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alligator

Dictionary entries

  • alligo, alligare, alligavi, alligatus:

    Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive

    Frequency:
    Very Frequent
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = bind/fetter (to); bandage; hinder, impede, detain; accuse; implicate/involve in;

    Entry →
    sg. fut. pass. imp. 2nd
    sg. fut. pass. imp. 3rd
  • alligator, alligatoris:

    Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension

    Frequency:
    Very Rare
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = one who ties or binds (to a support);

    Entry →
    nom. sg.
    voc. sg.

Examples

  • L

    Libri XIV-XV

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM

    "...exigunt, leges autem philosophiae breves sunt et omnia alligant. Adice nunc quod sapientiae praecepta finita debent esse..."
  • L

    Liber VI

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM

    "...contra illa ibit et inter illa. Nos multa alligant, multa debilitant. Diu in istis vitiis iacuimus, elui difficile..."
  • M

    X

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES

    "...quamquam volatilem vagamque imaginem, morti stringunt atque alligant tamquam reum corpus animam. ferro vero ac lapidibus artare..."
  • G

    Liber III

    Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE

    "...sodes, tamen." "Quia uideor acer, alligant me interdiu,luce ut quiescam, et uigilem nox cum uenerit:crepusculo solutus..."

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