adstringerent
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;
pl. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
- M
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...confidentia vultum aut quo sit magis torvus superciliis adstringere, capillos a fronte contra naturam retro agere..." - M
Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...deicienda sunt: premere vero tumentia, humilia extollere, luxuriantia adstringere, inordinata digerere, soluta componere, exultantia coercere duplicis operae..." - M
Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...consecutos ut se ipsi homines ad seruitutem iuris adstringerent. Quin ipsa uitae praecepta, etiam si natura sunt honesta..."