obstricto
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obstringo, obstringere, obstrinxi, obstrictus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
confine; involve; oblige, put under an obligation, bind, bind by oath;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- T
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...adeo *** inpransus ludificabitur, cum ego Amphitruonem collo hinc obstricto traham. ALC. Mirum quid solus secum secreto ille agat..." - T
Liber VI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...sacra pertinebant a pontificibus maxime ut religione obstrictos haberent multitudinis animos suppressa. Tum de diebus religiosis agitari coeptum..." - P
Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...imperanda caedes esset. ille praetorianos toti Caesarum domui obstrictos memoresque Germanici nihil adversus progeniem eius atrox ausuros respondit..." - P
Liber XI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...militum, quos pecunia et stupro in omne flagitium obstrictos arguebat, exim adulterium Poppaeae, postremum mollitiam corporis obiectante..."