adstrictae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adstringo, adstringere, adstrinxi, adstrictus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
tie up/down/back/on/together/tightly; bind, grasp, tighten, fix; form boundary;; oblige, commit; compress, narrow, restrict; knit (brows); freeze, solidify;
dat. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →adstrictus, adstricta -um, adstrictior -or -us, adstrictissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bound (by rules), tied; terse, brief, restrained; constricted, dense, compact;; busy/preoccupied (with), intent (on); parsimonious, tight; astringent (taste);
dat. sg. (f.)gen. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (f.)voc. pl. (f.)
Examples
Liber XVI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...quae ad certum modum et ad unum exemplar adstricta sunt. Humilia praeterea tibi videri dicis omnia et parum..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...excedat, terminos ponit, huius libera et nullis adstricta uinculis religio et detrahere aliquid potest et adicere et sententiam..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...accipiunt ex quibus vires, namque et colorata et adstricta et lacertis expressa sunt: sed eadem si quis vulsa..."X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...fragile, terrenum, ut sicca humidis, calida frigidis, resolutis adstricta pugnarent, partim aut doloribus adfici aut novissime annis..."V
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...obstantium crinium inluviem tenuis arentium iactus oculorum. haeret adstricta nudatis ossibus cutis, et, in fame sua homine consumpto..."Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...siccis aer fervoribus ustus canduit, et ventis glacies adstricta pependit; tum primum subiere domos; domus antra fuerunt..."Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...siccis aer fervoribus ustus canduit, et ventis glacies adstricta pependit; tum primum subiere domos; domus antra fuerunt..."Ars Amatoria I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...pingui luxuriabit humo. Pectora dum gaudent nec sunt adstricta dolore, Ipsa patent, blanda tum subit arte Venus..."
