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  • 1 circum-scrībō

        circum-scrībō īpsī, īptus, ere,    to encircle, circumscribe, enclose in a ring: orbem: virgulā stantem: virgā regem, L. — Fig., to define, encompass, enclose, limit, bound, circumscribe: nullis terminis ius suum: genus brevi circumscribi potest: uno genere genus hoc aratorum, to comprehend in one class. — To contract, hem in, circumscribe, hinder, restrain, confine, limit: praetorem: de circumscribendo adulescente sententia: insolentia in circumscribendis tribunis plebis, Cs. — To deceive, cheat, circumvent, entrap, ensnare, defraud: interrogationibus circumscripti: adulescentulos, overreach: Pupillos, Iu.—To cancel, annul, invalidate, make void, set aside: omni tempore Sullano circumscripto: circumscriptis iis sententiis, quas posui.

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  • 2 circumscribo

    circum-scrībo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    Prop., to draw a line around, to circumscribe, enclose in a circle (in good prose;

    very freq. in Cic.): orbem,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 23:

    lineas extremas umbrae,

    Quint. 10, 2, 7:

    virgulā stantem,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 8, 23:

    virgā regem,

    Liv. 45, 12, 5:

    aeneā fibulā pars auriculae latissima circumscribitur,

    Col. 6, 5, 4:

    terram surculo heliotropii,

    Plin. 22, 21, 29, § 60.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To draw a line as the circumference of a thing (cf. Quint. 12, 10, 5), i. e. to define, encompass, enclose, lim it, bound, circumscribe (syn.: definio, describo, termino):

    nullis ut terminis (orator) circumscribat aut definiat jus suum,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 16, 70; cf.:

    genus universum brevi circumscribi et definiri potest,

    id. Sest. 45, 97:

    exiguum nobis vitae curriculum natura circumscripsit, immensum gloriae,

    id. Rab. Perd. 10, 30:

    quibus regionibus vitae spatium circumscriptum est,

    id. Arch. 11, 29:

    ante enim circumscribitur mente sententia confestimque verba concurrunt,

    id. Or. 59, 200:

    locum habitandi alicui,

    id. Par. 2, 18:

    Oceanus undique circumscribit omnes terras et ambit,

    Gell. 12, 13, 20:

    uti mihi dicas et quasi circumscribas verbis, quid homo sit,

    id. 4, 1, 12.—
    B.
    To bring within narrow bounds, i. e. to contract, hem in, circumscribe, to hinder free action, to restrain, confine, limit, etc. (syn.: claudo, includo, coërceo).
    (α).
    Esp., of the restrictions or hinderances imposed by one magistracy or authority upon another:

    Senatus credo praetorem eum circumscripsisset,

    Cic. Mil. 33, 88 (cf. just before:

    an consules in praetore coërcendo fortes fuissent),

    id. Att. 7, 9, 2; id. Phil. 13, 9, 19; Caes. B. C. 1, 32; Auct. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 72:

    ille se fluvio Rubicone et CC. milibus circumscriptum esse patiatur?

    Cic. Phil. 6, 3, 5:

    gulam et ventrem,

    Sen. Ep. 108, 14:

    circumscribere corpus et animo locum laxare,

    id. ib. 15, 2:

    laudes,

    id. Cons. ad Helv. 19, 7.—
    (β).
    In gen.:

    uno genere genus hoc aratorum,

    to comprehend in one class, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 61, § 149 Zumpt:

    totum Dionysium sex epitomis circumscripsit,

    abridged, Col. 1, 1, 10:

    ut luxuriam vilitate circumscribamus,

    Plin. 22, 2, 3, § 4.—
    2.
    In later medic. lang. circumscribi = minui, to abate, subside:

    gravedo circumscribitur,

    Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 10; so id. Acut. 2, 10 fin.
    C.
    To encircle or go around by writing = scribendo circumdare, i. e. to deceive, cheat, circumvent, entrap, insnare (syn.:

    circumvenio, decipio): fallacibus et captiosis interrogationibus circumscripti atque decepti,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 46; Plin. 7, 40, 41, § 131; 33, 3, 14, § 48: non circumscribetur, qui ita se gesserit, ut dicat, etc., will not be deceived, i. e. will commit no error, Sen. Q. N. 5, 1, 3; id. Ep. 82, 19.—
    2.
    In mercantile lang., to deprive of money, to overreach, defraud:

    adulescentulos,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 7; Juv. 10, 222; 14, 237:

    ab Roscio HS. I[C ][C ]. circumscriptus,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 8, 24:

    vectigalia,

    to embezzle, Quint. Decl. 340.—
    3.
    In law, to defeat the purpose of a law, a will, etc., by a forced or too literal interpretation:

    legem,

    Dig. 4, 3, 18 fin.:

    ita circumscripto testamento,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 4; Front. Aquaed. 112: constitutiones, Lact. de Ira Dei, 8.—
    4.
    Of circumlocution, to involve in language:

    oratio rem simplicem circumscribens elocutione,

    Auct. Her. 4, 32, 43; cf.:

    facetis jocis sacrilegium circumscribens,

    covering, Just. 39, 2, 5.—
    D.
    To cancel; to declare invalid, to annul, invalidate, void, set aside (cf. circumduco, II. D.):

    hoc omni tempore Sullano ex accusatione circumscripto,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 16, § 43 (sublato, circumducto, praetermisso, Ascon.):

    circumscriptis igitur iis seutentiis, quas posui, etc.,

    id. Fin. 3, 9, 31.—Hence, circumscriptus, a, um, P. a.
    1.
    (Acc. to II. A.) In rhet., rounded into periods, periodic:

    circumscripti verborum ambitus,

    Cic. Or. 12, 38; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 32, 43; Quint. 12, 10, 5, and v. circumscriptio.— Adv.: circum-scriptē, in periods:

    circumscripte numeroseque dicere,

    Cic. Or. 66, 221: circumscripte complecti singulas res. id. N. D. 2, 59, 147.—
    2.
    (Acc. to II. B.) Restricted, limited:

    brevis et circumscripta quaedam explicatio,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 189:

    (vis orationis) pressior et circumscriptior et adductior,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 4.— Adv.: circum-scriptē, summarily:

    circumscripte et breviter ostendere,

    Lact. 5, 14, 8; 5, 9, 20. — Sup. of the adj., and comp. and sup. of the adv. not in use.

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  • 3 circumcīdō

        circumcīdō cīdī, cīsus, ere    [circum + caedo], to cut around, cut, clip, trim: ars agricolarum, quae circumcidat: gladiis caespites, Cs.—Fig., to cut off, diminish, abridge, circumscribe, get rid of, abolish: multitudinem: impensam funeri, Ph.: circumcisis quae in quaestum reperta, Ta.
    * * *
    circumcidere, circumcidi, circumcisus V TRANS
    cut/make incision around, ring; clip; circumcise; cut out; remove; diminish

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  • 4 terminō

        terminō āvī, ātus, āre    [terminus], to set bounds, mark off by boundaries, bound, limit: praetores terminare iussi, quā, etc., i. e. to bound their jurisdiction, L.: finīs imperi caeli regionibus: fana, L.: stomachus palato extremo atque intimo terminatur, ends in: imperium Oceano, famam astris, V.—Fig., to limit, set limits, circumscribe, bound: isdem finibus gloriam, quibus vitam: ea (lingua) vocem terminat: campos oculis, i. e. reach the limits of, L.— To limit, define, determine: bona voluptate, mala dolore.— To set bounds, close, finish, end, terminate: clausulas longā syllabā: ut pariter extrema terminentur.
    * * *
    terminare, terminavi, terminatus V
    mark the boundaries of, form the boundaries of; restrict; conclude

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  • 5 circumscribo

    circumscribere, circumscripi, circumscriptus V TRANS
    abridge, write concise form/well-turned phrase; cheat, impose on; circumvent; draw a line/circle around; circumscribe; hem in, confine, restrict; rule out

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  • 6 adstringo

    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).
    I.
    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.—
    II.
    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.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    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.—
    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.

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  • 7 angusto

    angusto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [angustus], to make narrow, to straiten (first used after the Aug. per.):

    Cujus (Hellesponti) iter caesis angustans corporum acervis,

    Cat. 64, 359:

    (puteus) ore angustatur,

    Plin. 17, 8, 4, § 45:

    servorum turba, quae quamvis magnam domum angustet,

    Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 11:

    maris angustat fauces,

    Luc. 5, 232: angustare aëris meatus. id. 4, 327:

    animam in artus tumidos angustare,

    Stat. Th. 4, 827; 12, 665.— Trop., to circumscribe, restrain:

    gaudia sua,

    Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 29:

    angustanda sunt patrimonia,

    id. Tranq. 8.

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  • 8 arto

    arto (not arcto), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. artus], to draw or press close together, to compress, contract (not found in Cic.).
    I.
    A.. Lit.: omnia conciliatu artari possunt, * Lucr. 1, 576:

    libros,

    Mart. 1, 3, 3; Col. 12, 44, 2:

    vitis contineri debet vimine, non artari,

    Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 209:

    angustias eas artantibus insulis parvis, quae etc.,

    id. 3, 6, 13, § 83.—
    B.
    Trop., to contract, straiten, limit, curtail:

    fortuna humana fingit artatque ut lubet, i. e. in angustias redigit,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 54 Lind.; Liv. 45, 56:

    tempus,

    to limit, circumscribe, Dig. 42, 1, 2; 38, 9, 1:

    se,

    to limit one's self, to retrench, ib. 1, 11, 2 al. —
    II.
    In gen., to finish, conclude, Petr. 85, 4.—Hence, artātus, a, um, P. a., contracted into a small compass; hence, narrow, close; and of time, short:

    pontus,

    Luc. 5, 234:

    tempus,

    Vell. 1, 16.

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  • 9 astringo

    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).
    I.
    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.—
    II.
    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.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    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.—
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > astringo

  • 10 circumcido

    circum-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut around, cut, clip, trim (orig. in agriculture;

    syn.: amputo, reseco): ars agricolarum, quae circumcidat, amputet, erigat, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 39:

    gemmam acuto scalpello circumcidito... ejusdem spatii corticem circumcidito,

    Col. Arb. 26, 8; 12, 36:

    latera scrobis,

    id. 5, 9, 9:

    arbores ad medullam,

    Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 191:

    aciem,

    Lucr. 3, 412:

    caespitem gladiis,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 42:

    ungues,

    Cels. 7, 26, 2:

    volnus,

    Plin. 25, 5, 25, § 61:

    genitalia (Judaeorum),

    to circumcise, Tac. H. 5, 5; cf. Petr. 102, 14; Gell. 17, 15, 7; Cels. 7, 25 init.
    II.
    Trop., to cut off, shorten, diminish, abridge, circumscribe (very freq. in prose;

    syn.: amputo, reseco, demo, aufero): testatur saepe Chrysippus, tres solas esse sententias, quae defendi possint, de finibus bonorum: circumcidit et amputat multitudinem,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 138;

    so with amputo,

    id. de Or. 1, 15, 65; id. Fin. 1, 13, 44:

    sumptus circumcisi aut sublati,

    Liv. 32, 27, 4; so,

    impensam funeri,

    Phaedr. 4, 19, 25:

    circumcisā omni negotiosā actione,

    Cels. 4, 25:

    circumcidendum vinum est in totum annum,

    to be abstained from, id. 4, 20.—Of discourse, to lop or cut off, to remove:

    circumcisis rebus, quae non arbitror pertinere ad agriculturam,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 11:

    circumcidat, si quid redundabit,

    Quint. 10, 2, 28; 4, 2, 42 Spald.:

    (oratio) rotunda et undique circumcisa,

    id. 8, 5, 27; 10, 1, 104:

    ineptas quaestiones,

    Sen. Contr. 2, 11.—Hence, cir-cumcīsus, a, um, P. a., lit. cut off around, cut off; hence,
    A.
    Of localities = abscisus, abruptus, cut off from connection with the region around, steep, precipitous, inaccessible:

    saxum,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11:

    Henna ab omni aditu circumcisa atque directa,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

    collis ex omni parte circumcisus,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 36. —
    B.
    Trop., abridged, short, brief (so prob. not before the Aug. per.):

    quid enim tam circumcisum, tam breve, quam hominis vita longissima?

    Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 11.—Of discourse:

    circumcisae orationes et breves,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 4; cf.

    supra,

    Quint. 8, 5, 27. — Adv.: circumcīsē, briefly:

    rem ante oculos ponere circumcise atque velociter,

    Quint. 8, 3, 81; * Suet. Rhet. 6; Macr. 5, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > circumcido

  • 11 inarcto

    ĭnarcto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [in-arctus], to circumscribe, limit ( post - class.), Aug. contr. Ep. Manich. 25, 27.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > inarcto

  • 12 termino

    termĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [terminus], to set bounds to, mark off by boundaries, to bound, limit (class.; syn.: finio, definio).
    I.
    Lit.:

    terra mare et contra mare terras terminat omnes,

    Lucr. 1, 1000:

    fines,

    Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33; cf.:

    quorum alter fines vestri imperii non terrae sed caeli regionibus terminaret,

    id. Cat. 3, 11, 26:

    locus, quem oleae terminabant,

    id. Caecin. 8, 22:

    quo (lituo) regiones vineae terminavit,

    id. N. D. 2, 3, 9:

    fana,

    Liv. 5, 50, 2:

    stomachus palato extremo atque intimo terminatur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 135:

    pars prior (togae) mediis cruribus optime terminatur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 139 et saep.:

    agrum publicum a privato,

    Liv. 42, 1, 6; Inscr. Orell. 3260.— Absol.:

    (praetores) terminari jussi, quā ulterior citeriorve provincia servaretur,

    Liv. 32, 28, 11:

    famam qui terminet astris,

    Verg. A. 1, 287.—
    II.
    Trop., to limit, set limits to; to circumscribe, fix, define, determine:

    isdem finibus gloriam, quibus vitam,

    Cic. Sen. 23, 82:

    quibus regionibus vitae spatium circumscriptum est, eisdem omnes cogitationes suas terminare,

    id. Arch. 11, 29:

    spem possessionum Janiculo et Alpibus,

    id. Mil. 27, 74:

    sonos vocis paucis litterarum notis,

    id. Tusc. 1, 25, 62:

    quod ipsa natura divitias, quibus contenta sit et parabiles et terminatas habet,

    id. Fin. 1, 13, 46; cf.:

    victu atque cultu terminatur pecuniae modus,

    id. Par. 6, 3, 50:

    modum magnitudinis et diuturnitatis,

    id. Tusc. 2, 19, 45:

    qui (Epicurus) bona voluptate terminaverit, mala dolore,

    id. Off. 3, 33, 117:

    summam voluptatem omnis privatione doloris,

    id. Fin. 1, 11, 38:

    ea (lingua) vocem fingit et terminat,

    id. N. D. 2, 59, 149:

    ut subjectos campos terminare oculis haud facile queas,

    i. e. reach the limits, Liv. 32, 4, 4:

    gloriam tantam futuram, ut terminari nullo tempore oblivione possit,

    Just. 22, 5, 12:

    prooemia intra quattuor sensus,

    Quint. 4, 1, 62.—
    B.
    Transf., to set bounds to, to close, finish, end, terminate:

    sententiam numerose,

    Cic. Or. 59, 199:

    clausulas longa syllaba,

    id. de Or. 3, 47, 183; cf.:

    ut pariter extrema terminentur,

    id. Or. 12, 38:

    ut, unde est orsa, in eo terminetur oratio,

    id. Marcell. 11, 33:

    si, ut Maecenas, etc., dicerentur, genitivo casu non e litterā sed tis syllabā terminarentur,

    Quint. 1, 5, 62:

    jam imperio annuo terminato,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 4:

    si negotium terminatum est,

    Dig. 47, 2, 58:

    rem judicio,

    ib. 50, 16, 230:

    litem,

    ib. 42, 1, 40.—Hence, adv.: termĭnātē, with limits, Auct. Cas. Lit. Goes. p. 243.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > termino

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