astringunt
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;
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...sucos,et qui tinguentes croceo medicamine crinemfluxa coloratis astringunt carbasa gemmis,quique suas struxere pyras uiuique calentis 240conscendere..."Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...subditiui praemium gnati petit? Sen. Regum superbam liberi astringunt fidem. Oe. Secreta thalami fare quo excipias modo..."