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
- T
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..." - L
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..." - M
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..." - P
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..."
