adstringo
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. pres. act. ind. 1st
Examples
- P
Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...optume. verum heus tu, hac lege tibi meam adstringo fidem: quae vera audivi taceo et contineo optume..." - L
Liber XIX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...quid diu timeas. Sed quare istuc malum adstringo? Non est quod quicquam timendum putes: vana sunt ista quae..."