constringes
Dictionary entries
- Entry →constringo, constringere, constrinxi, constrictus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bind fast/tight, tie up/together; confine, restrain; hinder, inhibit, control;; compress/squeeze; make smaller/lessen/contract; hold together; congeal/freeze;
sg. fut. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
- T
Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...conticiscam, nam audio aperiri fores. IV.vii NIC. Constringe tu illi, Artamo, actutum manus. CHRYS. Quid feci? NIC. Impinge..." - L
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...referas. Illos conpesce, marcentia in te excita, soluta constringe, contumacia doma, cupiditates tuas publicasque quantum potes vexa..." - G
Liber VII
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...studia mores fama, suprema denique hominum iudicia constringant. Vale. C. PLINIUS CORNUTO SUO S. Pareo, collega carissime..."