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
Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...optume. verum heus tu, hac lege tibi meam adstringo fidem: quae vera audivi taceo et contineo optume..."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..."