devinctus
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;
nom. 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);
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...distractior intus. Et quo quisque fere studio devinctus adhaeret aut quibus in rebus multum sumus ante morati atque..."Liber X
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...removeamus: 'non est animus in sua potestate ebrietate devinctus: quemadmodum musto dolia ipsa rumpuntur et omne quod..."VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...calamitate ferre opem iubebat; uterque parens erat calamitate devinctus, unus autem succurrere utrique non poterat. invenit tamen ingeniosa..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...formae conscia coniunx. tum pater aeterno fatur devinctus amore: 'quid causas petis ex alto? fiducia cessit quo tibi..."
