adstringeres
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;
sg. imperf. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...confidentia vultum aut quo sit magis torvus superciliis adstringere, capillos a fronte contra naturam retro agere..."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..."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..."