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  • 1 cingō

        cingō xī, īnctus, ere,    to go around, surround, encompass, environ, gird, wreathe, crown: Cingatur (mens) corpore: coronā consessus cinctus est: (navīs) aggere cingit harenae, V.: os cinctum serpentibus. — To surround with a girdle, gird on, gird; esp. pass. with abl, to be girded, be encircled: sacerdotes Pellibus cincti, in leather girdles, V.: Hispano cingitur gladio, L.: cingor fulgentibus armis, V.: ense latus cingit, O.: cinctas resolvite vestes, O.: inutile ferrum Cingitur, V.: cinctae ad pectora vestes, O.: puer alte cinctus, i. e. ready, H.— Pass, to gird oneself, make ready, prepare: Cingitur in proelia, V.—To encircle with a garland, crown. tempora pampino, H.: tempora ramis, V. de tenero flore caput, O.—Of places, to surround, encircle, invest, enclose: civitas cincta Gallorum gentibus: flumen oppidum cingit, Cs.: urbe portus ipse cingitur: mare, quo cingi terrarum orbem fides, bounded, Ta.: cinxerunt aethera nimbi, covered, V.—Fig.: diligentius urbem religione quam ipsis moenibus, fortify.—In war, to surround, fortify, invest, beset, besiege: castra vallo, L.: equitatus latera cingebat, Cs.: urbem obsidione, to besiege, V. — Fig.: Sicilia multis undique cincta periculis, beset: flammā Reginam, envelope in the fire of love, V.—To escort, accompany: regi praetor et unus ex purpuratis latus cingebant, L.: cincta virgo matrum catervā, O.
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    cingere, cinxi, cinctus V TRANS
    surround/encircle/ring; enclose; beleaguer; accompany; gird, equip; ring (tree)

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  • 2 redimiō

        redimiō    (imperf. redimībat, V.), —, ītus, īre, to bind round, wreathe round, encircle, gird, wind, deck, crown: alcui tempora vittā, V.: mitrā capillos, O.: sertis redimiri et rosā?: redimitus coronis: redimitus tempora quercu, V.
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    redimire, redimivi, redimitus V TRANS
    encircle with a garland, wreathe around; surround, encircle

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  • 3 cingo

    cingo, xi, nctum, 3, v. a. [cf. Gr kullos, kurtos;

    Lat. curvus, and clingo,

    Curt. Griech. Etym. p. 545 sq. ], to go round in a circle, to surround, encompass, environ, gird, wreathe, crown, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Prop
    A.
    In gen.:

    quid autem interius mente? Cingatur igitur corpore externo,

    i. e. it must be enclosed in a body, Cic. N. D 1, 11, 27:

    non enim coronà consessus vester cinctus est, ut solebat,

    id. Mil. 1, 1; cf.:

    judicium insolitā trepidum cinxere coronă,

    Luc. 1, 321;

    tris (navīs) Eurus... Inhdit vadis atque aggere cingit harenae,

    Verg. A 1, 112: cincta serpentibus Hydra, id. ib 7, 658: pennae ritu coepere volucrum Cingere utrumque latus, to cover, Ov M. 6, 718, apio fasces et secto cingere porro, Col. 10, 371.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To surround the body with a girdle, to gird on (the sword), to gird; esp. freq in pass. with abl., to be girded, encircled with something. iam quasi zonā, liene cinctus ambulo, Plaut Curc. 2, 1, 5; Curt. 3, 3, 19; cf.:

    cui lati clavi jus erit, ita cingatur, ut, etc.,

    Quint. 11, 3, 138:

    ut cingeretur fluxiore cincturā,

    Suet. Caes. 45:

    Hispano cingitur gladio,

    Liv. 7, 10, 5; 38, 21, 13; Suet. Calig 49:

    ferro,

    id. Aug. 35: ense, Ov F. 2, 13: cingor fulgentibus armis, Verg A. 2, 749; 11, 188, 11, 536; his cingi telis, id ib. 2, 520: ense latus cingit, Ov F. 2, 784; cf. Stat. Th. 4, 41:

    cinctas resolvite vestes, Ov M. 1, 382. filios balteis,

    Vulg. Lev 8, 13.— Poet., in pass with acc. (cf. accingor, II., and Zumpt, Gr §

    458): inutile ferrum Cingitur,

    Verg. A. 2, 511: cinctaeque ad pectora vestes Bracchia docta movent, Ov M. 6, 59.—Without case: Syrinx, Ov M. 1, 695;

    puer alte cinctus,

    Hor. S. 2, 8, 10.—Hence, in late Lat. cinctus = armis instructus, armatus, armed, equipped, enrolled:

    cinctus in aliā militiā,

    Dig. 39, 1, 38; cf. ib. 39, 1, 25.—As a girding up of the Roman dress was necessary in pursuits requiring physical action, hence, cingor (cf accingor), to make one ' s self ready for any thing, to prepare:

    cingitur, certe expedit se,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 152;

    cingitur ipse furens certatim in proelia Turnus,

    Verg. A. 11, 486; cf.

    supra,

    Quint. 11, 3, 138; Hor S. 2, 8, 10; Ov. M. 6, 59.—
    2.
    To encircle with a garland or crown, to crown (freq., esp in the poets).
    a.
    Of the head:

    muralique caput summum cinxere coronā,

    Lucr. 2, 607; cf.

    Ov A. A. 3, 392 tempora floribus,

    Hor. C. 3, 25, 20;

    Verg A. 5, 71: spicis,

    Tib. 2, 1, 4 et saep.:

    comam lauro,

    Hor. C. 3, 30, 16; cf.:

    Graias barbara vitta comas,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 78; Verg. A. 12, 163: de tenero cingite flore caput, Ov F 3, 254.— Poet.:

    Atlantis, cinctum assidue cui nubibus atris Piniferum caput et vento pulsatur et imbri,

    Verg. A. 4, 248; 7, 658; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 61.—
    b.
    To encircle other parts of the body:

    cujus lacertos anuli mei cingant,

    Mart. 11, 100, 2.—
    3.
    Of places, to surround, encircle, invest, enclose (the prevailing signif. in prose, esp. in the histt.; syn.: circumdo, claudo): (Tellus) oras maris undique cingens, Lucr. 6, 633; Cat. 64, 185; 64, 286:

    flumen Dubis paene totum oppidum cingit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 38 provincia mari cincta, Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

    urbe portus ipse cingitur et continetur,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 37, § 96 Zumpt:

    quod moenibus cingebatur,

    Tac. A. 13, 41:

    quae (terra) magnā ex parte cingitur fluctibus, speciem insulae praebet, etc.,

    Curt. 3, 1, 13; 8, 10, 23; Ov A. A. 2, 469: cingitur insula tribus millibus passuum, i.e. has a circuit of, etc., Plin. 6, 12, 13, § 32.— Poet.:

    cinxerunt aethera nimbi,

    covered, Verg. A. 5, 13:

    medium diem cinxere tenebrae,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 939.— Trop.;

    diligentius urbem religione quam ipsis moenibus cingitis,

    fortify, Cic. N. D. 3, 40, 94.—
    4.
    In milit. lang., to surround a place or army for defence or in a hostile manner, to fortify, to invest, be set, besiege:

    coronā militum cincta urbs,

    Liv. 7, 27, 7: castra vallo, id 7, 39, 8 equites cornua cinxere. covered, id. 23, 29, 3:

    ultimum agmen validā manu,

    to cover, Curt. 4, 13, 30:

    urbem obsidione,

    to besieye, Verg. A. 3, 52;

    dextera cingitur amni,

    id. ib. 9, 469:

    (hostem) stationibus in modum obsidii,

    Tac. A. 6, 34:

    cingi ab armis hostium,

    Ov. P. 2, 8, 69; Tib. 2, 3, 37, Prop. 3 (4), 3, 42.—Trop Sicilia multis undique cincta persons. Cio. Imp. Pomp 11, 30.—
    5.
    To escort, to accompany inermi item regi praetor Achaeorum et unus ex purpuratis latus cingebant, Liv 32, 39, 8:

    dum latus sancti cingit tibi turba senatus, Ov P. 4, 9, 17: nec noscitur ulli, Agminibus comitum qui mode cinctus erat,

    id. Tr. 1, 5, 30:

    cincta virgo matrum catervā, id M. 12, 216, Vell 2, 14, 1,

    Tac. A. 1, 77;

    Sil 4, 448,

    Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 322 —
    C.
    To peel off the bark around:

    cingere est deglabrare,

    Dig. 47, 7, 6 Pr, cf. Plin 17, 24, 37, § 234 sqq.

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  • 4 amplector

        amplector exus, ī, dep.    [am- + plecto], to twine around, encircle, encompass, embrace: manibus saxa, to grasp, L.: ansas acantho, V.: urbes muro, H.: illam in somnis, T.: me: Nox tellurem amplectitur alis, overshadows, V.—Fig., of the mind, to embrace, understand, comprehend, see through: omnia consilio.—In speech, to comprehend in discussion, discuss particularly, handle, treat: quod (argumentum) verbis: res per scripturam: cuncta meis versibus, V.—To sum up, treat summarily: omnis oratores: omnia communiter, L.— To comprehend under a name: alqd virtutis nomine.—To embrace with love, esteem, value, honor, cling to: quem (filium) mihi videtur amplecti res p.: amore possessiones: hoc se amplectitur uno, piques himself on, H.: rem p. nimium (of one who robs the treasury).—Of military operations, to cover, occupy: quindecim milia passuum circuitu, Cs.: Brigantium partem victoriā, Ta.
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    amplecti, amplexus sum V DEP
    surround, encircle, embrace, clasp; esteem; cherish; surround, include, grasp

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  • 5 circum-eo or circueo

        circum-eo or circueo īvī or iī, circumitus or circuitus, īre,    to go around, travel around, march around: flagrantīs aras, O.: fores, N.: urbem, L.: manibus trunci modum, to surround, O.: circumitis hostium castris, Cs.: unum, surround, O.: oleis pacalibus oras, encircles, O.: quā re circumirent, make a circuit, N.—To go around, visit, inspect: praedia: sancios, Ta.: vigilias, S. — In war, to surround, encircle, enclose, encompass: urbem muro circumiri, Cs.: multitudine circumiri, N.: ab iisdem acies a sinistrā parte erat circumita, Cs. —To go around, canvass: aciem, solicit, Cs.: ordines, Cs.: senatum, L.: veteranos, ut, etc.: circumibat docebatque, L. — Fig., to surround, encompass, encircle, enclose: totius belli fluctibus circumiri: ne superante numero circumiretur, Ta. —To deceive, impose upon, cheat, circumvent: Sic circumiri, T.

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  • 6 corōnō

        corōnō āvī, ātus, āre    [corona], to furnish with a garland, crown, wreathe: sedebat coronatus: templa, O.: deos fragili myrto, H.: vina, V.: epulae inibant coronati: alqm fronde, H.: coronatus malobathro capillos, H.: coronari Olympia, to be crowned in the Olympic games, H.—To surround, encompass, enclose, encircle, shut in: castra suggestā humo, Pr.: Silva coronat aquas, O.: omnem abitum custode, V.
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    coronare, coronavi, coronatus V
    wreathe, crown, deck with garlands; award prize; surround/encircle, ring round

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  • 7 impediō (inp-)

        impediō (inp-) īvī, ītus, īre    [PED-], to entangle, ensnare, shackle, hamper, hinder, hold fast: Impediunt vincula nulla pedes, O.: illis Crura, O. —To clasp, bind, encircle, embrace. narrare parantem Impedit amplexu, O.: caput myrto, H.: equos frenis, bridle, O.: clipeum informant... septenosque orbibus orbīs Impediunt, encircle, V.—To block up, make inaccessible: saxa iter impediebant, Cs.: munitionibus saltum, L.—Fig., to entangle, embarrass: impeditum in eā (re) expedivi animum meum, T.: stultitiā suā impeditus: me et se hisce nuptiis, T.: mentem dolore: sententia neu se Impediat verbis, H.—To be in the way, hinder, detain, obstruct, check, prevent, impede: omnia removentur, quae impediunt: nisi rei p. tempora impedient: de Fausto impedit tribunus, interposes a veto, Cs.: me cotidie aliud ex alio impedit: aetate et morbo impeditus: metus rem inpediebat, S.: sinistra impedita, Cs.: somno et metu inpedita fuga, S.: a re p. bene gerendā impediri: se a suo munere: a populo R. in suo iure impediri, Cs.: eloquentia Hortensi ne me dicendo impediat: alquos ad cupiendam fugam, Cs.: impeditus a tribunis ne portaret, etc., S.: ne rem agerent, bello inpediti sunt, L.: ut nullā re impedirer, quin, etc.: nec aetas impedit, quo minus, etc.: impedior religione, quo minus exponam, etc.: me ea improbare: me haec exquirere.

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  • 8 saepiō

        saepiō (not sēp-), psī, ptus, īre    [saepes], to surround with a hedge, hedge in, fence in, enclose: saeptum undique dumetis sepulcrum.— To enclose, surround, encircle, fortify, guard: comitium et curiam: omnīs fori aditūs: urbem moenibus: oppidum operibus: castra tectis parietum pro muro saepta, L.: oculos membranis tenuissimis: restituat legiones intra saltum quo saeptae fuerunt, L.: se tectis, i. e. shut up, V.: pubes inermis ab armatis saepta, L.: At Venus obscuro gradientīs aëre saepsit, V.—Fig., to surround, enclose, encompass: (inventa) ornare oratione; post memoriā saepire, i. e. get by heart: (eloquentia) saepta liberali custodiā: locum omnem cogitatione, beset. —To fortify, protect, guard, strengthen: saeptus legibus, guarded: omnia pudore saepta animadverterat, L.: (mulieres) saeptā pudicitiā agunt, Ta.
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    saepire, saepsi, saeptus V TRANS
    surround/envelop/enfold/encircle; clothe/cover/protect; close/seal off; shut in; hedge/fence in, surround (w/hedge/wall/fence/barrier/troops); enclose; confine

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  • 9 vinciō

        vinciō vinxī, vinctus, īre    [VI-], to bind, bind about, fetter, tie, fasten, surround, encircle: Cura adservandum vinctum, T.: civem Romanum: trinis catenis vinctus, Cs.: Purpureo alte suras cothurno, V.: novis tempora floribus, H.: Anule, formosae digitum vincture puellae, about to encircle, O.: boves vincti cornua vittis, O.—To compress, lace: esse vincto pectore, ut gracilae sient, T.—To compass, surround, guard: vinciri praesidiis.—Fig., to bind, fetter, confine, restrain, attach: omnia severis legibus vincienda sunt: vincta numine teste fides, O.: me retinent vinctum vincla puellae, Tb.—Of sleep, to bind, bury, sink: vinctos somno trucidandos tradere, L.: inimica vinximus ora (i. e. magicis artibus), O.—In rhet., to bind, arrange, link together: membra (orationis) sunt numeris vincienda, i. e. arranged rhythmically: (poëma) nimis vinctum, i. e. too artificial.
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    vincire, vinxi, vinctus V
    bind, fetter; restrain

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  • 10 sepio

    I
    sepire, sepivi, sepitus V TRANS
    surround/envelop/enfold/encircle; clothe/cover/protect; close/seal off; shut in; hedge/fence in, surround (w/hedge/wall/fence/barrier/troops); enclose; confine
    II
    sepire, sepsi, septus V TRANS
    surround/envelop/enfold/encircle; clothe/cover/protect; close/seal off; shut in; hedge/fence in, surround (w/hedge/wall/fence/barrier/troops); enclose; confine

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  • 11 impedio

    impĕdĭo ( inp-), īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (in tmesi:

    inque peditur, inque pediri, inque peditus, etc.,

    Lucr. 6, 394; 3, 484; 4, 562; 1149), v. a. [in-pes; cf. compedes; lit., to entangle the feet; hence, in gen.], to entangle, ensnare, to shackle, hamper, hinder, hold fast (cf.: praepedio, implico, illigo, irretio, illaqueo).
    I.
    Lit. (rare):

    impediunt teneros vincula nulla pedes,

    Ov. F. 1, 410; cf.:

    et illis crura quoque impediit,

    id. M. 12, 392:

    ipsus illic sese jam impedivit in plagas,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 9, 11:

    in qua (silva) retentis impeditus (cervus) cornibus,

    Phaedr. 1, 12, 10:

    impedita cassibus dama,

    Mart. 3, 58, 28; cf.: reti impedit Pisces, ensnares, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 17; Veg. Vet. 1, 10.—
    B.
    Transf., in gen., to clasp, encircle, embrace (mostly poet.):

    narrare parantem Impedit amplexu,

    Ov. M. 2, 433:

    nunc decet aut viridi nitidum caput impedire myrto Aut flore,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 9:

    crines (vitta),

    Tib. 1, 6, 67; Ov. Am. 3, 6, 56:

    cornua sertis,

    id. M. 2, 868:

    remos (hederae),

    id. ib. 3, 664:

    medium crus pellibus,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 27:

    equos frenis,

    to bridle, Ov. F. 2, 736:

    ingentem clipeum informant... septenosque orbibus orbes Impediunt,

    surround, encircle each other, Verg. A. 8, 447:

    orbes orbibus,

    id. ib. 5, 585:

    plana novo munimenti genere (with saepire),

    Curt. 6, 5; cf.:

    Antiochus, castris positis, munitionibus insuper saltum impediebat,

    rendered difficult of access, Liv. 36, 16, 1.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To entangle, embarrass (class.):

    impeditum in ea (re amatoria) expedivi animum meum,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 17; cf.:

    sapientis est, cum stultitia sua impeditus sit, quoquo modo possit se expedire,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 24:

    ipse te impedies, ipse tua defensione implicabere,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 44:

    qui me et se hisce impedivit nuptiis,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 2:

    dum alios servat, se impedivit interim,

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 37:

    tot me impediunt curae,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 25:

    mentem dolore,

    Cic. Cael. 24, 60.—
    B.
    Transf. (causa pro effectu), to hinder, detain, obstruct, check, prevent, impede (so most freq.; cf.: inhibeo, prohibeo, interdico, veto); constr. with acc., ab, in aliqua re, or the simple abl., ne, quin, quominus, the inf., or absol.; very rarely with dat.
    (α).
    With the simple acc.:

    me quotidie aliud ex alio impedit: sed si me expediero, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 2:

    suis studiis sic impediuntur, ut, etc.... discendi enim studio impediti,

    id. Off. 1, 9, 28; cf.:

    aetate et morbo impeditus,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 63: religione impediri, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 3:

    ne forte qua re impediar atque alliger,

    Cic. Att. 8, 16, 1.—With inanim:

    or abstr. objects: sinistra impedita,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 3:

    mea dubitatio aut impedire profectionem meam videbatur aut certe tardare,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1:

    iter,

    id. Lael. 20, 75:

    navigationem (Corus),

    Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 3:

    magnas utilitates amicorum,

    Cic. Lael. 20, 75:

    res magnas,

    id. ib.; cf.:

    belli rationem prope jam explicatam perturbare atque impedire,

    id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35 fin.: quod si corporis gravioribus morbis vitae jucunditas impeditur;

    quanto magis animi morbis impediri necesse est?

    id. Fin. 1, 18, 59.—
    (β).
    With ab or in aliqua re or the simple abl.:

    sibi non fuisse dubium, a re publica bene gerenda impediri,

    Cic. Balb. 20, 47; cf.:

    ab delectatione omni negotiis impedimur,

    id. Mur. 19, 39; so,

    aliquem a suo munere,

    id. Rep. 5, 3:

    aliquem ab opere,

    Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180:

    aliquem a vero bonoque,

    Sall. J. 30, 2:

    non oportere sese a populo Romano in suo jure impediri,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 2:

    quem dignitas fugā impediverat,

    Tac. A. 1, 39.—
    (γ).
    With ne, quin, quominus. —With ne:

    id in hac disputatione de fato casus quidam, ne facerem, impedivit,

    Cic. Fat. 1, 1; id. Sull. 33, 92.—With quin:

    ut nulla re impedirer, quin, si vellem, mihi esset integrum,

    Cic. Att. 4, 2, 6; Auct. Her. 3, 1, 1.— With quominus:

    nec aetas impedit, quominus agri colendi studia teneamus,

    Cic. de Sen. 17, 60; id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

    quaerere, quae sit tanta formido, quae tot ac tantos viros impediat, quominus, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Am. 2, 5; id. Fam. 3, 7, 3; 13, 5, 1; id. Att. 3, 22, 1; 13, 25, 2.—
    (δ).
    With inf.:

    quid est igitur, quod me impediat ea quae probabilia mihi videantur sequi, quae contra, improbare? etc.,

    Cic. Off. 2, 2, 8:

    me impedit pudor ab aliquo haec exquirere,

    id. de Or. 1, 35, 163:

    ne qua mora ignaros pubemque educere castris Impediat,

    Verg. A. 11, 21; Ov. P. 1, 1, 21.—
    (ε).
    With dat. (in analogy to impedimento esse): novitati non impedit vetus consuetudo, is no hinderance, = obstat (cf. the context), Varr. L. L. 9, § 20 Müll.: inpediat tibi, ne, etc., Schol. Juv. 14, 49.—
    (ζ).
    Absol.:

    omnia removentur, quae obstant et impediunt,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 19:

    ut omnia quae impediant, vincat intentio,

    Quint. 10, 3, 28; 12, 10, 55:

    de rebus ipsis utere tuo judicio—nihil enim impedio,

    Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2; id. Rep. 1, 13: quem video, nisi rei publicae tempora impedient, Euporiston, id. Att. 7, 1, 7; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 55.—Hence, impĕdītus ( inp-), a, um, P. a., hindered, [p. 898] embarrassed, obstructed, encumbered, burdened, impeded.
    A.
    Of persons:

    neque nunc quomodo me expeditum ex impedito faciam, jam consilium placet,

    Plaut. Epid. 1, 1, 87: inermos armati, impeditos expediti interficiunt, encumbered with baggage, Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 8; cf.:

    impeditis hostibus propter ea quae ferebant onera,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 2:

    agmen,

    Liv. 43, 23, 1:

    itinere impediti,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 75, 3:

    nostri si ab illis initium transeundi (fluminis) fieret, ut impeditos aggrederentur,

    i. e. embarrassed with the difficulties of crossing, id. B. G. 2, 9, 1; 1, 12, 3; 2, 10, 2;

    2, 23, 1 et saep.: malis domesticis impediti,

    Cic. Sest. 45, 97:

    viden me consiliis tuis miserum impeditum esse?

    Ter. And. 3, 5, 11.— Comp.: quod, si durior accidisset casus, impeditiores fore videbantur, Auct. B. Alex. 14 fin. —
    B.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things:

    hostem impedito atque iniquo loco tenetis,

    difficult of passage, Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 4; cf.:

    silvae,

    id. ib. 5, 21, 3:

    saltus impeditos gravis armis miles timere potest,

    Liv. 9, 19, 16:

    vineae nexu traducum,

    Tac. H. 2, 25:

    navigationem impeditam (esse) propter inscientiam locorum,

    troublesome, Caes. B. G. 3, 9, 4:

    impedito animo,

    i. e. engaged, busy, Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

    omnium impeditis animis,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 5:

    tempora rei publicae,

    Cic. Pis. 1, 3:

    dies tristi omine infames et impediti,

    Gell. 4, 9, 5:

    disceptatio,

    Liv. 37, 54, 7:

    oratio fit longa et impedita,

    Quint. 8, 6, 42:

    bellum (with arduum),

    Tac. A. 4, 46:

    cum victoribus nihil impeditum arbitrarentur,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 28, 1:

    tu rem impeditam et perditam restituas,

    intricate and hopeless, Ter. And. 3, 5, 13.— Comp.:

    longius impeditioribus locis secuti,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 28 fin.; so,

    saltus artior et impeditior,

    Liv. 9, 2, 8; 7, 21, 8.— Sup.:

    silvae undique impeditissimae,

    i. e. exceedingly difficult to pass, Hirt. B. G. 8, 18, 1:

    itinera,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 77, 2:

    quid horum non impeditissimum? vestitus an vehiculum an comes?

    exceedingly embarrassing, a great encumbrance, Cic. Mil. 20, 54.

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  • 12 inpedio

    impĕdĭo ( inp-), īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (in tmesi:

    inque peditur, inque pediri, inque peditus, etc.,

    Lucr. 6, 394; 3, 484; 4, 562; 1149), v. a. [in-pes; cf. compedes; lit., to entangle the feet; hence, in gen.], to entangle, ensnare, to shackle, hamper, hinder, hold fast (cf.: praepedio, implico, illigo, irretio, illaqueo).
    I.
    Lit. (rare):

    impediunt teneros vincula nulla pedes,

    Ov. F. 1, 410; cf.:

    et illis crura quoque impediit,

    id. M. 12, 392:

    ipsus illic sese jam impedivit in plagas,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 9, 11:

    in qua (silva) retentis impeditus (cervus) cornibus,

    Phaedr. 1, 12, 10:

    impedita cassibus dama,

    Mart. 3, 58, 28; cf.: reti impedit Pisces, ensnares, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 17; Veg. Vet. 1, 10.—
    B.
    Transf., in gen., to clasp, encircle, embrace (mostly poet.):

    narrare parantem Impedit amplexu,

    Ov. M. 2, 433:

    nunc decet aut viridi nitidum caput impedire myrto Aut flore,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 9:

    crines (vitta),

    Tib. 1, 6, 67; Ov. Am. 3, 6, 56:

    cornua sertis,

    id. M. 2, 868:

    remos (hederae),

    id. ib. 3, 664:

    medium crus pellibus,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 27:

    equos frenis,

    to bridle, Ov. F. 2, 736:

    ingentem clipeum informant... septenosque orbibus orbes Impediunt,

    surround, encircle each other, Verg. A. 8, 447:

    orbes orbibus,

    id. ib. 5, 585:

    plana novo munimenti genere (with saepire),

    Curt. 6, 5; cf.:

    Antiochus, castris positis, munitionibus insuper saltum impediebat,

    rendered difficult of access, Liv. 36, 16, 1.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To entangle, embarrass (class.):

    impeditum in ea (re amatoria) expedivi animum meum,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 17; cf.:

    sapientis est, cum stultitia sua impeditus sit, quoquo modo possit se expedire,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 24:

    ipse te impedies, ipse tua defensione implicabere,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 44:

    qui me et se hisce impedivit nuptiis,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 2:

    dum alios servat, se impedivit interim,

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 37:

    tot me impediunt curae,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 25:

    mentem dolore,

    Cic. Cael. 24, 60.—
    B.
    Transf. (causa pro effectu), to hinder, detain, obstruct, check, prevent, impede (so most freq.; cf.: inhibeo, prohibeo, interdico, veto); constr. with acc., ab, in aliqua re, or the simple abl., ne, quin, quominus, the inf., or absol.; very rarely with dat.
    (α).
    With the simple acc.:

    me quotidie aliud ex alio impedit: sed si me expediero, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 2:

    suis studiis sic impediuntur, ut, etc.... discendi enim studio impediti,

    id. Off. 1, 9, 28; cf.:

    aetate et morbo impeditus,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 63: religione impediri, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 3:

    ne forte qua re impediar atque alliger,

    Cic. Att. 8, 16, 1.—With inanim:

    or abstr. objects: sinistra impedita,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 3:

    mea dubitatio aut impedire profectionem meam videbatur aut certe tardare,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1:

    iter,

    id. Lael. 20, 75:

    navigationem (Corus),

    Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 3:

    magnas utilitates amicorum,

    Cic. Lael. 20, 75:

    res magnas,

    id. ib.; cf.:

    belli rationem prope jam explicatam perturbare atque impedire,

    id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35 fin.: quod si corporis gravioribus morbis vitae jucunditas impeditur;

    quanto magis animi morbis impediri necesse est?

    id. Fin. 1, 18, 59.—
    (β).
    With ab or in aliqua re or the simple abl.:

    sibi non fuisse dubium, a re publica bene gerenda impediri,

    Cic. Balb. 20, 47; cf.:

    ab delectatione omni negotiis impedimur,

    id. Mur. 19, 39; so,

    aliquem a suo munere,

    id. Rep. 5, 3:

    aliquem ab opere,

    Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180:

    aliquem a vero bonoque,

    Sall. J. 30, 2:

    non oportere sese a populo Romano in suo jure impediri,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 2:

    quem dignitas fugā impediverat,

    Tac. A. 1, 39.—
    (γ).
    With ne, quin, quominus. —With ne:

    id in hac disputatione de fato casus quidam, ne facerem, impedivit,

    Cic. Fat. 1, 1; id. Sull. 33, 92.—With quin:

    ut nulla re impedirer, quin, si vellem, mihi esset integrum,

    Cic. Att. 4, 2, 6; Auct. Her. 3, 1, 1.— With quominus:

    nec aetas impedit, quominus agri colendi studia teneamus,

    Cic. de Sen. 17, 60; id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

    quaerere, quae sit tanta formido, quae tot ac tantos viros impediat, quominus, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Am. 2, 5; id. Fam. 3, 7, 3; 13, 5, 1; id. Att. 3, 22, 1; 13, 25, 2.—
    (δ).
    With inf.:

    quid est igitur, quod me impediat ea quae probabilia mihi videantur sequi, quae contra, improbare? etc.,

    Cic. Off. 2, 2, 8:

    me impedit pudor ab aliquo haec exquirere,

    id. de Or. 1, 35, 163:

    ne qua mora ignaros pubemque educere castris Impediat,

    Verg. A. 11, 21; Ov. P. 1, 1, 21.—
    (ε).
    With dat. (in analogy to impedimento esse): novitati non impedit vetus consuetudo, is no hinderance, = obstat (cf. the context), Varr. L. L. 9, § 20 Müll.: inpediat tibi, ne, etc., Schol. Juv. 14, 49.—
    (ζ).
    Absol.:

    omnia removentur, quae obstant et impediunt,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 19:

    ut omnia quae impediant, vincat intentio,

    Quint. 10, 3, 28; 12, 10, 55:

    de rebus ipsis utere tuo judicio—nihil enim impedio,

    Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2; id. Rep. 1, 13: quem video, nisi rei publicae tempora impedient, Euporiston, id. Att. 7, 1, 7; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 55.—Hence, impĕdītus ( inp-), a, um, P. a., hindered, [p. 898] embarrassed, obstructed, encumbered, burdened, impeded.
    A.
    Of persons:

    neque nunc quomodo me expeditum ex impedito faciam, jam consilium placet,

    Plaut. Epid. 1, 1, 87: inermos armati, impeditos expediti interficiunt, encumbered with baggage, Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 8; cf.:

    impeditis hostibus propter ea quae ferebant onera,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 2:

    agmen,

    Liv. 43, 23, 1:

    itinere impediti,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 75, 3:

    nostri si ab illis initium transeundi (fluminis) fieret, ut impeditos aggrederentur,

    i. e. embarrassed with the difficulties of crossing, id. B. G. 2, 9, 1; 1, 12, 3; 2, 10, 2;

    2, 23, 1 et saep.: malis domesticis impediti,

    Cic. Sest. 45, 97:

    viden me consiliis tuis miserum impeditum esse?

    Ter. And. 3, 5, 11.— Comp.: quod, si durior accidisset casus, impeditiores fore videbantur, Auct. B. Alex. 14 fin. —
    B.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things:

    hostem impedito atque iniquo loco tenetis,

    difficult of passage, Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 4; cf.:

    silvae,

    id. ib. 5, 21, 3:

    saltus impeditos gravis armis miles timere potest,

    Liv. 9, 19, 16:

    vineae nexu traducum,

    Tac. H. 2, 25:

    navigationem impeditam (esse) propter inscientiam locorum,

    troublesome, Caes. B. G. 3, 9, 4:

    impedito animo,

    i. e. engaged, busy, Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

    omnium impeditis animis,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 5:

    tempora rei publicae,

    Cic. Pis. 1, 3:

    dies tristi omine infames et impediti,

    Gell. 4, 9, 5:

    disceptatio,

    Liv. 37, 54, 7:

    oratio fit longa et impedita,

    Quint. 8, 6, 42:

    bellum (with arduum),

    Tac. A. 4, 46:

    cum victoribus nihil impeditum arbitrarentur,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 28, 1:

    tu rem impeditam et perditam restituas,

    intricate and hopeless, Ter. And. 3, 5, 13.— Comp.:

    longius impeditioribus locis secuti,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 28 fin.; so,

    saltus artior et impeditior,

    Liv. 9, 2, 8; 7, 21, 8.— Sup.:

    silvae undique impeditissimae,

    i. e. exceedingly difficult to pass, Hirt. B. G. 8, 18, 1:

    itinera,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 77, 2:

    quid horum non impeditissimum? vestitus an vehiculum an comes?

    exceedingly embarrassing, a great encumbrance, Cic. Mil. 20, 54.

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  • 13 inpeditus

    impĕdĭo ( inp-), īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (in tmesi:

    inque peditur, inque pediri, inque peditus, etc.,

    Lucr. 6, 394; 3, 484; 4, 562; 1149), v. a. [in-pes; cf. compedes; lit., to entangle the feet; hence, in gen.], to entangle, ensnare, to shackle, hamper, hinder, hold fast (cf.: praepedio, implico, illigo, irretio, illaqueo).
    I.
    Lit. (rare):

    impediunt teneros vincula nulla pedes,

    Ov. F. 1, 410; cf.:

    et illis crura quoque impediit,

    id. M. 12, 392:

    ipsus illic sese jam impedivit in plagas,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 9, 11:

    in qua (silva) retentis impeditus (cervus) cornibus,

    Phaedr. 1, 12, 10:

    impedita cassibus dama,

    Mart. 3, 58, 28; cf.: reti impedit Pisces, ensnares, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 17; Veg. Vet. 1, 10.—
    B.
    Transf., in gen., to clasp, encircle, embrace (mostly poet.):

    narrare parantem Impedit amplexu,

    Ov. M. 2, 433:

    nunc decet aut viridi nitidum caput impedire myrto Aut flore,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 9:

    crines (vitta),

    Tib. 1, 6, 67; Ov. Am. 3, 6, 56:

    cornua sertis,

    id. M. 2, 868:

    remos (hederae),

    id. ib. 3, 664:

    medium crus pellibus,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 27:

    equos frenis,

    to bridle, Ov. F. 2, 736:

    ingentem clipeum informant... septenosque orbibus orbes Impediunt,

    surround, encircle each other, Verg. A. 8, 447:

    orbes orbibus,

    id. ib. 5, 585:

    plana novo munimenti genere (with saepire),

    Curt. 6, 5; cf.:

    Antiochus, castris positis, munitionibus insuper saltum impediebat,

    rendered difficult of access, Liv. 36, 16, 1.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To entangle, embarrass (class.):

    impeditum in ea (re amatoria) expedivi animum meum,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 17; cf.:

    sapientis est, cum stultitia sua impeditus sit, quoquo modo possit se expedire,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 24:

    ipse te impedies, ipse tua defensione implicabere,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 44:

    qui me et se hisce impedivit nuptiis,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 2:

    dum alios servat, se impedivit interim,

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 37:

    tot me impediunt curae,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 25:

    mentem dolore,

    Cic. Cael. 24, 60.—
    B.
    Transf. (causa pro effectu), to hinder, detain, obstruct, check, prevent, impede (so most freq.; cf.: inhibeo, prohibeo, interdico, veto); constr. with acc., ab, in aliqua re, or the simple abl., ne, quin, quominus, the inf., or absol.; very rarely with dat.
    (α).
    With the simple acc.:

    me quotidie aliud ex alio impedit: sed si me expediero, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 2:

    suis studiis sic impediuntur, ut, etc.... discendi enim studio impediti,

    id. Off. 1, 9, 28; cf.:

    aetate et morbo impeditus,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 63: religione impediri, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 3:

    ne forte qua re impediar atque alliger,

    Cic. Att. 8, 16, 1.—With inanim:

    or abstr. objects: sinistra impedita,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 3:

    mea dubitatio aut impedire profectionem meam videbatur aut certe tardare,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1:

    iter,

    id. Lael. 20, 75:

    navigationem (Corus),

    Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 3:

    magnas utilitates amicorum,

    Cic. Lael. 20, 75:

    res magnas,

    id. ib.; cf.:

    belli rationem prope jam explicatam perturbare atque impedire,

    id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35 fin.: quod si corporis gravioribus morbis vitae jucunditas impeditur;

    quanto magis animi morbis impediri necesse est?

    id. Fin. 1, 18, 59.—
    (β).
    With ab or in aliqua re or the simple abl.:

    sibi non fuisse dubium, a re publica bene gerenda impediri,

    Cic. Balb. 20, 47; cf.:

    ab delectatione omni negotiis impedimur,

    id. Mur. 19, 39; so,

    aliquem a suo munere,

    id. Rep. 5, 3:

    aliquem ab opere,

    Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180:

    aliquem a vero bonoque,

    Sall. J. 30, 2:

    non oportere sese a populo Romano in suo jure impediri,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 2:

    quem dignitas fugā impediverat,

    Tac. A. 1, 39.—
    (γ).
    With ne, quin, quominus. —With ne:

    id in hac disputatione de fato casus quidam, ne facerem, impedivit,

    Cic. Fat. 1, 1; id. Sull. 33, 92.—With quin:

    ut nulla re impedirer, quin, si vellem, mihi esset integrum,

    Cic. Att. 4, 2, 6; Auct. Her. 3, 1, 1.— With quominus:

    nec aetas impedit, quominus agri colendi studia teneamus,

    Cic. de Sen. 17, 60; id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

    quaerere, quae sit tanta formido, quae tot ac tantos viros impediat, quominus, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Am. 2, 5; id. Fam. 3, 7, 3; 13, 5, 1; id. Att. 3, 22, 1; 13, 25, 2.—
    (δ).
    With inf.:

    quid est igitur, quod me impediat ea quae probabilia mihi videantur sequi, quae contra, improbare? etc.,

    Cic. Off. 2, 2, 8:

    me impedit pudor ab aliquo haec exquirere,

    id. de Or. 1, 35, 163:

    ne qua mora ignaros pubemque educere castris Impediat,

    Verg. A. 11, 21; Ov. P. 1, 1, 21.—
    (ε).
    With dat. (in analogy to impedimento esse): novitati non impedit vetus consuetudo, is no hinderance, = obstat (cf. the context), Varr. L. L. 9, § 20 Müll.: inpediat tibi, ne, etc., Schol. Juv. 14, 49.—
    (ζ).
    Absol.:

    omnia removentur, quae obstant et impediunt,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 19:

    ut omnia quae impediant, vincat intentio,

    Quint. 10, 3, 28; 12, 10, 55:

    de rebus ipsis utere tuo judicio—nihil enim impedio,

    Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2; id. Rep. 1, 13: quem video, nisi rei publicae tempora impedient, Euporiston, id. Att. 7, 1, 7; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 55.—Hence, impĕdītus ( inp-), a, um, P. a., hindered, [p. 898] embarrassed, obstructed, encumbered, burdened, impeded.
    A.
    Of persons:

    neque nunc quomodo me expeditum ex impedito faciam, jam consilium placet,

    Plaut. Epid. 1, 1, 87: inermos armati, impeditos expediti interficiunt, encumbered with baggage, Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 8; cf.:

    impeditis hostibus propter ea quae ferebant onera,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 2:

    agmen,

    Liv. 43, 23, 1:

    itinere impediti,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 75, 3:

    nostri si ab illis initium transeundi (fluminis) fieret, ut impeditos aggrederentur,

    i. e. embarrassed with the difficulties of crossing, id. B. G. 2, 9, 1; 1, 12, 3; 2, 10, 2;

    2, 23, 1 et saep.: malis domesticis impediti,

    Cic. Sest. 45, 97:

    viden me consiliis tuis miserum impeditum esse?

    Ter. And. 3, 5, 11.— Comp.: quod, si durior accidisset casus, impeditiores fore videbantur, Auct. B. Alex. 14 fin. —
    B.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things:

    hostem impedito atque iniquo loco tenetis,

    difficult of passage, Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 4; cf.:

    silvae,

    id. ib. 5, 21, 3:

    saltus impeditos gravis armis miles timere potest,

    Liv. 9, 19, 16:

    vineae nexu traducum,

    Tac. H. 2, 25:

    navigationem impeditam (esse) propter inscientiam locorum,

    troublesome, Caes. B. G. 3, 9, 4:

    impedito animo,

    i. e. engaged, busy, Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

    omnium impeditis animis,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 5:

    tempora rei publicae,

    Cic. Pis. 1, 3:

    dies tristi omine infames et impediti,

    Gell. 4, 9, 5:

    disceptatio,

    Liv. 37, 54, 7:

    oratio fit longa et impedita,

    Quint. 8, 6, 42:

    bellum (with arduum),

    Tac. A. 4, 46:

    cum victoribus nihil impeditum arbitrarentur,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 28, 1:

    tu rem impeditam et perditam restituas,

    intricate and hopeless, Ter. And. 3, 5, 13.— Comp.:

    longius impeditioribus locis secuti,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 28 fin.; so,

    saltus artior et impeditior,

    Liv. 9, 2, 8; 7, 21, 8.— Sup.:

    silvae undique impeditissimae,

    i. e. exceedingly difficult to pass, Hirt. B. G. 8, 18, 1:

    itinera,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 77, 2:

    quid horum non impeditissimum? vestitus an vehiculum an comes?

    exceedingly embarrassing, a great encumbrance, Cic. Mil. 20, 54.

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  • 14 vincio

    vincĭo, vinxi, vinctum ( part. vinciturus, Petr. 45, 10), 4, v. a., to bind, to bind or wind about; to fetter, tie, fasten; to surround, encircle, etc. (class., esp. in the trop. sense; syn.: ligo, necto, constringo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    illum aput te vinctum adservato domi,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 95; 4, 4, 98; Ter. And. 5, 2, 24:

    hunc abduce, vinci, quaere rem,

    id. Ad. 3, 4, 36:

    fratres meos in vincula conjecit. Cum igitur eos vinxerit, etc.,

    Cic. Dejot. 7, 22:

    facinus est vincire civem Romanum,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 66, § 170:

    equites Romani vincti Apronio traditi sunt,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 14, §

    37: trinis catenis vinctus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 53:

    post terga manus,

    Verg. A. 11, 81:

    rotas ferro,

    Quint. 1, 5, 8:

    ulmum appositis vitibus,

    Ov. H. 5, 47:

    alte suras purpureo cothurno,

    Verg. A. 1, 337:

    tempora novis floribus,

    Hor. C. 4, 1, 32.—In a Greek construction:

    boves vincti cornua vittis,

    Ov. M. 7, 429:

    anule, formosae digitum vincture puellae,

    about to encircle, id. Am. 2, 15, 1.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To compress, lace:

    demissis umeris esse, vincto pectore, ut, gracilae sient,

    i. e. tightly laced, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 23.—
    2.
    To compass, surround, guard, mid.:

    Caesarem quidem aiunt acerrime dilectum habere, loca occupare, vinciri praesidiis,

    Cic. Att. 7, 18, 2 B. and K. (al. vincire, i. e. loca).—
    3.
    To make firm, harden, fix, fasten:

    humus vincta pruinā,

    Petr. 123 (but the true reading, Ov. P. 2, 2, 96, is juncta; so Sall. C. 55, 4).—
    II.
    Trop., to bind, fetter, confine, restrain, attach:

    vi Veneris vinctus,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 32:

    religione vinctus astrictusque,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 90; cf.:

    si turpissime se illa pars animi geret... si vinciatur et constringatur amicorum propinquorumque custodiis,

    id. Tusc. 2, 21, 48.—Of sleep, etc.:

    nisi vinctos somno velut pecudes trucidandos tradidero,

    Liv. 5, 44, 7:

    ut somno vincta jacebas,

    Ov. M. 11, 238:

    in plaustra somno vinctos coniciunt,

    Tac. A. 1, 65:

    mentem multo Lyaeo,

    Prop. 3, 5 (4, 4), 21:

    inimica ora (magicis artibus),

    Ov. F. 2, 581:

    lectum certo foedere,

    Prop. 3, 20, 21 (4, 19, 11):

    spadonis animum stupro,

    Tac. A. 4, 10:

    esse tuam vinctam numine teste fidem,

    Ov. H. 20, 212:

    aliquem pacto matrimonio,

    Tac. A. 6, 45.—Of speech:

    membra (orationis) sunt numeris vincienda,

    i. e. arranged rhythmically, Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

    verba vincta, oratio vincta (opp. soluta),

    Quint. 11, 2, 47; 9, 4, 19.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > vincio

  • 15 ambiō

        ambiō (imperf. ambibat, O., L., Ta.), īvī and iī, ītus, īre    [ambi + eo], to go round, go about: terram lunae cursus: Siculae fundamina terrae, O.—To surround, encircle, encompass: ambitae litora terrae, O.: Thracam ambiat Hebrus, H.: moenia, Quae flammis ambit amnis, V.: vallum armis, Ta. —Fig., to canvass for votes: singulos ex senatu, S.: ambiuntur, rogantur cives.—To secure by canvassing, win by solicitation, entreat, solicit, court: senis amicos, T.: connubiis Latinum, V.: te prece, H.: nuptiis ambiri, to be sought in marriage, Ta.
    * * *
    ambire, ambivi, ambitus V
    go round, visit in rotation, inspect; solicit, canvass; circle, embrace

    Latin-English dictionary > ambiō

  • 16 circumclūdō

        circumclūdō sī, sus, ere    [circum + claudo], to shut in, enclose, surround: ne duobus circumcluderetur exercitibus, Cs.: (cornua) ab labris argento, to surround with a rim of silver, Cs.: Catilina consiliis meis circumclusus, hemmed in.
    * * *
    circumcludere, circumclusi, circumclusus V TRANS
    surround; encircle/enclose/build round (w/structure); hedge/shut in, circumvent

    Latin-English dictionary > circumclūdō

  • 17 circum-dō

        circum-dō dedī, datus, are,    to place around, cause to surround, set around: moenibus ignes circumdatosque restinximus: exercitum hostium castris, L.: lectis aulaea purpura, Cu.: collo dare bracchia circum, V.: obsessum te dicis, sarmenta circumdata: custodias: armata circumdatur R. legio, L.: exercitu circumdato, S.: turrīs toto opere circumdedit, Cs.: cancelli, quos mihi ipse circumdedi: maiora vincula vobis quam captivis, L.: egregiam famam paci circumdedit, i. e. conferred, Ta.—To surround, encompass, enclose, encircle: portum moenibus, N.: regio insulis circumdata: canibus saltūs, V.: domum spatio, Ta.: (aurum) circumdatum argento: stola circumdata pallā, H.: circumdata corpus amictu, O.: chlamydem circumdata limbo, V.—Esp., in war, to surround, encompass, invest, besiege: castris oppidum, Cs.: vallo atque fossā moenia, S.: oppidum coronā, L.: exiguis finibus oratoris munus, have circumscribed.

    Latin-English dictionary > circum-dō

  • 18 circumplector

        circumplector —, ī, dep.    [circum + plecto], to clasp, embrace, surround, encompass: coniunctiones motu undique: domini patrimonium: pharetram auro, V.: (collem) opere, Cs.
    * * *
    circumplecti, circumplexus sum V DEP
    encompass; embrace; surround, encircle; enclose (w/wall); cover round about

    Latin-English dictionary > circumplector

  • 19 circum-saepiō

        circum-saepiō    (not -sēp-), saepsī, saeptus, īre, to hedge round, fence around, encircle, enclose: circumsaeptus lectis hominum viribus: armatis corpus, L. — In tmesis: Classis Aggeribus saepta circum, V. — Fig.: vos īsdem ignibus circumsaepti.

    Latin-English dictionary > circum-saepiō

  • 20 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.

    Latin-English dictionary > circum-scrībō

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