astrictae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →astringo, astringere, astrinxi, astrictus:
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;
dat. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →astrictus, astricta -um, astrictior -or -us, astrictissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bound (by rules), tied; terse, brief, restrained; constricted, dense, compact;; busy/preoccupied (with), intent (on); parsimonious, tight; astringent (taste);
dat. sg. (f.)gen. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (f.)voc. pl. (f.)
Examples
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Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...manent mihi per Latium iurata Tonantem,per uestros astricta magos, inplete pharetras 220Armeniosque arcus Geticis intendite neruis..." - M
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...stupet inlatus mundo. set murmure nullo 760ora astricta sonant: uox illi linguaque tantumresponsura datur. 'dic' inquit Thessala 'magna..." Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...exclamas "numquam fecerat ista pater"; et numeras nostros astricta fronte trientes, tamquam de cella sit cadus ille..."- L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...quercus excutitur et quaecumque in arduis arbor commissura astricta lapidum stetit. [27,6] Labant ac madent tecta..." - M
XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...lues, quae nihil homini reliquit praeter hominem. aut astricta citra conatum sata sub ipsis tabuere sulcis, aut levi..."
