adstringeret
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. 3rd
Examples
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...congressus foret, et ipsum sese et illum furti adstringeret; dum praedam habere se censeret, interim praeda ipsus esset..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...stimulos, an frena teneret irarum et motos capulis adstringeret enses. hinc pacis tranquilla mouent, atque inde pudori foeda..."
