devinctum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →devincio, devincire, devinxi, devinctus:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
tie/bind up, hold/fix fast; subjugate; obligate/oblige/constrain; unite closely;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →devinctus, devincta -um, devinctior -or -us, devinctissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
attached; tied (to a person); devoted, greatly attached to (L+S);
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.)
Examples
- P
Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...misericordiam, uxorem demu'. spero consuetudine et coniugio liberali devinctum, Chreme, de(h)inc facile ex illis sese emersurum..." - P
Liber XIII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...visere. at Neronem, paelice ancilla et adsuetudine Actes devinctum, nihil e contubernio servili nisi abiectum et sordidum traxisse..." - P
Liber XI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...sine dubit, metus reputantis hebetem Claudium et uxori devinctum multasque mortes iussu Messalinae patratas: rursus ipsa facilitas imperatoris..."
