. L. L. 9, § 39 Müll.: breviter strictimque dicere (opp. copiosissime), Cic. Clu. 10, 29: strictim dicere (opp. multa), id. N. D. 3, 8, 19: subjungere de ceteris artibus, Quint. 1, 10, 1: scribere de aliquā re, Suet. Tib. 73 saep.

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