constrinxit
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. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...orbem torquente Noto Romana iuuentus procubuit timuitque rapi; constrinxit amictus inseruitque manus terrae nec pondere solo sed nisu..."Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...arma,nec libuit mutare locum. tamen omnia torporpectora constrinxit, gelidusque in uiscera sanguispercussa pietate coit, totaeque cohortespila parata..."Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...bruma decussit decus nemorum et niuali cuncta constrinxit gelu, quodcumque gramen flore mortifero uiret, dirusue tortis sucus..."