astringi
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;
pres. pass. infin.
Examples
Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...ventis, inde nives fieri, nivibus quoque molle rotatis astringi et spissa glomerari grandine corpus, sic illum validis iactum..."Liber V
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...proximo puteus, ex quo possis rursus astringi, si paeniteat teporis. Frigidariae cellae conectitur media, cui sol benignissime praesto..."