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
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..."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..."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..."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..."
