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  • 1 finio

    fīnĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. a. [finis], to limit, bound, enclose within boundaries (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    populi Romani imperium Rhenum finire,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 16, 4:

    quo (jugo) Cappadocia finitur ab Armenia, Auct. B. Alex. 35, 5: Tmolus Sardibus hinc, illinc parvis finitur Hypaepis,

    Ov. M. 11, 152; Vell. 2, 126, 3:

    rem res finire videtur (followed by terminare),

    Lucr. 1, 998:

    riparum clausas margine finit aquas,

    Ov. F. 2, 222:

    signum animo,

    Liv. 1, 18, 8:

    in ore sita lingua est, finita dentibus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149.—
    B.
    In partic.: finiens orbis or circulus, the horizon: illi orbes, qui aspectum nostrum definiunt, qui a Graecis horizontes nominantur, a nobis finientes rectissime nominari possunt, Cic. Div. 2, 44, 92:

    circulus,

    Sen. Q. N. 5, 17, 2.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To set bounds to, restrain, check:

    equidem illud ipsum non nimium probo, philosophum loqui de cupiditatibus finiendis: an potest cupiditas finiri?

    Cic. Fin. 2, 9, 27; cf.:

    cupiditates satietate,

    id. ib. 2, 20, 64:

    deliberativas miror a quibusdam sola utilitate finitas,

    Quint. 3, 8, 1.—
    B.
    For definio, to prescribe, determine, fix, appoint, assign:

    sepulcris novis finivit modum,

    Cic. Leg, 2, 26, 66:

    AD EAM REM RATIONE CVRSVS ANNVOS SACERDOTES FINIVNTO,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 20:

    spatia omnis temporis numero noctium,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 18, 2; cf.: Hercyniae silvae latitudo novem dierum iter patet;

    non enim aliter finiri potest,

    i. e. its extent cannot be described more accurately, id. ib. 6, 25, 1; so too is to be explained the disputed passage: hoc autem sphaerae genus, in quo solis et lunae motus inessent... in illa sphaera solida non potuisse finiri, this sort of (movable) celestial globe... could not be defined, marked out, on that solid globe (of Thales), Cic. Rep. 1, 14:

    locum, in quo dimicaturi essent,

    Liv. 42, 47, 5:

    ut si finias equum, genus est animal, species mortale, etc.,

    Quint. 7, 3, 3; cf.:

    rhetorice finitur varie,

    id. 2, 15, 1:

    sit nobis orator is, qui a M. Catone finitur,

    id. 12, 1, 1; 12, 3, 40.— Pass. impers.:

    de pecunia finitur, Ne major causa ludorum consumeretur quam, etc.,

    Liv. 40, 44, 10.—
    C.
    To put an end to, to finish, terminate:

    bellum,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 51, 3; Curt. 3, 1, 9; Tac. A. 15, 17; Just. 16, 2, 8; Vell. 2, 17, 1:

    prandia nigris moris,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 23: graves labores morte, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 115 (transl. from Eurip. ponôn pepaumenon):

    dolores morte,

    id. Fin. 1, 15, 49:

    tristitiam vitaeque labores molli mero,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 17:

    labores,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 39; id. S. 1, 1, 93:

    dolores,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 263:

    studia,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 104:

    amores,

    id. C. 1, 19, 4:

    sitim,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 146:

    honores aequo animo,

    Vell. 2, 33, 3:

    vitam mihi ense,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 49:

    vitam voluntariā morte, inediā, etc.,

    Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 66; 8, 42, 64, § 157;

    so very rarely of a natural death: Valerianus in illo dedecore vitam finivit,

    Lact. Mort. Pers. 5, 6; cf. Tac. A. 1, 9; Sen. Ep. 66, 43:

    praecipitare te et finire,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 3, 3:

    (Burrus) impedito meatu spiritum finiebat,

    Tac. A. 14, 51:

    animam,

    Ov. M. 7, 591:

    (distinctiones) interest sermonem finiant an sensum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 37; cf.:

    ut verbum acuto sono finiant,

    to pronounce with the accent on the last syllable, id. 1, 5, 25.— Pass., to come to an end, close, be ended, terminate:

    ut senten tiae verbis finiantur,

    end, close with verbs, Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 191; cf.:

    nec solum componentur verba ratione, sed etiam finientur,

    id. Or. 49, 164:

    Latinum (verbum), quod o et n litteris finiretur, non reperiebant,

    Quint. 1, 5, 60; cf. id. 1, 6, 14.—
    2.
    In partic. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose), to come to an end, to cease.
    a.
    To finish speaking, draw to a close, end:

    finierat Paean,

    Ov. M. 1, 566; 13, 123; 14, 441; cf.:

    finiturus eram, sed, etc.,

    id. A. A. 1, 755:

    ut semel finiam,

    Quint. 1, 12, 6; 8, 3, 55; cf.:

    denique, ut semel finiam,

    id. 9, 4, 138: 5, 13, 3; 11, 3, 59.—
    b.
    To come to one's end, to die:

    sic fuit utilius finiri ipsi, Cic. poët. Tusc. 1, 48, 115: sic Tiberius finivit octavo et septuagesimo aetatis anno,

    Tac. A. 6, 50 fin.; for which, in pass.:

    qui morbo finiuntur,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 2:

    Seleucus quoque iisdem ferme diebus finitur,

    Just. 27, 3, 12; cf.:

    finita Juliorum domo,

    become extinct, Tac. H. 1, 16.—Hence, fīnītus, a, um, P. a. In rhetor., of words, that terminate properly, well-rounded, rhythmical:

    et ipsi infracta et amputata loquuntur et eos vituperant, qui apta et finita pronuntiant,

    Cic. Or. 51, 170.— Sup.:

    finitissimus,

    Prisc. 1076 P.— Adv.: fīnītē.
    * 1.
    (Acc. to II. A.) To a certain extent, within limits:

    avarus erit, sed finite,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 9, 27.—
    * 2.
    (Acc. to II. B.) Definitely, specifically:

    referri oportere ad senatum aut infinite de re publica, aut de singulis rebus finite,

    Gell. 14, 7, 9.

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  • 2 finite

    fīnĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. a. [finis], to limit, bound, enclose within boundaries (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    populi Romani imperium Rhenum finire,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 16, 4:

    quo (jugo) Cappadocia finitur ab Armenia, Auct. B. Alex. 35, 5: Tmolus Sardibus hinc, illinc parvis finitur Hypaepis,

    Ov. M. 11, 152; Vell. 2, 126, 3:

    rem res finire videtur (followed by terminare),

    Lucr. 1, 998:

    riparum clausas margine finit aquas,

    Ov. F. 2, 222:

    signum animo,

    Liv. 1, 18, 8:

    in ore sita lingua est, finita dentibus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149.—
    B.
    In partic.: finiens orbis or circulus, the horizon: illi orbes, qui aspectum nostrum definiunt, qui a Graecis horizontes nominantur, a nobis finientes rectissime nominari possunt, Cic. Div. 2, 44, 92:

    circulus,

    Sen. Q. N. 5, 17, 2.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To set bounds to, restrain, check:

    equidem illud ipsum non nimium probo, philosophum loqui de cupiditatibus finiendis: an potest cupiditas finiri?

    Cic. Fin. 2, 9, 27; cf.:

    cupiditates satietate,

    id. ib. 2, 20, 64:

    deliberativas miror a quibusdam sola utilitate finitas,

    Quint. 3, 8, 1.—
    B.
    For definio, to prescribe, determine, fix, appoint, assign:

    sepulcris novis finivit modum,

    Cic. Leg, 2, 26, 66:

    AD EAM REM RATIONE CVRSVS ANNVOS SACERDOTES FINIVNTO,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 20:

    spatia omnis temporis numero noctium,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 18, 2; cf.: Hercyniae silvae latitudo novem dierum iter patet;

    non enim aliter finiri potest,

    i. e. its extent cannot be described more accurately, id. ib. 6, 25, 1; so too is to be explained the disputed passage: hoc autem sphaerae genus, in quo solis et lunae motus inessent... in illa sphaera solida non potuisse finiri, this sort of (movable) celestial globe... could not be defined, marked out, on that solid globe (of Thales), Cic. Rep. 1, 14:

    locum, in quo dimicaturi essent,

    Liv. 42, 47, 5:

    ut si finias equum, genus est animal, species mortale, etc.,

    Quint. 7, 3, 3; cf.:

    rhetorice finitur varie,

    id. 2, 15, 1:

    sit nobis orator is, qui a M. Catone finitur,

    id. 12, 1, 1; 12, 3, 40.— Pass. impers.:

    de pecunia finitur, Ne major causa ludorum consumeretur quam, etc.,

    Liv. 40, 44, 10.—
    C.
    To put an end to, to finish, terminate:

    bellum,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 51, 3; Curt. 3, 1, 9; Tac. A. 15, 17; Just. 16, 2, 8; Vell. 2, 17, 1:

    prandia nigris moris,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 23: graves labores morte, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 115 (transl. from Eurip. ponôn pepaumenon):

    dolores morte,

    id. Fin. 1, 15, 49:

    tristitiam vitaeque labores molli mero,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 17:

    labores,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 39; id. S. 1, 1, 93:

    dolores,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 263:

    studia,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 104:

    amores,

    id. C. 1, 19, 4:

    sitim,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 146:

    honores aequo animo,

    Vell. 2, 33, 3:

    vitam mihi ense,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 49:

    vitam voluntariā morte, inediā, etc.,

    Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 66; 8, 42, 64, § 157;

    so very rarely of a natural death: Valerianus in illo dedecore vitam finivit,

    Lact. Mort. Pers. 5, 6; cf. Tac. A. 1, 9; Sen. Ep. 66, 43:

    praecipitare te et finire,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 3, 3:

    (Burrus) impedito meatu spiritum finiebat,

    Tac. A. 14, 51:

    animam,

    Ov. M. 7, 591:

    (distinctiones) interest sermonem finiant an sensum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 37; cf.:

    ut verbum acuto sono finiant,

    to pronounce with the accent on the last syllable, id. 1, 5, 25.— Pass., to come to an end, close, be ended, terminate:

    ut senten tiae verbis finiantur,

    end, close with verbs, Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 191; cf.:

    nec solum componentur verba ratione, sed etiam finientur,

    id. Or. 49, 164:

    Latinum (verbum), quod o et n litteris finiretur, non reperiebant,

    Quint. 1, 5, 60; cf. id. 1, 6, 14.—
    2.
    In partic. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose), to come to an end, to cease.
    a.
    To finish speaking, draw to a close, end:

    finierat Paean,

    Ov. M. 1, 566; 13, 123; 14, 441; cf.:

    finiturus eram, sed, etc.,

    id. A. A. 1, 755:

    ut semel finiam,

    Quint. 1, 12, 6; 8, 3, 55; cf.:

    denique, ut semel finiam,

    id. 9, 4, 138: 5, 13, 3; 11, 3, 59.—
    b.
    To come to one's end, to die:

    sic fuit utilius finiri ipsi, Cic. poët. Tusc. 1, 48, 115: sic Tiberius finivit octavo et septuagesimo aetatis anno,

    Tac. A. 6, 50 fin.; for which, in pass.:

    qui morbo finiuntur,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 2:

    Seleucus quoque iisdem ferme diebus finitur,

    Just. 27, 3, 12; cf.:

    finita Juliorum domo,

    become extinct, Tac. H. 1, 16.—Hence, fīnītus, a, um, P. a. In rhetor., of words, that terminate properly, well-rounded, rhythmical:

    et ipsi infracta et amputata loquuntur et eos vituperant, qui apta et finita pronuntiant,

    Cic. Or. 51, 170.— Sup.:

    finitissimus,

    Prisc. 1076 P.— Adv.: fīnītē.
    * 1.
    (Acc. to II. A.) To a certain extent, within limits:

    avarus erit, sed finite,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 9, 27.—
    * 2.
    (Acc. to II. B.) Definitely, specifically:

    referri oportere ad senatum aut infinite de re publica, aut de singulis rebus finite,

    Gell. 14, 7, 9.

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  • 3 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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  • 4 obduco

    ob-dūco, xi, ctum ( inf. perf. sync. obduxe, Arg. ad Plaut. Merc. 7), 3, v. a., to lead or draw before, lead or conduct against or towards, to draw or bring forward or around, draw over (class. and very freq.; syn.: obtendo, obtego).
    I.
    Lit.:

    ad oppidum exercitum,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 13: vim Gallicam obduc contra in acie, Att. ap. Non. 224, 13:

    Curium,

    Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2: ab utroque latere collis transversam fossam obduxit, drew forward, drew, made, or extended a trench, Caes. B. G. 2, 8:

    vela,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 21: vestem, to draw on or over, Tac. A. 4, 70; Curt. 6, 5, 27:

    seram,

    to draw, close, fasten, Prop. 5, 5, 48:

    callum,

    to draw over, Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 3.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To cover by drawing over; to cover over, overspread, surround, envelop:

    trunci obducuntur libro, aut cortice,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120:

    operimento,

    id. Leg. 2, 22, 56; Verg. E. 1, 49:

    vultus, of the sun,

    Ov. M. 2, 330:

    caput,

    Luc. 9, 109:

    semina cortice,

    Plin. 19, 7, 36, § 119:

    obducta cicatrix,

    a closed, healed scar, Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 4; Curt. 8, 10, 31:

    obductā nocte,

    overcast, cloudy, dark, Nep. Hann. 5, 2; Curt. 8, 13, 25.—
    2.
    To close, shut up ( poet.):

    obducta penetralia Phoebi,

    Luc. 5, 67:

    fores,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 1548. mors oculos coepit obducere, Petr. S. 19.—
    3.
    To draw in, drink down, swallow:

    venenum,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:

    potionem,

    Sen. Prov. 3, 12: pultarium mulsi, to drink up, Petr. 42.—
    4.
    To swallow up, overwhelm:

    uti eos, eum exercitum, eos hostes, eosque homines, urbes agrosque eorum... obducatis (an imprecation to the gods below),

    Macr. S. 3, 9, 10.—
    5.
    To contract, wrinkle, knit the brow:

    obductā solvatur fronte senectus,

    Hor. Epod. 13, 5:

    frontem,

    Juv. 9, 2:

    vultum,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 1, 5.—
    6.
    To injure, harm (late Lat.):

    stomachum,

    Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 2, 28.—
    7.
    To bring home in opposition or rivalry to another:

    eum putat uxor sibi Obduxe scortum,

    Plaut. Merc. Arg. 1, 7.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To draw or spread over: obsidionem, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 198 Müll. (Trag. v. 11 Vahl.):

    clarissimis rebus tenebras obducere,

    i. e. to darken, obscure, Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 16:

    paulatim tenebris sese obducentibus,

    Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 143.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To cover, conceal:

    obductus verbis dolor,

    Verg. A. 10, 64:

    obductos rescindere luctus,

    Ov. M. 12, 543:

    rei publicae obducere cicatricem,

    Cic. Leg. Agr. 3, 2, 4.—
    2.
    Qs., to draw out, i. e. to pass, spend time:

    itaque obduxi posterum diem,

    Cic. Att. 16, 6, 1.

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  • 5 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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  • 6 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.

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  • 7 premo

    prĕmo, essi, essum, 3, v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. prelum], to press (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    pede pedem alicui premere,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 30:

    et trepidae matres pressere ad pectora natos,

    Verg. A. 7, 518:

    veluti qui sentibus anguem Pressit humi nitens,

    id. ib. 2, 379:

    novercae Monstra manu premens,

    id. ib. 8, 288:

    pressit et inductis membra paterna rotis,

    i. e. drove her chariot over her father's body, Ov. Ib. 366:

    trabes Hymettiae Premunt columnas,

    press, rest heavily upon them, Hor. C. 2, 18, 3:

    premere terga genu alicujus,

    Ov. Am. 3, 2, 24:

    ubera plena,

    i. e. to milk, id. F. 4, 769:

    vestigia alicujus,

    to tread in, to follow one's footsteps, Tac. A. 2, 14:

    nudis pressit qui calcibus anguem,

    Juv. 1, 43:

    dente frena,

    to bite, to champ, Ov. M. 10, 704:

    ore aliquid,

    to chew, eat, id. ib. 5, 538; cf.:

    aliquid morsu,

    Lucr. 3, 663:

    presso molari,

    with compressed teeth, Juv. 5, 160:

    pressum lac,

    i. e. cheese, Verg. E. 1, 82.—In mal. part.:

    Hister Peucen premerat Antro,

    forced, Val. Fl. 8, 256:

    uxorem,

    Suet. Calig. 25.—Of animals:

    feminas premunt galli,

    Mart. 3, 57, 17.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Poet., to bear down upon, to touch:

    premere litora,

    Ov. M. 14, 416:

    litus,

    to keep close to the shore, Hor. C. 2, 10, 3:

    aëra,

    i. e. to fly, Luc. 7, 835.—
    2.
    Poet., to hold fast, hold, firmly grasp:

    premere frena manu,

    Ov. M. 8, 37:

    ferrum,

    to grasp, Sil. 5, 670:

    capulum,

    id. 2, 615.—
    3.
    Poet., to press a place with one's body, i. e. to sit, stand, lie, fall, or seat one's self on any thing:

    toros,

    Ov. H. 12, 30:

    sedilia,

    id. M. 5, 317:

    hoc quod premis habeto,

    id. ib. 5, 135:

    et pictam positā pharetram cervice premebat,

    id. ib. 2, 421:

    humum,

    to lie on the ground, id. Am. 3, 5, 16; cf. id. F. 4, 844:

    frondes tuo premis ore caducas,

    id. M. 9, 650; Sen. Hippol. 510.—
    4.
    To cover, to conceal by covering (mostly poet.):

    aliquid terrā,

    to conceal, bury in the earth, Hor. Epod. 1, 33:

    nonumque prematur in annum,

    kept back, suppressed, id. A. P. 388:

    omne lucrum tenebris alta premebat humus,

    Ov. Am. 3, 8, 36:

    ossa male pressa,

    i. e. buried, id. Tr. 5, 3, 39; Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 191; hence, to crown, to cover or adorn with any thing:

    ut premerer sacrā lauro,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 18:

    molli Fronde crinem,

    Verg. A. 4, 147:

    canitiem galeā,

    id. ib. 9, 612:

    mitrā capillos,

    Ov. F. 4, 517; cf. Verg. A. 5, 556.—
    5.
    To make, form, or shape any thing by pressing ( poet.):

    quod surgente die mulsere horisque diurnis, Nocte premunt,

    they make into cheese, Verg. G. 3, 400:

    os fingit premendo,

    id. A. 6, 80:

    caseos,

    id. E. 1, 35:

    mollem terram,

    Vulg. Sap. 15, 7; Calp. Ecl. 5, 34.—
    6.
    To press hard upon, bear down upon, to crowd, pursue closely:

    hostes de loco superiore,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

    Pompeiani nostros premere et instare coeperunt,

    id. B. C. 3, 46:

    hac fugerent Graii, premeret Trojana juventus,

    Verg. A. 1, 467:

    Pergamenae naves cum adversarios premerent acrius,

    Nep. Hann. 11, 5:

    hinc Rutulus premit, et murum circumsonat armis,

    Verg. A. 8, 473:

    obsidione urbem,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 32.—Of the pursuit or chase of animals:

    ad retia cervum,

    Verg. G. 3, 413:

    spumantis apri cursum clamore,

    id. A. 1, 324:

    bestias venatione,

    Isid. 10, 282.—
    7.
    To press down, burden, load, freight:

    nescia quem premeret,

    on whose back she sat, Ov. M. 2, 869:

    tergum equi,

    id. ib. 8, 34;

    14, 343: et natat exuviis Graecia pressa suis,

    Prop. 4, 1, 114 (5, 1, 116):

    pressae carinae,

    Verg. G. 1, 303:

    pressus membra mero,

    Prop. 2, 12 (3, 7), 42:

    magno et gravi onere armorum pressi,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 24:

    auro phaleras,

    to adorn, Stat. Th. 8, 567.—
    8.
    To press into, force in, press upon:

    (caprum) dentes in vite prementem,

    Ov. F. 1, 355:

    presso sub vomere,

    Verg. G. 2, 356; cf.:

    presso aratro,

    Tib. 4, 1, 161:

    alte ensem in corpore,

    Stat. Th. 11, 542:

    et nitidas presso pollice finge comas,

    Prop. 3, 8 (4, 9), 14:

    et cubito remanete presso,

    leaning upon, Hor. C. 1, 27, 8. —
    b.
    To make with any thing ( poet.):

    aeternā notā,

    Ov. F. 6, 610:

    littera articulo pressa tremente,

    id. H. 10, 140:

    multā via pressa rotā,

    id. ib. 18, 134.—
    9.
    To press down, let down, cause to sink down, to lower:

    nec preme, nec summum molire per aethera currum,

    Ov. M. 2, 135:

    humanaeque memor sortis, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit,

    id. Tr. 3, 11, 67:

    mundus ut ad Scythiam Rhiphaeasque arduus arces Consurgit, premitur Libyae devexus in Austros,

    sinks down, Verg. G. 1, 240; Sen. Herc. Fur. 155. —
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To set, plant:

    virgulta per agros,

    Verg. G. 2, 346; 26.—
    (β).
    To make or form by pressing down, to make any thing deep, to dig:

    vestigio leviter presso,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53; cf.

    (trop.): vestigia non pressa leviter, sed fixa,

    id. Sest. 5, 13:

    sulcum premere,

    to draw a furrow, Verg. A. 10, 296:

    fossam transversam, inter montes pressit (al. percussit),

    Front. Strat. 1, 5:

    fossa pressa,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 4:

    cavernae in altitudinem pressae,

    Curt. 5, 1, 28.—
    (γ).
    To strike to the ground, to strike down:

    tres famulos,

    Verg. A. 9, 329:

    paucos,

    Tac. H. 4, 2.—
    10.
    To press closely, compress, press together, close:

    oculos,

    Verg. A. 9, 487:

    alicui fauces,

    Ov. M. 12, 509:

    laqueo collum,

    to strangle, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37:

    angebar ceu guttura forcipe pressus,

    Ov. M. 9, 78:

    presso gutture,

    compressed, Verg. G. 1, 410; cf.:

    siquidem unius praecordia pressit ille (boletus) senis,

    i. e. stopped his breath, Juv. 6, 621:

    quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis,

    choked, id. 14, 221:

    amplexu presso,

    united, in close embrace, Sen. Oedip. 192:

    oscula jungere pressa,

    to exchange kisses, Ov. H. 2, 94; so,

    pressa basia,

    Mart. 6, 34, 1:

    presso gradu incedere,

    in close ranks, foot to foot, Liv. 28, 14:

    pede presso,

    id. 8, 8.—
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To shorten, tighten, draw in:

    pressis habenis,

    Verg. A. 11, 600 (cf.:

    laxas dure habenas,

    id. ib. 1, 63).—
    (β).
    To keep short, prune:

    Calenā falce vitem,

    Hor. C. 1, 31, 9:

    luxuriem falce,

    Ov. M. 14, 628:

    falce premes umbras (i. e. arbores umbrantes),

    Verg. G. 1, 157; 4, 131:

    molle salictum,

    Calp. Ecl. 5, 110.—
    (γ).
    To check, arrest, stop:

    premere sanguinem,

    Tac. A. 15, 64:

    vestigia pressit,

    Verg. A. 6, 197:

    attoniti pressere gradum,

    Val. Fl. 2, 424 ' dixit, pressoque obmutuit ore, was silent, Verg. A. 6, 155.—
    11.
    To press out, bring out by pressure:

    tenerā sucos pressere medullā,

    Luc. 4, 318; cf.: (equus) collectumque fremens volvit sub naribus ignem, Verg. ap. Sen. Ep. 95, 68, and id. G. 3, 85 Rib.—
    12.
    To frequent: feci ut cotidie praesentem me viderent, habitavi in [p. 1441] oculis, pressi forum, Cic. Planc. 27, 66.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To press, press upon, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down; to urge, drive, importune, pursue, to press close or hard, etc. (class.):

    ego istum pro suis factis pessumis pessum premam,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 49 Lorenz ad loc.:

    quae necessitas eum tanta premebat, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97:

    ea, quae premant, et ea, quae impendeant,

    id. Fam. 9, 1, 2:

    aerumnae, quae me premunt,

    Sall. J. 14, 22:

    pressus gravitate soporis,

    bound by heavy, deep sleep, Ov. M. 15, 21:

    cum aut aere alieno, aut magnitudine tributorum, aut injuriā potentium premuntur,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 13:

    invidia et odio populi premi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

    premi periculis,

    id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:

    cum a me premeretur,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139; cf.:

    aliquem verbo,

    id. Tusc. 1, 7, 13:

    criminibus veris premere aliquem,

    Ov. M. 14, 401:

    cum a plerisque ad exeundum premeretur, exire noluit,

    was pressed, urged, importuned, Nep. Ages. 6, 1:

    a Pompeii procuratoribus sescentis premi coeptus est,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3: numina nulla premunt;

    mortali urgemur ab hoste,

    Verg. A. 10, 375:

    premere reum voce, vultu,

    Tac. A. 3, 67:

    crimen,

    to pursue obstinately, Quint. 7, 2, 12:

    confessionem,

    to force a confession from one, id. 7, 1, 29:

    argumentum etiam atque etiam,

    to pursue steadily, Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

    ancipiti mentem formidine pressus,

    Verg. A. 3, 47:

    maerore pressa,

    Sen. Oct. 103:

    veritate pressus negare non potuit,

    overcome, overpowered, Lact. 4, 13.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To repress, hide, conceal (mostly poet.):

    dum nocte premuntur,

    Verg. A. 6, 827:

    curam sub corde,

    id. ib. 4, 332:

    odium,

    Plin. Pan. 62:

    iram,

    Tac. A. 6, 50:

    pavorem et consternationem mentis vultu,

    id. ib. 13, 16:

    interius omne secretum,

    Sen. Ep. 3, 4:

    dolorem silentio,

    Val. Max. 3, 3, 1 ext.; cf. silentia, Sil. 12, 646:

    aliquid ore,

    Verg. A. 7, 103:

    jam te premet nox,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 16.—
    2.
    To lower, diminish, undervalue, disparage, depreciate:

    premendorum superiorum arte sese extollebat,

    Liv. 22, 12:

    arma Latini,

    Verg. A. 11, 402:

    opuscula ( = deprimere atque elevare),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 36:

    famam alicujus,

    Tac. A. 15, 49:

    premere ac despicere,

    Quint. 11, 1, 16:

    premere tumentia, humilia extollere,

    id. ib. 10, 4, 1.—
    b.
    To surpass, exceed:

    facta premant annos,

    Ov. M. 7, 449:

    ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat,

    id. P. 3, 1, 116:

    quantum Latonia Nymphas Virgo premit,

    Stat. S. 1, 2, 115.—
    c.
    To rule ( poet.):

    dicione premere populos,

    Verg. A. 7, 737:

    imperio,

    id. ib. 1, 54:

    Mycenas Servitio premet,

    id. ib. 1, 285.—
    3.
    To suppress, pull down, humble, degrade:

    quae (vocabula) nunc situs premit,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 118:

    nec premendo alium me extulisse velim,

    Liv. 22, 59, 10; cf. id. 39, 41, 1:

    premebat reum crimen,

    id. 3, 13, 1.—
    4.
    To compress, abridge, condense:

    haec enim, quae dilatantur a nobis, Zeno sic premebat,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20.—
    5.
    To check, arrest, repress, restrain:

    cursum ingenii tui, Brute, premit haec importuna clades civitatis,

    Cic. Brut. 97, 332:

    sub imo Corde gemitum,

    Verg. A. 10, 464:

    vocem,

    to be silent, id. ib. 9, 324:

    sermones vulgi,

    to restrain, Tac. A. 3, 6.—
    6.
    To store up, lay up in the mind, muse upon:

    (vocem) ab ore Eripuit pater ac stupefactus numine pressit,

    Verg. A. 7, 119.—Hence, pressus, a, um, P. a.
    I.
    Moderate, slow, suppressed, kept down.
    A.
    Lit.:

    presso pede eos retro cedentes principes recipiebant,

    Liv. 8, 8, 9:

    presso gradu,

    id. 28, 14, 14; cf.:

    pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

    Ov. M. 3, 17.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of the voice or manner, subdued:

    haec cum pressis et flebilibus modis, qui totis theatris maestitiam inferant,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106.—
    2.
    Of color, lowered, depressed; hence, dark, gloomy:

    color pressus,

    Pall. 4, 13, 4:

    color viridi pressior,

    Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 32:

    spadices pressi,

    Serv. Verg. G. 3, 82.—
    II.
    Esp., of an orator or of speech.
    A.
    Compressed, concise, plain, without ornament (class.):

    fiunt pro grandibus tumidi, pressis exiles, fortibus temerarii, etc.,

    Quint. 10, 2, 16:

    cum Attici pressi et integri, contra Asiani inflati et inanes haberentur,

    id. 12, 10, 18.—Of style:

    pressa et tenuia, et quae minimum ab usu cotidiano recedant,

    Quint. 10, 1, 102:

    pressus et demissus stilus,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 5; Quint. 4, 2, 117.— Comp.: in concionibus pressior, et circumscriptior, et adductior, more moderate, keeping more within bounds, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 4.—
    B.
    Close, exact, accurate:

    Thucydides ita verbis aptus et pressus, ut,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56: quis te fuit umquam in partiundis rebus pressior? more exact, more accurate, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 364, 24:

    sicuti taxare pressius crebriusque est, quam tangere,

    Gell. 2, 6, 5:

    quod (periculum) observandum pressiore cautelā censeo,

    stricter, greater, App. M. 5, p. 160, 36:

    cogitationes pressiores,

    id. ib. 5, p. 163, 32.—So of sounds, precise, intelligible:

    (lingua) vocem profusam fingit atque sonos vocis distinctos et pressos facit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149.—Hence, adv.: pressē, with pressure, violently (class.): artius pressiusque conflictata, Atei. Capito ap. Gell. 10, 6, 2.—
    B.
    Closely, tightly.
    1.
    Lit.:

    vites pressius putare,

    Pall. 12, 9:

    pressius colla radere,

    Veg. Vet. 1, 56.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of pronunciation, shortly, neatly, trimly:

    loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, sed presse, et aequabiliter, et leniter,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; id. Off. 1, 37, 133.—
    b.
    Of the mode of expression, etc., concisely, not diffusely:

    definire presse et anguste,

    Cic. Or. 33, 117:

    abundanter dicere, an presse,

    Quint. 8, 3, 40:

    pressius et astrictius scripsi,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 10.—
    (β).
    Without ornament, simply:

    unum (genus oratorum) attenuate presseque, alterum sublate ampleque dicentium,

    Cic. Brut. 55, 202:

    aliquid describere modo pressius, modo elatius,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 3.—
    (γ).
    Closely, exactly, correctly, accurately:

    mihi placet agi subtilius, et pressius,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24:

    definiunt pressius,

    id. Tusc. 4, 7, 14:

    anquisitius, et exactius pressiusque disserere,

    Gell. 1, 3, 21.

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  • 8 contraho

    con-trăho, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to draw or bring several objects together, to collect, assemble (freq. and class.).
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Lit. (syn. colligo;

    opp. dissipo): quae in rerum naturā constarent quaeque moverentur, ea contrahere amicitiam, dissipare discordiam,

    Cic. Lael. 7, 24:

    cohortes ex finitimis regionibus,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 15:

    exercitum in unum locum,

    id. B. G. 1, 34; cf.:

    omnes copias Luceriam,

    Cic. Att. 8, 1, 2; and:

    omnia in unum locum,

    id. ib. 8, 11, B, 3:

    omnes copias eo,

    Nep. Ages. 3, 1:

    navibus circiter LXXX. coactis, contractisque,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 22; cf.:

    magnam classem,

    Nep. Con. 4, 4:

    naves,

    Suet. Calig. 19:

    agrestes,

    Ov. F. 4, 811:

    captivos,

    Liv. 37, 44, 3:

    utrumque ad colloquium,

    id. 28, 18, 2:

    undique libros,

    Suet. Aug. 31; cf.

    exemplaria,

    id. Gram. 24:

    muscas in manu,

    Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 122; cf.

    serpentes,

    id. 28, 9, 42, § 151: ii, qui in idem (collegium) contracti fuerint, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 34 (43), 1—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To bring about, carry into effect, accomplish, execute, get, contract, occasion, cause, produce, make, etc. (very freq.):

    amicitiam,

    Cic. Lael. 14, 48:

    vinculum amicitiae,

    Val. Max. 4, 7 init.:

    aliquid litigii,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 31; cf.

    lites,

    id. Capt. prol. 63: qui hoc [p. 458] mihi contraxit, id. Cas. 3, 2, 21; cf.:

    negotium mihi,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 9; and:

    numinis iram mihi (arte),

    Ov. M. 2, 660:

    bellum Saguntinis,

    Liv. 24, 42, 11:

    aliquid damni,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 91:

    molestias,

    id. Fam. 2, 16, 5; cf. Sall. H. 2, 41, 8 Dietsch:

    aes alienum,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 25:

    causam certaminis,

    Liv. 22, 28, 4; cf.

    certamen,

    id. 23, 26, 11; 25, 34, 10 al.:

    necessitates ad bellum,

    id. 44, 27, 12:

    culpam,

    to incur, Cic. Att. 11, 24, 1 al.:

    cruditatem,

    Quint. 7, 3, 38; cf. id. 2, 10, 6:

    morbum,

    Plin. 30, 8, 21, § 65:

    pestilentiam,

    id. 36, 27, 69, § 202:

    saginam corporis,

    Just. 21, 2:

    causam valetudinis ex profluvio alvi,

    Suet. Aug. 97 fin. et saep.: porca contracta, owed, due, sc. for the expiation of a crime, Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57 fin. —
    2.
    In the lang. of business, t. t., to make a contract, conclude a bargain, to contract:

    rationem, rem cum illo,

    Cic. Clu. 14, 41; cf. id. Off. 1, 17, 53; id. Sull. 20, 56; id. Att. 7, 7, 7:

    in tribuendo suum cuique et rerum contractarum fide,

    id. Off. 1, 5, 14:

    ex rebus contrahendis,

    id. ib. 3, 15, 61:

    in contrahendis negotiis,

    id. ib. 2, 11, 40:

    adfinitas inter Caesarem et Pompeium contracta nuptiis,

    Vell. 2, 44, 3 et saep.—
    b.
    Transf. beyond the sphere of business:

    cum aliquo,

    to have intercourse with, to associate with, Cic. Off. 1, 2, 4:

    nihil cum populo,

    id. Tusc. 5, 36, 105.—
    II.
    In partic., with the prevailing idea of shortening or diminishing by drawing together (cf.: cogo, colligo, etc.), to draw close or together, to draw in, contract, shorten, narrow, lessen, abridge, diminish (freq. and class.; opp. porrigo, dilato, tendo).
    A.
    Lit.:

    animal omne membra quocumque volt flectit, contorquet, porrigit, contrahit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

    pulmones tum se contrahunt adspirantes, tum intrante spiritu dilatant,

    id. N. D. 2, 55, 136:

    contractum aliquo morbo bovis cor,

    id. Div. 2, 16, 37; cf.:

    se millepeda tactu,

    Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 136:

    bina cornua (opp. protendere),

    id. 9, 32, 51, § 101: collum. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41;

    opp. tendere,

    Quint. 11, 3, 82:

    frontem,

    to wrinkle, contract, Cic. Clu. 26, 72; Hor. S. 2, 2, 125:

    supercilia (opp. deducere),

    Quint. 11, 3, 79:

    medium digitum in pollicem,

    id. 11, 3, 92; cf.:

    contractum genibus tangas caput,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 61:

    gravissimo frigore solus atque contractus vigilabit in lectulo,

    Hier. Ep. 53:

    castra,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 40:

    vela,

    Hor. C. 2, 10, 23; Quint. 12, prooem. § 4; cf. Cic. Att. 1, 16, 2:

    orbem (lunae),

    Ov. M. 15, 198:

    umbras,

    id. ib. 3, 144:

    orationem (with summittere),

    Quint. 11, 1, 45; cf. id. 12, 11, 16:

    tempora dicendi,

    id. 6, 5, 4 et saep.:

    lac,

    to curdle, coagulate, Plin. 23, 7, 63, § 117.—Of bees:

    contracto frigore pigrae ( = contractae frigore pigro),

    Verg. G. 4, 259; cf.:

    pigrum est enim contractumque frigus,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 19, 2:

    horrida tempestas contraxit caelum,

    narrows, Hor. Epod. 13, 1:

    vulnera,

    Plin. 24, 8, 33, § 48; cf.

    cicatrices,

    id. 12, 17, 38, § 77:

    ventrem,

    to stop, check, Cels. 4, 19; cf.

    alvum,

    id. ib.:

    vomitiones,

    Plin. 20, 2, 6, § 11.—
    2.
    Esp., archit. t. t., to narrow, make smaller or tapering:

    columnam,

    Vitr. 4, 3, 4; cf. id. 3, 3, 12; 4, 7, 2:

    pyramis XXIV. gradibus in metae cacumen se contrahens,

    Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 31.—
    B.
    Trop., to draw in, lessen, check, restrain ( = certis limitibus quasi coartare et circumscribere;

    opp. remittere, diffundere): cui non animus formidine divum contrahitur?

    Lucr. 5, 1219; cf.:

    te rogo, ne contrahas ac demittas animum,

    do not suffer your spirits to droop, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4; and:

    animos varietas sonorum (opp. remittere),

    id. Leg. 2, 15, 38: terram quasi tristitiā (sol;

    opp. laetificas),

    id. N. D. 2, 40, 102:

    ut et bonis amici quasi diffundantur et incommodis contrahantur,

    are made sad, id. Lael. 13, 48 (cf. id. Tusc. 4, 6, 14):

    ex quibus intellegitur, appetitus omnes contrahendos sedandosque,

    id. Off. 1, 29, 103; cf.

    cupidmem,

    Hor. C. 3, 16, 39 et saep. —Hence, contractus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II.), drawn together into a narrow space, i. e. compressed, contracted, close, short, narrow, abridged, restricted, limited, etc.
    A.
    Lit.:

    tanto contractioribus ultimis digitis,

    Quint. 11, 3, 95:

    nares contractiores habent introitus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 145:

    contractior ignis,

    smaller, Lucr. 5, 569:

    aequora,

    Hor. C. 3, 1, 33; cf.

    freta,

    Ov. F. 6, 495:

    locus (with exiguus),

    Verg. G. 4, 295:

    Nilus contractior et exilior,

    Plin. Pan. 30, 3: contractiora spatia ordinum, Col. 5, 5, 3.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of language, etc.:

    et brevis ambitus verborum,

    Cic. Brut. 44, 162; cf.:

    contractior oratio,

    id. ib. 31, 120:

    propositum dicendi (opp. uberius),

    Quint. 11, 1, 32:

    summissā atque contractā voce (opp. erectā et concitatā),

    id. 11, 3, 175; so,

    vox,

    id. 11, 3, 64: parvum opusculum lucubratum his jam contractioribus noctibus, Cic. Par. prooem. § 5.—
    2.
    In gen.:

    quae studia in his jam aetatibus nostris contractiora esse debent,

    Cic. Cael. 31, 76:

    paupertas,

    stinted, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 20 (cf.:

    angusta pauperies,

    id. C. 3, 2, 1);

    in the same sense transf. to the person: ad mare descendet vates tuus et sibi parcet Contractusque leget,

    retired, solitary, id. ib. 1, 7, 12; cf.

    homo,

    Verg. M. 78.— Adv.: contractē, on a contracted scale; only in comp.:

    assuescamus. servis paucioribus serviri, habitare contractius,

    Sen. Tranq. 9, 3; Lact. 2, 8, 39 al.

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  • 9 stringo

    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).
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of speech, to touch upon, treat briefly, Sil. 8, 48.—Hence, to compress, abridge:

    narrationis loco rem stringat,

    Quint. 4, 2, 128 Spald.—
    B.
    To hold in check, to rule, sway (syn. coërceo):

    quaecumque meo gens barbara nutu Stringitur, adveniat,

    Claud. B. Get. 371.—
    C.
    To waste, consume, reduce:

    praeclaram stringat malus ingluvie rem,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 8.—
    D.
    (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.—
    E.
    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.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of language, brief, concise:

    quo minus (Aeschines) strictus est,

    Quint. 10, 1, 77:

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

    id. 12, 10, 52.—
    2.
    Of character, severe, strict:

    Catones,

    Manil. 5, 106:

    mentes,

    id. 1, 769:

    lex,

    Stat. S. 3, 5, 87.—
    3.
    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.—
    2.
    Fig., accurately:

    strictius interpretari,

    Dig. 8, 2, 20.

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  • 10 con-trahō

        con-trahō trāxī, trāctus, ere,    to draw together, collect, assemble: exercitum in unum locum, Cs.: copias eo, N.: navibus coactis contractisque, Cs.: viros, V.: undique fontīs, O.: utrumque ad colloquium, L.: contrahe quidquid animis vales, call to your aid, V.—To draw close, draw in, contract, shorten, narrow, lessen, abridge, diminish: pulmones se contrahunt: bracchia, V.: frontem, to wrinkle: voltum, O.: contractum caput, bowed, H.: castra, Cs.: vela, to shorten, H.: umbras, O.: mare contrahitur, is narrowed, O.: contracta aequora sentire, to encroach on, H.: tempora veris, to shorten, O.: tempestas contraxit caelum, narrowed, H.: contracto frigore pigrae (apes), i. e. stiff with cold, V.—Fig., to bring about, accomplish, execute, contract, cause, produce: amicitiam: negotium mihi: numinis iram mihi (arte), O.: bilem tibi, Iu.: causam certaminis, L.: porca contracta, due (in expiation).—To transact, contract, bargain, conclude: cum rege rationem, an account: aes alienum: ex rebus contrahendis: rerum contractarum fides, of contracts: res inter se, L.: cum altero, deal.—To draw in, lessen, check, restrain: animos: appetitūs: cupidinem, H.

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  • 11 ob-dūcō

        ob-dūcō dūxī, ductus, ere,    to draw before, draw forward, bring over: Curium, to bring forward (as a candidate): ab utroque latere collis fossam, extend, Cs.—To close over, cover over, overspread, surround, envelop: trunci obducuntur libro aut cortice: pascua iunco, V.: voltūs (of the sun), O: obducta cicatrix, a closed scar: consuetudo callum obduxit stomacho meo, has overworn.—To draw in, drink down, swallow: venenum.—Fig., to spread over: clarissimis rebus tenebras obducere, i. e. darken.—To scar over, heal, cover, conceal: obductus verbis dolor, V.: obductos rescindere luctūs, O.—To draw out, pass, spend: diem.

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  • 12 restringo

    rēstringo, inxi, ictum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    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).
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    II.
    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.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    Moderate, modest:

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

    Plin. Ep. 9, 19, 6.—
    3.
    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.
    a.
    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.—
    b.
    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.

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  • 13 substringo

    sub-stringo, nxi, ctum, 3, v. a., to bind beneath; to bind, tie, or draw up ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn. subligo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    crinem nodo,

    Tac. G. 38:

    ligatas auro comas,

    Luc. 3, 281:

    sinus,

    Sen. Troad. 88:

    lintea malo,

    Sil. 1, 689:

    caput equi loro,

    Nep. Eum. 5, 5:

    carnem fasciā,

    Suet. Galb. 21.—
    II.
    Transf., to bind or draw together; to draw up, contract, check: aurem, i. e. to point or prick the ear, Hor. S. 2, 5, 95:

    lacrimas,

    Marc. Emp. 8:

    bilem,

    Juv. 6, 433. —
    B.
    Trop., to check, restrain, etc.:

    effusa,

    Quint. 10, 5, 4.—Hence, substrictus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II.), drawn together, contracted; hence, small, narrow, tight, close:

    ilia,

    Ov. M. 3, 216:

    crura,

    id. ib. 11, 752:

    testes castorum,

    Plin. 32, 3, 13, § 26:

    tunica,

    Gell. 7, 12, 3.— Comp.:

    venter substrictior,

    Col. 6, 20.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > substringo

  • 14 continuō

        continuō āvī, ātus, āre    [continuus], to join, make continuous, connect, unite: (aër) mari continuatus est: aedificia moenibus. L.: Suionibus gentes continuantur, border upon, Ta.: domos, to erect in rows, S.: fundos in agro, to buy contiguous tracts: quae (atomi) aliae alias adprehendentes continuantur, combine: pontem, finish, Ta. — To make continuous, carry on uninterruptedly, extend, prolong, draw out, continue: die ac nocte continuato itinere, Cs.: diem noctemque itinere continuato, L.: magistratum, S.: alcui consulatum, L.: dapes, serve dish after dish, H.: (libertas) ad hoc tempus continuata permansit: paci confestim continuatur discordia domi, follow close upon, L.: damna damnis, Ta.—Of time, to pass, occupy: diem noctemque potando, Ta.
    * * *
    I
    immediately, forthwith, at once, without delay/intermission; continuously; without further evidence/ado; (w/negative) necessarily, in consequence
    II
    continuare, continuavi, continuatus V TRANS
    make continuous (space/time); put in line, join (in succession), connect, unite; bridge (gap); extend/prolong/draw out/last/renew; keep on; do without pause; adjourn

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  • 15 substringo

    substringere, substrinxi, substrictus V
    draw in close, gather up; draw tight

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  • 16 premō

        premō essī, essus, ere    [PREM-], to press: ad pectora natos, V.: anguem humi, to tread on, V.: membra paterna rotis, i. e. drove her chariot over the body, O.: trabes Premunt columnas, press upon, H.: ubera plena, i. e. milk, O.: frena manu, grasp, O.: dente frena, champ, O.: grana ore suo, chew, O.: presso molari, with compressed teeth, Iu.: pressum lac, i. e. cheese, V.: quod surgente die mulsere, Nocte premunt, make into cheese, V.: litus, hug the shore, H.— To press out, express, obtain by pressing: pressa tuis balanus capillis, i. e. balsam, H.: oleum, express, H.— To press upon, lie on, rest on, be upon: humum, O.: toros, O.: hoc quod premis habeto, O.: pharetram cervice, O.— To cover, bury, suppress, hide: alqd terrā, H.: Omne lucrum tenebris premebat humus, O.: ossa male pressa, i. e. buried, O.: Conlectum sub naribus ignem, repressing (of a horse), V.— To cover, crown, adorn: ut premerer sacrā lauro, H.: Fronde crinem, V.— To press hard, bear upon, crowd, throng, pursue closely: Hac fugerent Grai, premeret Troiana iuventus, thronged, V.: Hinc Rutulus premit, V.: hostīs ex loco superiore, Cs.: naves cum adversarios premerent acrius, N.: Trīs famulos, i. e. kill., V.: ad retia cervom, chase, V.— To press down, burden, load, freight: Nescia quem premeret, on whose back she sat, O.: pressae carinae, loaded, V.— To press down, depress, cause to sink: sors, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit, O.: mundus ut ad Scythiam Consurgit, premitur, etc., is depressed, V.: dentīs in vite, O.: presso sub vomere, V.: cubito remanete presso, i. e. rest on your couches, H.— To mark, impress: littera articulo pressa tremente, written, O.: multā via pressa rotā, O.— To set out, plant: virgulta per agros, V.: pressae propaginis arcūs, layers, V.— To press down, make deep, impress: vestigio leviter presso: sulcum, draw a furrow, V.: cavernae in altitudinem pressae, Cu.— To press close, compress, close, shut: oculos, V.: fauces, O.: laqueo collum, strangle, H.: praecordia senis, stop the breath, Iu.: quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis, choked, Iu. — To shorten, keep down, prune: falce vitem, H.: luxuriem falce, O.— To check, arrest: vestigia, V. — To visit frequently, frequent: forum.—Fig., to press, be pressing, burden, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down: necessitas eum premebat: aerumnae, quae me premunt, S.: pressus gravitate soporis, O.: aere alieno premi, Cs.: premi periculis.— To press, press upon, urge, drive, importune, pursue, press hard: cum a me premeretur: Criminibus premunt veris, urge, O.: a plerisque ad exeundum premi, to be importuned, N.: Numina nulla premunt, V.: (deus) Os rabidum fingit premendo, i. e. by his inspiration, V.— To follow up, press home, urge, dwell upon: argumentum etiam atque etiam: (vocem) pressit, i. e. laid to heart, V.— To cover, hide, conceal: dum nocte premuntur, V.: iam te premet nox, H.— To lower, pull down, humble, degrade, disparage, depreciate: premebat eum factio, kept him down, L.: hunc prensantem premebat nobilitas, opposed his candidacy, L.: arma Latini, V.: opuscula (opp. laudet ametque), H.— To compress, abridge, condense: haec Zeno sic premebat.— To check, arrest, repress, restrain: cursum ingeni tui, Brute, premit haec clades: vocem, to be silent, V. — To surpass, exceed, overshadow: Facta premant annos, O.: ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat, O.— To keep down, rule: ventos imperio, V.: Mycenas servitio, V.
    * * *
    premere, pressi, pressus V
    press, press hard, pursue; oppress; overwhelm

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  • 17 accēdō or ad-cēdō

        accēdō or ad-cēdō cessī    （ perf sync.accēstis, V.), cessūrus, ere, to go to, come to, come near, draw near, approach, enter: ad flammam inprudentius, T.: ad oppidum, Cs.: ad hastam, to attend an auction, N.: ad numerum harum, joins, O.: in oppidum: illo: quo, S.: quocumque, S.: iuxta, O.: proxime deos accessit Clodius: propius tribunal, Cu.: urbem, V.: Scyllaeam rabiem scopulosque, V.; (poet.): delubris, O.: regno, shares, O.: sacris, takes part in, O.: accede, come here, O.: deici nullo modo potuisse qui non accesserit; (impers.): quod eā proxime accedi poterat.—Esp., to approach in a hostile manner, attack: acie instructā usque ad castra hostium accessit, Cs.: ad urbem, S.: ad manum, to come to close quarters, N. — Fig., to come near, approach: haud invito ad aurīs sermo mi accessit tuos, T.: ubi accedent anni et, etc., when the years shall come, in which, etc., H. — Esp., to come, happen, befall: voluntas vostra si ad poëtam accesserit, T.: dolor accessit bonis viris.— With the idea of increase, to be added: ut ad causam novum crimen accederet: ad eas navīs accesserant sex, Cs.: Medis adcessere Libues, S.: tantum fiduciae Pompeianis accessit, their confidence rose so high, Cs.: huc accedebant conlecti ex praedonibus, these were joined by, Cs.; (poet.): in tua damna, O.—Esp. with a clause or neuter pron., representing a clause, as subject: ad haec mala hoc mihi accedit etiam: haec, etc., T.: accedet etiam nobis illud, iudex est, etc<*> accessit etiam, quod illa pars equitatūs se cum iis coniunxerat. Cs.: e<*> accedebat, quod iudices dati non erant: huc adcedebat, quod exercitum habuerat, etc., S.: huc accedit, quod occultior vestra cupiditas esset; with ut: accedit, ut eo facilius animus evadat: ad Appii senectutem accedebat, ut caecus esset: accedebat, ut tempestatem ferrent facilius, Cs.: ad hoc detrimentum accessit, ut prohiberentur, etc., Cs. —To assent, accede, agree, approve, accept: ad eius condiciones: ad hoc consilium, N.: suadentibus, Ta.—(In appearance or character), to come near, approach, resemble, be like: homines ad Deos nullā re propius accedunt quam salutem hominibus dando: proxime ad nostram disciplinam illam: Antonio Philippus proxime accedebat.—To enter upon, undertake: ad bellorum pericula: ad amicitiam Caesaris, Cs.: ad vectigalia, to undertake the collection of: ad causam, the direction of a lawsuit: ad invidiam levandam: has naturae partīs, take up, describe, V.: ad rem p., to enter on the service of the state: huic ego causae actor accessi, entered upon as prosecutor.

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  • 18 angō

        angō —, —, ere    [ANG-], to draw close, press tight, squeeze, compress, throttle, choke: sanguine guttur, V.: Tussis sues angit, V. — Fig., to torment, torture, vex, tease, trouble: cura angit hominem, T.: angebat spiritus virum, L.: meum pectus, H.: animos, L.: consulis animum, L.: si animus... neque tot curis angeretur: cruciatu timoris angi: vehementer angebar, virum esse, etc.: angebatur animi, quod, etc.: de Statio manumisso angor.
    * * *
    angere, anxi, anctus V TRANS
    choke, throttle, strangle; press tight; distress, cause pain, vex, trouble

    Latin-English dictionary > angō

  • 19 adpropinquo

    adpropinquare, adpropinquavi, adpropinquatus V INTRANS
    approach (w/DAT or ad+ACC); come near to, draw near/nigh (space/time); be close

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  • 20 adpropio

    adpropiare, adpropiavi, adpropiatus V INTRANS
    approach (w/DAT or ad+ACC); come near to, draw near/nigh (space/time); be close

    Latin-English dictionary > adpropio

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