Costive

alvus, i, f. (m., Att. ap. Prisc. p. 654 P.; 718 ib., and Non. 193, 26; Calv., Ael. Cin., and Laber. ap. Charis. p. 61 P.) [for aluus from alo: venter feminae ab alendo dicta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 8 Müll. and so Varr.; acc. to others kindr. with Sanscr. ulvam = uterus, and this again connected with vulva, volvo; eluô eiluô; Sanscr. val = to turn; O. H. Germ. wallen = to roll], the belly, the paunch, the bowels.

Lit.:

purgatio alvi,

Cic. N. D. 3, 22:

forsitan purgat alvum,

Vulg. Jud. 3, 24; 3, 22; cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 50:

solvere,

Cels. 1, 3:

exonerare,

Plin. 10, 44, 61, § 126:

inanire,

id. 20, 3, 8, § 14 et saep.:

non descendit alvus,

is costive, Cels. 2, 7:

cui satis alvus reddit cotidie,

id. 2, 12, n. 2:

alvus cita,

active, id. 1, 6:

alvum bonam facere,

Cato, R. R. 114:

movere,

id. ib. 115:

citare,

Col. 7, 9, 9:

adstringere alvum,

to make costive, Cels. 1, 3; so also: cohibere, comprimere, supprimere, firmare, sistere, inhibere, etc., to bind, constipate, etc.—In plur.:

ad eliciendas alvos,

Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 2.—Hence, for excrement:

alvus varia,

Cels. 2, 6:

alvus liquida, nigra, pallida, pinguis,

id. ib.; and for flux, diarrhœa: alvus corpus ac vires carpit, Col. 6, 7.—

Transf.

The womb:

in alvo gestare,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 5;

twice in Cic.: cum praegnans Dionysium alvo contineret,

Cic. Div. 1, 20:

spes in alvo commendata,

id. Clu. 12; so Hor. C. 4, 6, 20; id. A. P. 340 al.—

The stomach, the digestive organs, Cic. N. D. 2, 54; so id. ib. 2, 50; Ov. M. 6, 651.—

A beehive (very freq.):

mediā alvo, quā introeant apes,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 15:

alvi melle plenae,

Plin. 21, 12, 43, § 73:

si plenae alvi fuerint,

id. 11, 15, 15, § 40:

(apes) alvo se continent,

id. 11, 16, 15, § 43; Col. 9, 8, 1; 9, 14, 7; so id. 9, 15, 11.—

Of the basin of the molten sea in the Jewish temple:

(boves) alvum maris circuibant,

Vulg. 2 Par. 4, 3.

com-prĭmo ( conp-), pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [premo], to press or squeeze together, compress (very freq and class.).

In gen.:

(corpora) inter se compressa teneri,

Lucr. 6, 454:

dentis,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 1, 21:

cum plane (digitos) compresserat pugnumque fecerat,

Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 145; cf.:

compressa in pugnum manus,

Quint. 2, 20, 7; 11, 3, 104:

(oculos) opertos compressosque,

id. 11, 3, 76:

compressā palmā,

with the clinched hand, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 53:

compressam forcipe lingua,

Ov. M. 6, 556: labra, * Hor. S. 1, 4, 138:

tamquam compressa manu sit (terra),

Lucr. 6, 866:

manibus dorsum boum,

Col. 2, 3, 1:

murem,

Phaedr. 4, 2, 14:

ordines (aciei),

to make more dense, Liv. 8, 8, 12:

versus ordinibus,

to write closely, Ov. Am. 1, 11, 21:

mulierem,

to lie with, Plaut. Aul. prol. 30; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 57; 5, 3, 30; id. Phorm. 5, 9, 29; Liv. 1, 4, 2 al.—Hence the equivocation in Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 192; id. Rud. 4, 4, 29 sq.; id. Truc. 2, 2, 6.—Also of the treading of a peacock, Col. 8, 11, 5.— Prov.: compressis manibus sedere, with the hands folded, i. e. to be unemployed, at leisure, Liv. 7, 13, 7; cf.:

compressas tenuisse manus,

Luc. 2, 292.—

Esp. with the access. idea of restraining free motion.

To hold back, hold, keep in, restrain; prop.:

animam,

to hold one's breath, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28:

manum,

to keep off, id. Heaut. 3, 3, 29:

linguam alicui,

to silence him, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 192; cf. I. supra, and id. Mil. 2, 6, 88:

aquam (opp. inmittere),

Dig. 39, 3, 1, § 1:

tela manu,

Stat. Th. 11, 33:

alvum,

to check a diarrhœa, Cels. 1, 10; 6, 18, 7; so,

stomachum,

to bind, make costive, id. 4, 5 fin.; and transf. to the person: si morbus [p. 395] aliquem compresserit, id. praef.—

Trop.

Of passions, dispositions, intentions, actions, etc., to restrain, hinder, check, repress, curb (very freq.):

vocem et orationem,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 16:

gressum,

Verg. A. 6, 389:

consilium,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 6:

comprimere atque restinguere incensam illius cupiditatem,

Cic. Pis. 25, 59; cf. id. Cael. 31, 25:

conatum atque audaciam furentis hominis,

id. Phil. 10, 5, 11:

Clodii conatus furoresque,

id. Off. 2, 17, 58; cf. Liv. 3, 38, 7:

amor compressus edendi,

Verg. A. 8, 184:

tribunicios furores,

Cic. Mur. 11, 24:

ferocitatem tuam istam,

id. Vatin. 1, 2:

seditionem,

Liv. 2, 23, 10:

motus,

id. 1, 60, 1:

multi temere excitati tumultus sunt compressique,

id. 26, 10, 10:

plausum,

Cic. Deiot. 12, 34:

exsultantem laetitiam,

id. Top. 22, 86:

voce manuque Murmura,

Ov. M. 1, 206:

conscientiam,

to silence, Cic. Fin. 2, 17, 54 et saep. —

Transf. to the person:

non ego te conprimere possum sine malo?

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 81:

ac sedare exasperatos Ligures,

Liv. 42, 26, 1; cf. id. 5, 45, 7:

cujus adventus Pompeianos compressit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 65:

comprime te, nimium tinnis,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 32:

vix comprimor, quin involem illi in oculos,

id. Most. 1, 3, 46.—

With the access. idea of withholding evidence or knowledge ( = supprimo), to keep to one's self, keep back, withhold, suppress, conceal (rare, but in good prose;

most freq. in Cic.): frumentum,

Cic. Att. 5, 21, 8:

annonam,

Liv. 38, 35, 5:

multa, magna delicta,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 6:

orationem illam,

id. ib. 3, 12, 2:

famam captae Carthaginis ex industriā,

Liv. 26, 51, 11.—Hence, compressus, a, um, P. a., pressed together, i. e. close, strait, narrow:

calculus oris compressioris,

Cels. 2, 11; so in comp., Plin. 16, 10, 19, § 49; 17, 11, 16, § 80.—

Costive:

venter,

Cels. 1, 3:

alvus,

id. 3, 6: morbi, connected with costiveness, id. praef.— Adv.: compressē.

In a compressed manner, briefly, succinctly:

compressius loqui (opp. latius),

Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17.—

Pressingly, urgently:

compressius violentiusque quaerere,

Gell. 1, 23, 7; cf. Macr. S. 1, 6.

com-prĭmo ( conp-), pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [premo], to press or squeeze together, compress (very freq and class.).

In gen.:

(corpora) inter se compressa teneri,

Lucr. 6, 454:

dentis,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 1, 21:

cum plane (digitos) compresserat pugnumque fecerat,

Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 145; cf.:

compressa in pugnum manus,

Quint. 2, 20, 7; 11, 3, 104:

(oculos) opertos compressosque,

id. 11, 3, 76:

compressā palmā,

with the clinched hand, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 53:

compressam forcipe lingua,

Ov. M. 6, 556: labra, * Hor. S. 1, 4, 138:

tamquam compressa manu sit (terra),

Lucr. 6, 866:

manibus dorsum boum,

Col. 2, 3, 1:

murem,

Phaedr. 4, 2, 14:

ordines (aciei),

to make more dense, Liv. 8, 8, 12:

versus ordinibus,

to write closely, Ov. Am. 1, 11, 21:

mulierem,

to lie with, Plaut. Aul. prol. 30; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 57; 5, 3, 30; id. Phorm. 5, 9, 29; Liv. 1, 4, 2 al.—Hence the equivocation in Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 192; id. Rud. 4, 4, 29 sq.; id. Truc. 2, 2, 6.—Also of the treading of a peacock, Col. 8, 11, 5.— Prov.: compressis manibus sedere, with the hands folded, i. e. to be unemployed, at leisure, Liv. 7, 13, 7; cf.:

compressas tenuisse manus,

Luc. 2, 292.—

Esp. with the access. idea of restraining free motion.

To hold back, hold, keep in, restrain; prop.:

animam,

to hold one's breath, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28:

manum,

to keep off, id. Heaut. 3, 3, 29:

linguam alicui,

to silence him, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 192; cf. I. supra, and id. Mil. 2, 6, 88:

aquam (opp. inmittere),

Dig. 39, 3, 1, § 1:

tela manu,

Stat. Th. 11, 33:

alvum,

to check a diarrhœa, Cels. 1, 10; 6, 18, 7; so,

stomachum,

to bind, make costive, id. 4, 5 fin.; and transf. to the person: si morbus [p. 395] aliquem compresserit, id. praef.—

Trop.

Of passions, dispositions, intentions, actions, etc., to restrain, hinder, check, repress, curb (very freq.):

vocem et orationem,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 16:

gressum,

Verg. A. 6, 389:

consilium,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 6:

comprimere atque restinguere incensam illius cupiditatem,

Cic. Pis. 25, 59; cf. id. Cael. 31, 25:

conatum atque audaciam furentis hominis,

id. Phil. 10, 5, 11:

Clodii conatus furoresque,

id. Off. 2, 17, 58; cf. Liv. 3, 38, 7:

amor compressus edendi,

Verg. A. 8, 184:

tribunicios furores,

Cic. Mur. 11, 24:

ferocitatem tuam istam,

id. Vatin. 1, 2:

seditionem,

Liv. 2, 23, 10:

motus,

id. 1, 60, 1:

multi temere excitati tumultus sunt compressique,

id. 26, 10, 10:

plausum,

Cic. Deiot. 12, 34:

exsultantem laetitiam,

id. Top. 22, 86:

voce manuque Murmura,

Ov. M. 1, 206:

conscientiam,

to silence, Cic. Fin. 2, 17, 54 et saep. —

Transf. to the person:

non ego te conprimere possum sine malo?

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 81:

ac sedare exasperatos Ligures,

Liv. 42, 26, 1; cf. id. 5, 45, 7:

cujus adventus Pompeianos compressit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 65:

comprime te, nimium tinnis,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 32:

vix comprimor, quin involem illi in oculos,

id. Most. 1, 3, 46.—

With the access. idea of withholding evidence or knowledge ( = supprimo), to keep to one's self, keep back, withhold, suppress, conceal (rare, but in good prose;

most freq. in Cic.): frumentum,

Cic. Att. 5, 21, 8:

annonam,

Liv. 38, 35, 5:

multa, magna delicta,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 6:

orationem illam,

id. ib. 3, 12, 2:

famam captae Carthaginis ex industriā,

Liv. 26, 51, 11.—Hence, compressus, a, um, P. a., pressed together, i. e. close, strait, narrow:

calculus oris compressioris,

Cels. 2, 11; so in comp., Plin. 16, 10, 19, § 49; 17, 11, 16, § 80.—

Costive:

venter,

Cels. 1, 3:

alvus,

id. 3, 6: morbi, connected with costiveness, id. praef.— Adv.: compressē.

In a compressed manner, briefly, succinctly:

compressius loqui (opp. latius),

Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17.—

Pressingly, urgently:

compressius violentiusque quaerere,

Gell. 1, 23, 7; cf. Macr. S. 1, 6.

a-stringo ( ads-, Ritschl, Baiter, Halm, Jahn, Keil; as-, Fleck., Merk., Kayser), inxi, ictum, 3, v. a., to draw close, to draw, bind, or tie together, to bind, to tighten, contract (syn.: constringo, stringo, alligo, obligo, vincio).

Lit.:

(hunc) adstringite ad columnam fortiter,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 25:

ad statuam astrictus est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42:

manus,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 9:

vinculorum, id est aptissimum... quod ex se atque de iis, quae adstringit quam maxume, unum efficit,

Cic. Tim. 4 fin.:

astringit vincula motu,

Ov. M. 11, 75:

laqueos,

Sen. Ira, 3, 16:

artius atque hederā procera adstringitur ilex,

is twined around with ivy, Hor. Epod. 15, 5:

adstringi funibus,

Vulg. Ezech. 27, 24:

aliquem adstringere loris,

ib. Act. 22, 25:

pavidum in jus Cervice adstrictā dominum trahat,

with a halter round his neck, Juv. 10, 88 (Jahn, obstrictā): aspice... Quam non adstricto percurrat pulpita socco, not drawn close, loose; poet. for a negligent style of writing, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 174:

Ipse rotam adstringit multo sufflamine consul,

checks, Juv. 8, 148:

balteus haud fluxos gemmis adstrinxit amictus,

Luc. 2, 362:

frontem,

to contract, knit, Mart. 11, 40; Sen. Ep. 106:

labra porriguntur et scinduntur et adstringuntur,

Quint. 11, 3, 81:

frondem ferro,

to cut off, clip, Col. 5, 6, 17 al.; so, alvum, to make costive (opp. solvere, q. v.), Cels. 1, 3; 2, 30.—Of the contraction produced by cold:

nivibus quoque molle rotatis astringi corpus,

Ov. M. 9, 222; so id. Tr. 3, 4, 48; id. P. 3, 3, 26:

ventis glacies astricta pependit,

id. M. 1, 120:

Sic stat iners Scythicas adstringens Bosporus undas,

Luc. 5, 436:

vis frigoris (corpora) ita adstringebat,

Curt. 7, 3, 13; 8, 4, 6.—Hence, also, to make colder, to cool, refresh:

ex quo (puteo) possis rursus adstringere,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 25: corpus astringes brevi Salone, Mart. 1, 49, 11 (acc. to Varr. in a pass. sense in the perf., adstrinxi for adstrictus sum, Varr. L. L. Fragm. ap. Gell. 2, 25, 7).—Of colors, to deaden:

ita permixtis viribus alterum altero excitatur aut adstringitur,

Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 134 (diff. from alligare, which precedes;

v. alligo, I. B.).—Also of an astringent, harsh taste: radix gustu adstringit,

Plin. 27, 10, 60, § 85.—

Trop., to draw together, draw closer, circumscribe; to bind, put under obligation, oblige, necessitate:

ubi adfinitatem inter nos nostram adstrinxeris,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 73: vellem, suscepisses juvenem regendum;

pater enim nimis indulgens, quicquid ego adstrinxi, relaxat,

Cic. Att. 10, 6; so,

mores disciplinae severitate,

Quint. 2, 2, 4 Spald.:

ad adstringendam fidem,

Cic. Off. 3, 31, 111:

hac lege tibi meam astringo fidem,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 22:

quo (jure jurando) se cuncti astrinxerant,

Suet. Caes. 84:

hujus tanti officii servitutem astringebam testimonio sempiterno,

to confirm, secure, Cic. Planc. 30 fin. Wund.:

religione devinctum astrictumque,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 42:

disciplina astricta legibus,

id. Brut. 10, 40; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3:

lege et quaestione,

id. Clu. 155:

suis condicionibus,

id. Quinct. 5:

auditor nullā ejus modi adstrictus necessitate,

id. N. D. 1, 7, 17:

orationem numeris astringere,

id. de Or. 3, 44, 173 et saep.:

adstringi sacris,

to be bound to maintain, id. Leg. 2, 19:

inops regio, quae parsimoniā astringeret milites,

Liv. 39, 1:

ad temperantiam,

Plin. Ep. 7, 1:

ad servitutem juris,

Quint. 2, 16, 9:

illa servitus ad certa se verba adstringendi,

id. 7, 3, 16:

milites ad certam stipendiorum formulam,

Suet. Aug. 49; id. Tib. 18:

me astringam verbis in sacra jura tuis,

Ov. H. 16, 320; 20, 28:

magno scelere se astringeret,

Cic. Phil. 4, 4, 9; id. Sest. 50 fin.; so id. Sull. 29, 82; perh. also id. Pis. 39 fin.; instead of this abl. of class. Latin, we sometimes find in comedy apparently the gen.:

et ipsum sese et illum furti adstringeret,

made guilty of, charged himself with, Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 34:

Homo furti sese adstringet,

id. Poen. 3, 4, 27 (cf.:

Audin tu? hic furti se adligat,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 39; Draeger, Hist. Synt. I. § 209, regards this as a vulgar extension of the use of the gen. with verbs of accusing, convicting, etc., but Klotz, s. v. astringo, regards it as really an old dative, furtoi furti; cf. quoi cui).—Of reasoning or discourse, to compress, abridge, bring into short compass:

Stoici breviter adstringere solent argumenta,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 13 (cf. id. ib. 3, 10, 22: Haec sic dicuntur a Stoicis, concludunturque contortius); id. Fat. 14, 32:

premere tumentia, luxuriantia adstringere,

Quint. 10, 4, 1 Frotsch., Halm.—Hence, astrictus ( ads-), a, um, P. a., drawn together, tight, narrow, close.

Lit.:

limen astrictum,

shut, Ov. Am. 3, 1, 50:

alvus fusior aut astrictior,

Cels. 1, 3:

corpus astrictum, i. e. alvus dura,

id. 3, 6:

genus morbi astrictum,

costiveness, id. 1 praef.:

gustu adstricto,

of a harsh, astringent taste, Plin. 27, 12, 96, § 121.—

Trop.

Sparing, parsimonious, covetous (not before the Aug. per.):

astrictus pater,

Prop. 3, 17, 18:

adstricti moris auctor,

Tac. A. 3, 55:

parsimonia,

Just. 44, 2.—

Of discourse, compact, brief, concise, short (opp. remissus):

dialectica quasi contracta et astricta eloquentia putanda est,

Cic. Brut. 90, 309:

verborum astricta comprehensio,

id. ib. 95, 327:

est enim finitimus oratori poëta, numeris astrictior paulo,

id. de Or. 1, 16, 70; 1, 16, 60.— Sup. not used.— Adv.: astrictē ( ads-), concisely, briefly (only of discourse):

astricte numerosa oratio,

Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 184.— Comp.:

astrictius dicere,

Sen. Ep. 8 fin., and Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 20:

scribere,

id. ib. 3, 18, 10:

ille concludit adstrictius, hic latius,

Quint. 10, 1, 106.— Sup. not used.

a-stringo ( ads-, Ritschl, Baiter, Halm, Jahn, Keil; as-, Fleck., Merk., Kayser), inxi, ictum, 3, v. a., to draw close, to draw, bind, or tie together, to bind, to tighten, contract (syn.: constringo, stringo, alligo, obligo, vincio).

Lit.:

(hunc) adstringite ad columnam fortiter,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 25:

ad statuam astrictus est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42:

manus,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 9:

vinculorum, id est aptissimum... quod ex se atque de iis, quae adstringit quam maxume, unum efficit,

Cic. Tim. 4 fin.:

astringit vincula motu,

Ov. M. 11, 75:

laqueos,

Sen. Ira, 3, 16:

artius atque hederā procera adstringitur ilex,

is twined around with ivy, Hor. Epod. 15, 5:

adstringi funibus,

Vulg. Ezech. 27, 24:

aliquem adstringere loris,

ib. Act. 22, 25:

pavidum in jus Cervice adstrictā dominum trahat,

with a halter round his neck, Juv. 10, 88 (Jahn, obstrictā): aspice... Quam non adstricto percurrat pulpita socco, not drawn close, loose; poet. for a negligent style of writing, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 174:

Ipse rotam adstringit multo sufflamine consul,

checks, Juv. 8, 148:

balteus haud fluxos gemmis adstrinxit amictus,

Luc. 2, 362:

frontem,

to contract, knit, Mart. 11, 40; Sen. Ep. 106:

labra porriguntur et scinduntur et adstringuntur,

Quint. 11, 3, 81:

frondem ferro,

to cut off, clip, Col. 5, 6, 17 al.; so, alvum, to make costive (opp. solvere, q. v.), Cels. 1, 3; 2, 30.—Of the contraction produced by cold:

nivibus quoque molle rotatis astringi corpus,

Ov. M. 9, 222; so id. Tr. 3, 4, 48; id. P. 3, 3, 26:

ventis glacies astricta pependit,

id. M. 1, 120:

Sic stat iners Scythicas adstringens Bosporus undas,

Luc. 5, 436:

vis frigoris (corpora) ita adstringebat,

Curt. 7, 3, 13; 8, 4, 6.—Hence, also, to make colder, to cool, refresh:

ex quo (puteo) possis rursus adstringere,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 25: corpus astringes brevi Salone, Mart. 1, 49, 11 (acc. to Varr. in a pass. sense in the perf., adstrinxi for adstrictus sum, Varr. L. L. Fragm. ap. Gell. 2, 25, 7).—Of colors, to deaden:

ita permixtis viribus alterum altero excitatur aut adstringitur,

Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 134 (diff. from alligare, which precedes;

v. alligo, I. B.).—Also of an astringent, harsh taste: radix gustu adstringit,

Plin. 27, 10, 60, § 85.—

Trop., to draw together, draw closer, circumscribe; to bind, put under obligation, oblige, necessitate:

ubi adfinitatem inter nos nostram adstrinxeris,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 73: vellem, suscepisses juvenem regendum;

pater enim nimis indulgens, quicquid ego adstrinxi, relaxat,

Cic. Att. 10, 6; so,

mores disciplinae severitate,

Quint. 2, 2, 4 Spald.:

ad adstringendam fidem,

Cic. Off. 3, 31, 111:

hac lege tibi meam astringo fidem,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 22:

quo (jure jurando) se cuncti astrinxerant,

Suet. Caes. 84:

hujus tanti officii servitutem astringebam testimonio sempiterno,

to confirm, secure, Cic. Planc. 30 fin. Wund.:

religione devinctum astrictumque,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 42:

disciplina astricta legibus,

id. Brut. 10, 40; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3:

lege et quaestione,

id. Clu. 155:

suis condicionibus,

id. Quinct. 5:

auditor nullā ejus modi adstrictus necessitate,

id. N. D. 1, 7, 17:

orationem numeris astringere,

id. de Or. 3, 44, 173 et saep.:

adstringi sacris,

to be bound to maintain, id. Leg. 2, 19:

inops regio, quae parsimoniā astringeret milites,

Liv. 39, 1:

ad temperantiam,

Plin. Ep. 7, 1:

ad servitutem juris,

Quint. 2, 16, 9:

illa servitus ad certa se verba adstringendi,

id. 7, 3, 16:

milites ad certam stipendiorum formulam,

Suet. Aug. 49; id. Tib. 18:

me astringam verbis in sacra jura tuis,

Ov. H. 16, 320; 20, 28:

magno scelere se astringeret,

Cic. Phil. 4, 4, 9; id. Sest. 50 fin.; so id. Sull. 29, 82; perh. also id. Pis. 39 fin.; instead of this abl. of class. Latin, we sometimes find in comedy apparently the gen.:

et ipsum sese et illum furti adstringeret,

made guilty of, charged himself with, Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 34:

Homo furti sese adstringet,

id. Poen. 3, 4, 27 (cf.:

Audin tu? hic furti se adligat,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 39; Draeger, Hist. Synt. I. § 209, regards this as a vulgar extension of the use of the gen. with verbs of accusing, convicting, etc., but Klotz, s. v. astringo, regards it as really an old dative, furtoi furti; cf. quoi cui).—Of reasoning or discourse, to compress, abridge, bring into short compass:

Stoici breviter adstringere solent argumenta,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 13 (cf. id. ib. 3, 10, 22: Haec sic dicuntur a Stoicis, concludunturque contortius); id. Fat. 14, 32:

premere tumentia, luxuriantia adstringere,

Quint. 10, 4, 1 Frotsch., Halm.—Hence, astrictus ( ads-), a, um, P. a., drawn together, tight, narrow, close.

Lit.:

limen astrictum,

shut, Ov. Am. 3, 1, 50:

alvus fusior aut astrictior,

Cels. 1, 3:

corpus astrictum, i. e. alvus dura,

id. 3, 6:

genus morbi astrictum,

costiveness, id. 1 praef.:

gustu adstricto,

of a harsh, astringent taste, Plin. 27, 12, 96, § 121.—

Trop.

Sparing, parsimonious, covetous (not before the Aug. per.):

astrictus pater,

Prop. 3, 17, 18:

adstricti moris auctor,

Tac. A. 3, 55:

parsimonia,

Just. 44, 2.—

Of discourse, compact, brief, concise, short (opp. remissus):

dialectica quasi contracta et astricta eloquentia putanda est,

Cic. Brut. 90, 309:

verborum astricta comprehensio,

id. ib. 95, 327:

est enim finitimus oratori poëta, numeris astrictior paulo,

id. de Or. 1, 16, 70; 1, 16, 60.— Sup. not used.— Adv.: astrictē ( ads-), concisely, briefly (only of discourse):

astricte numerosa oratio,

Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 184.— Comp.:

astrictius dicere,

Sen. Ep. 8 fin., and Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 20:

scribere,

id. ib. 3, 18, 10:

ille concludit adstrictius, hic latius,

Quint. 10, 1, 106.— Sup. not used.

dūro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [durus], to make hard, to harden (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug.; not in Cic.).

Lit.

Act.:

quae nobis durata ac spissa videntur, Haec, etc.,

Lucr. 2, 444; so in the part. perf.:

coria (with condurare ferrum),

id. 6, 970; cf.

cutis,

Ov. M. 4, 577:

caementa calce (opp. interlita luto),

Liv. 21, 11:

ova in aqua,

Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 45:

pontus frigore,

Ov. P. 4, 9, 85:

nives solo,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 39:

aqua salibus,

i. e. strongly saturated, Col. 7, 4 fin., v. durus, I.:

ungulas (mularum),

id. 6, 37, 11:

ferrum ictibus,

Plin. 34, 15, 43, § 149:

guttas in grana,

id. 12, 19, 42, § 94:

uvam fumo,

i. e. to dry, preserve, Hor. S. 2, 4, 72.—In medic. lang.: corpus, i. e. to bind, make costive, opp. mollire, Cels. 2, 14; cf. id. 2, 33 fin. —In fullers' lang., to harden, stiffen or full cloth: Art. Non queo durare. Par. Si non didicisti fulloniam, non mirandumst, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 57 (with a punning reference to the meaning II. A. 2.).—

Neutr.:

tum durare solum et discludere Nerea ponto Coeperit, i. q. durescere,

Verg. E. 6, 35; so,

vino minime durante, uva maxime,

Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 37.—

Trop.

(Acc. to durus, II. A. 2.).

Act., to harden with use or labor, etc.; to make hardy or callous, to inure (class.):

opere in duro membra manusque,

Lucr. 5, 1359; cf.:

membra animumque,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 119:

umeros ad vulnera,

Verg. G. 3, 257: hoc se labore durant homines adolescentes, * Caes. B. G. 6, 28, 3; cf.:

exercitum crebris expeditionibus, patientiaque periculorum,

Vell. 2, 78, 2:

cor,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 6; cf.

mentem,

Tac. A. 3, 15 al.:

ab duratis usu armorum pulsi,

Liv. 7, 29; so in the part., id. 23, 18; 30, 28:

durati bellis,

id. 42, 52:

vitia durantur,

grow inveterate, Quint. 1, 1, 37.—

Neutr. (so most freq.), to be hardened, inured to troubles, i. e. to be patient, to wait, persevere; to endure, hold out:

durare nequeo in aedibus,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 1; cf. id. Men. 5, 2, 31; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 15; Liv. 5, 2, 7; 38, 7 fin.; Quint. 11, 3, 23; Verg. A. 9, 604; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 82 al.; cf. impers., Liv. 10, 46:

durate et vosmet rebus servate secundis,

Verg. A. 1, 207; cf. Suet. Calig. 45; Auct. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 91; Ov. Am. 3, 11, 27 al.:

nequeo durare, quin, etc.,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 22:

durare nequeo quin intro eam,

id. Mil. 4, 6, 34; Suet. Claud. 26.—

With acc., to bear, endure ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

patior quemvis durare laborem,

Verg. A. 8, 577:

quascumque vias,

Stat. S. 5, 2, 153;

and of inanimate subjects: sine funibus Vix durare carinae Possunt imperiosius Aequor,

Hor. C. 1, 14, 7; cf.:

(vitis genus) quod siccitatem durat et ventos,

Pall. Febr. 9, 1.—

With inf.:

non quis parumper durare opperier,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 3, 5.—

In gen., to hold out, to continue in existence, to last, remain (very freq.): Ar. Ubi illaec (talenta) quae dedi ante? Cl. Abusa. Num si ea durarent mihi, [p. 621] etc., Plaut. As. 1, 3, 44:

uti quam diutissime durent oleae,

Cato R. R. 58; 104; Varr. R. R. 1, 59, 3:

omnem durare per aevom,

Lucr. 3, 605; cf. id. 3, 812; Verg. G. 2, 100; Suet. Calig. 6 al.:

neque post mortem durare videtur (corpus),

Lucr. 3, 339; cf. ib. 561:

ad posteros virtus durabit,

Quint. 3, 1, 21; cf. id. 1, 11, 18; 3, 1, 9; 5, 11, 41:

maneat quaeso duretque gentibus, si non amor nostri, at certe odium sui,

Tac. G. 33:

durante originis vi,

id. Agr. 11; cf. Petr. 96, 3:

durante bello,

Tac. A. 14, 39; so with adhuc, Suet. Gramm. 24; cf.:

munera, quibus donatus est, durant, ostendunturque adhuc Bais,

are still in existence, id. Tib. 6 et saep.—With inf.:

ut vivere durent,

Luc. 4, 519; so Sil. 10, 653; 11, 75; Petr. 41, 2.—In Tacitus sometimes of persons, for vivere, to live:

narratum ab iis, qui nostram ad juventam duraverunt,

Tac. A. 3, 16; id. Or. 17; id. Agr. 44. And once in the same author (acc. to the better reading) of extension in space: durant colles (= continuantur, ultra porriguntur; French, s'y prolongent), extend continuously to the frontier, Germ. 30.—

(Acc. to durus, II. B.)

Act., to render hard, callous, insensible; to dull, to blunt (rare and perh. not ante-Aug.):

aerea dehinc ferro (Juppiter) duravit saecula,

Hor. Epod. 16, 65:

ad plagas durari,

Quint. 1, 3, 14 (cf. §

12: quae in pravam induruerunt): ad omne facinus durato,

Tac. H. 4, 59.—Of the affections, Vulg. Job, 39, 16.— Pass.:

linguae vitia, inemendabili in posterum pravitate durantur,

to become confirmed, incurable, Quint. 1, 1, 37.—

Neutr., to be hard, stern, callous, insensible (rare and not ante-Aug.):

ut non durat (pater) ultra poenam abdicationis,

Quint. 9, 2, 88:

in nullius umquam suorum necem duravit,

Tac. A. 1, 6; Petr. 105 fin.; cf.:

usque ad caedem ejus duratura filii odia,

Tac. A. 14, 1 fin.

rēstringo, inxi, ictum, 3, v. a.

To draw back tightly; to bind back, bind fast, tighten, etc. (in the verb. finit. not anteAug., but in the P. a. class.; syn. religo).

Lit.:

laevam,

Quint. 11, 3, 131:

restrictis ad terga manibus,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 93:

manus,

Petr. 73, 4:

lacertos,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 35; cf.:

restringitur vinculis,

Tac. A. 14, 64; and:

si manus manicis restringantur,

App. Flor. 17, p. 357, 29; cf.

also: Prometheus quondam silici restrictus membra catenā,

Cat. 64, 297:

vinclo fasciae in modum laquei restricto,

Tac. A. 15, 57.—

Trop., to restrain, confine, restrict, check, etc. (syn. retineo):

homines ad custodiam pecuniae,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 9:

liberalitatem,

Sen. Ben. 1, 4:

sumptus candidatorum ambitūs lege,

Plin. Ep. 6, 19, 4:

delicias frugalitate,

id. ib. 5, 19 fin.:

animum maestitiā,

Tac. A. 16, 16:

morsus phalangiorum,

Plin. 24, 16, 97, § 154 (Jahn, restinguit):

praecipitationem nimbi,

App. Mund. p. 61, 21.—

To draw back, unfasten, unclose, open (rare):

dentes restringere,

to show the teeth, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 26.—

Of dogs: rabie restrictā minari,

Lucr. 5, 1065:

restrictis forte si labellis riseris, App. poët. Mag. p. 277: restrictis labris,

Quint. Decl. 12, 27. — Hence, rēstrictus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), bound fast, bound up, tight, close.

Lit.:

togis neque restrictis neque fusis,

Suet. Aug. 73:

alvus,

i. e. costive, Ser. Samm. 28, 519.— Comp.. restrictiores digiti (pedum), i. e. shorter, Suet. Dom. 18.—

Trop.

Close, niggardly, stingy (cf.:

parcus, tenax): in aliquo esse restrictus,

Cic. Off. 2, 18, 62; id. Att. 10, 11, 2; id. Planc. 22, 54.— Comp., Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 8.—

Moderate, modest:

an restrictius arbitraris per orbem terrarum legendum dare memoriam suam, quam, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 9, 19, 6.—

Strict, stern, rigorous, severe, stringent:

summum imperium non restrictum nec perseverum volunt,

Tac. A. 15, 48.— Comp.:

judicatio,

App. Flor. p. 364, 39.— Sup.: restrictissimis regulis, Cod. 1, 17 (2), 10.— Adv.: rēstrictē.

Closely, sparingly:

facere (with parce),

Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 42:

vivere,

Nazar. Pan. Constant. 15. — Comp.:

restrictius uti rebus praetereuntibus,

Aug. Doctr. Chr. 3, 12.— Sup.:

restrictissime facere (opp. plenissime),

Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 13.—

Strictly, exactly, precisely:

cetera non tam restricte praefinio,

Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45:

restricte tenent illud nomen (sapientium),

id. Rep. 3, 4, 7:

observare, ne plus reddat quam acceperit,

id. Lael. 16, 58. — Sup. of the adj. prob. not found.

stringo, inxi, ictum, 3, v. a. [root strig; Gr. strang-, to squeeze; stranx, a drop; cf. O. H. Germ. streng; Engl. strong], to draw tight, to bind or tie tight; to draw, bind, or press together, etc. (syn. ligo).

Lit.:

te stringam ad carnarium,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 66:

stringit vitta comas,

Luc. 5, 143: caesariem crinali cultu, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 85:

stricta matutino frigore vulnera,

Liv. 22, 51:

pectora pigro gelu,

Luc. 4, 652:

strictos insedimus amnes,

Val. Fl. 1, 414:

mare gelu stringi et consistere,

Gell. 17, 8, 16:

quercus in duas partes diducta, stricta denuo et cohaesa,

having closed together, id. 15, 16, 4:

habenam,

to draw tight, Stat. Th. 11, 513:

ferrum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 6.—

Transf. (through the intermediate idea of drawing close), to touch, touch upon, touch lightly or slightly, to graze (syn. tango):

litus ama, et laevas stringat sine palmula cautes,

Verg. A. 5, 163; cf.:

stringebat summas ales miserabilis undas,

Ov. M. 11, 733:

aequor (aurā),

id. ib. 4, 136:

metas interiore rotā,

id. Am. 3, 2, 12:

latus,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 24:

vestigia canis rostro,

Ov. M. 1, 536 et saep.:

equos,

to stroke, Charis. 84 P.:

tela stringentia corpus,

i. e. slightly touching, Verg. A. 10, 331; cf. Sen. Ben. 2, 6, 1:

coluber Dente pedem strinxit,

Ov. M. 11, 776:

strictus ac recreatus ex vulnere in tempus,

Flor. 4, 12, 44.—

To pull or strip off, to pluck off, cut off, clip off, prune, etc. (cf. destringo):

oleam ubi nigra erit, stringito,

Cato, R. R. 65, 1; so,

oleam,

Plin. 15, 2, 3, § 12:

bacam,

Varr. R. R. 1, 55, 2:

quernas glandes,

Verg. G. 1, 305:

folia ex arboribus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 58; Liv. 23, 30, 3:

frondes,

Verg. E. 9, 61; Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 28:

hordea,

Verg. G. 1, 317:

arbores,

Col. 6, 3, 7:

celeriter gladios strinxerunt,

drew from the sheath, unsheathed, Caes. B. C. 3, 93:

strictam aciem offerre,

Verg. A. 6, 291:

ensem,

id. ib. 10, 577; so,

gladios,

id. ib. 12, 278; Ov. M. 7, 333:

ensem,

id. ib. 8, 207;

14, 296: ferrum,

Liv. 7, 40 al.:

cultrum,

id. 7, 5, 5; 3, 50, 3; and poet. transf.:

manum,

to bare, Ov. Am. 1, 6, 14; id. Tr. 5, 2, 30 al.—

Trop.

Of speech, to touch upon, treat briefly, Sil. 8, 48.—Hence, to compress, abridge:

narrationis loco rem stringat,

Quint. 4, 2, 128 Spald.—

To hold in check, to rule, sway (syn. coërceo):

quaecumque meo gens barbara nutu Stringitur, adveniat,

Claud. B. Get. 371.—

To waste, consume, reduce:

praeclaram stringat malus ingluvie rem,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 8.—

(Acc. to I. B.) To touch, move, affect; esp. to affect painfully, to wound, pain:

atque animum patriae strinxit pietatis imago,

Verg. A. 9, 294:

quam tua delicto stringantur pectora nostro,

Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 21:

nomen alicujus,

id. ib. 2, 350.—

To draw in hostility, attack with:

in hostes stringatur iambus,

Ov. R. Am. 377:

bellum,

Flor. 3, 21, 1.—Hence, strictus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), drawn together, close, strait, tight, etc.

Lit.:

laxaret pedem a stricto nodo,

Liv. 24, 7, 5:

duriora genti corpora, stricti artus,

Tac. G. 30:

strictissima janua,

Ov. R. Am. 233:

si strictior fuerit pedatura,

Hyg. Grom. 3, 1:

emplastrum,

thick, Scrib. Comp. 45 fin.:

venter,

i. e. bound up, costive, Veg. 3, 16:

strictior aura,

more severe, colder, Aus. Idyll. 14, 3.—

Trop.

Of language, brief, concise:

quo minus (Aeschines) strictus est,

Quint. 10, 1, 77:

qui (Demosthenes) est strictior multo (quam Cicero),

id. 12, 10, 52.—

Of character, severe, strict:

Catones,

Manil. 5, 106:

mentes,

id. 1, 769:

lex,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 87.—

Rigid, exact (law Lat.):

restitutio stricto jure non competebat,

Dig. 29, 2, 85; 39, 3, 3 al.— Adv.: strictē and strictim, closely, tightly:

in foramen conicies,

Pall. Mart. 8, 2.— Comp., Pall. 1, 6.— Sup., Gell. 16, 3, 4.—

Fig., accurately:

strictius interpretari,

Dig. 8, 2, 20.

sup-prĭmo ( subp-), pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [premo], to press down or under.

In gen., so rarely and only as a naut. t. t., to sink, send to the bottom a vessel:

quattuor (naves) suppressae,

Liv. 22, 19, 12; so,

naves,

id. 28, 30, 11; 37, 11, 11; Just. 2, 9, 13. —

In partic. (class.).

To hold or keep back; to check, stop, put a stop to; to detain, restrain, suppress (syn.: reprimo, repello, sisto).

Lit.:

hostem nostros insequentem,

Caes. B. C. 1, 45:

iter,

id. ib. 1, 66:

aerii cursūs habenas,

Ov. M. 6, 709:

lora manu,

id. Am. 1, 13, 10:

fugam,

id. M. 11, 777:

sanguinem,

Cels. 2, 10 fin.; 5, 26, 22; Plin. 27, 12, 91, § 113:

alvum,

i. e. to close, make costive, Cels. 2, 12, 2:

ventrem,

id. 4, 19:

fontes,

Ov. M. 15, 280; id. P. 4, 2, 18:

lacrimas,

Prop. 3, 10 (4, 9), 8; Albin. 1, 427:

vocem,

let fall, Ov. M 1, 715:

partem ultimam vocis In medio sono,

id. ib. 5, 193:

si jam deficiam, subpressaque lingua palate Vix instillato restituenda mero, etc.,

id. Tr. 3, 3, 21.—

Trop.:

aegritudinem supprimere nec pati manare longius,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 75:

stultiloquium,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 24:

impetum militum,

Liv. 31, 18, 7; 7, 24, 3:

iram,

id. 2, 35, 2; Ov. P. 1, 8, 69:

querelas,

id. F. 4, 83; Petr. 91:

furorem,

id. 71:

fletum,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 113:

dolorem altā mente,

Luc. 6, 228. —

To keep from publicity, keep to one ' s self; to keep back, conceal, suppress (syn.: abscondo, celo).

Lit.:

quae (HS DC) reticuit atque suppressit,

Cic. Clu. 36, 99:

pecuniam,

id. ib. 25, 68;

26, 71: nummos,

id. ib. 27, 75:

elaborata abscondere atque supprimere,

Plin. 25, 1, 1, § 1:

quae (senatusconsulta) antea arbitrio consulum supprimebantur vitiabanturque,

Liv. 3, 55, 13:

testamentum,

Suet. Calig. 16:

libros,

id. Gram. 8 fin.:

alienam ancillam,

to harbor secretly, Dig. 47, 2, 84:

adulterii foeditate suppressā,

Amm. 16, 8, 6.—

Trop.:

ejus decreti suppressa fama est,

Liv. 5, 1, 7:

famam coërcitam,

Tac. H. 1, 17 fin.:

indicium conjurationis,

Curt. 6, 8, 8:

nomen Vespasiani,

Tac. H. 2, 96.—Hence, suppres-sus, a, um, P. a., held back, kept in, i. e., *

Short:

mentum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 3.—

Of the voice, subdued, low:

suppressā voce dicere (opp. magnā voce dicere),

Cic. Sull. 10, 30:

murmur,

Val. Fl. 5, 470.— Comp.:

erit ut voce sic etiam oratione suppressior,

Cic. Or. 25, 85.—Hence, suppres-sē, adv.; in comp.:

suppressius,

in a subdued voice, Aug. Ord. 1, 23.

sup-prĭmo ( subp-), pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [premo], to press down or under.

In gen., so rarely and only as a naut. t. t., to sink, send to the bottom a vessel:

quattuor (naves) suppressae,

Liv. 22, 19, 12; so,

naves,

id. 28, 30, 11; 37, 11, 11; Just. 2, 9, 13. —

In partic. (class.).

To hold or keep back; to check, stop, put a stop to; to detain, restrain, suppress (syn.: reprimo, repello, sisto).

Lit.:

hostem nostros insequentem,

Caes. B. C. 1, 45:

iter,

id. ib. 1, 66:

aerii cursūs habenas,

Ov. M. 6, 709:

lora manu,

id. Am. 1, 13, 10:

fugam,

id. M. 11, 777:

sanguinem,

Cels. 2, 10 fin.; 5, 26, 22; Plin. 27, 12, 91, § 113:

alvum,

i. e. to close, make costive, Cels. 2, 12, 2:

ventrem,

id. 4, 19:

fontes,

Ov. M. 15, 280; id. P. 4, 2, 18:

lacrimas,

Prop. 3, 10 (4, 9), 8; Albin. 1, 427:

vocem,

let fall, Ov. M 1, 715:

partem ultimam vocis In medio sono,

id. ib. 5, 193:

si jam deficiam, subpressaque lingua palate Vix instillato restituenda mero, etc.,

id. Tr. 3, 3, 21.—

Trop.:

aegritudinem supprimere nec pati manare longius,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 75:

stultiloquium,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 24:

impetum militum,

Liv. 31, 18, 7; 7, 24, 3:

iram,

id. 2, 35, 2; Ov. P. 1, 8, 69:

querelas,

id. F. 4, 83; Petr. 91:

furorem,

id. 71:

fletum,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 113:

dolorem altā mente,

Luc. 6, 228. —

To keep from publicity, keep to one ' s self; to keep back, conceal, suppress (syn.: abscondo, celo).

Lit.:

quae (HS DC) reticuit atque suppressit,

Cic. Clu. 36, 99:

pecuniam,

id. ib. 25, 68;

26, 71: nummos,

id. ib. 27, 75:

elaborata abscondere atque supprimere,

Plin. 25, 1, 1, § 1:

quae (senatusconsulta) antea arbitrio consulum supprimebantur vitiabanturque,

Liv. 3, 55, 13:

testamentum,

Suet. Calig. 16:

libros,

id. Gram. 8 fin.:

alienam ancillam,

to harbor secretly, Dig. 47, 2, 84:

adulterii foeditate suppressā,

Amm. 16, 8, 6.—

Trop.:

ejus decreti suppressa fama est,

Liv. 5, 1, 7:

famam coërcitam,

Tac. H. 1, 17 fin.:

indicium conjurationis,

Curt. 6, 8, 8:

nomen Vespasiani,

Tac. H. 2, 96.—Hence, suppres-sus, a, um, P. a., held back, kept in, i. e., *

Short:

mentum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 3.—

Of the voice, subdued, low:

suppressā voce dicere (opp. magnā voce dicere),

Cic. Sull. 10, 30:

murmur,

Val. Fl. 5, 470.— Comp.:

erit ut voce sic etiam oratione suppressior,

Cic. Or. 25, 85.—Hence, suppres-sē, adv.; in comp.:

suppressius,

in a subdued voice, Aug. Ord. 1, 23.