astrictis
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;
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. 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);
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all)
Examples
Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...uenia, si uiceris, ipse paciscor.' 515fatur et astrictis laxari uincula palmis imperat. heu, quanto melius uel caede peracta..."
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...tangere; uix credunt oculis ingentiaque horrent funera et astrictis accedunt comminus armis. tandem adiit Hypseus capulumque in morte..."
