astricto
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. sg. perf. pass. part.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. 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. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.)
Examples
Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...terra 65semianimem conantur eram; quam pectore Magnusambit et astrictos refouet conplexibus artus.coeperat in summum reuocato sanguine corpusPompei sentire..."Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...exsequi solitus erat, quae Iugurthae fesso aut maioribus astricto superaverant." Sed invenimus in tertio Enni annalium..."
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...uertice mitras induimus turpemque manu iactauimus hastam. protinus astrictos didici reptare per amnes horrendasque domos magnarum intrare ferarum..."
