strangle Copy link Outline 1. strangŭlo, 1 (to suffocate in any way)2. ēlīdo, si, sum, 3 to s. snakes, angues e., Virg. Aen. 8, 289 more precisely, fauces (alicujus) e., Ov. M. 12, 143. (Ango, in this sense, obsol. or poet.3. expr. by phr., gulam laqueo frangere, Sall. Cat. 55 • strangle: 1. strangŭlo, 1 (to suffocate in any way): Coel. in Cic. Fam. 8, 15: with a halter, laqueo s., Tac. A. 6, 25. 2. ēlīdo, si, sum, 3 to s. snakes, angues e., Virg. Aen. 8, 289 more precisely, fauces (alicujus) e., Ov. M. 12, 143. (Ango, in this sense, obsol. or poet.: v. to throttle.) 3. expr. by phr., gulam laqueo frangere, Sall. Cat. 55: cervicem frangere, Hor. Od. 2, 13, 6: laqueo aliquem interimere, id. S. 2, 3, 131 alicui fauces interprimere, Pl. Rud. 3, 2, 41: laqueo innectere fauces, Ov. M. 4, 378.