in which precious stones were the fastenings

ob-stringo, strinxi, strictum, 3, v. a.

To bind to or about; to bind, tie, or fasten up (rare):

follem obstringit ob gulam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23:

quom ego Amphitruonem collo hinc obstricto traham,

id. Am. 3, 2, 72:

cervice obstrictā,

Juv. 10, 88:

tauros aratro,

to yoke, Val. Fl. 7, 602.—

To bind, bind up, close up by binding.

Lit. (rare):

laqueo collum,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 12. —

Transf.

To shut in, confine:

ventos,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 4:

viminibus,

Col. 4, 29.—

To hold together by:

purpurea vestis ingentibus obstricta gemmis,

in which precious stones were the fastenings, Flor. 4, 11, 3.—

Trop., to bind, tie, fetter, hamper; to oblige, lay under obligation (the class. signif. of the word;

syn.: obligo, devincio): donis aliquem obstringere,

Cic. Clu. 66, 190:

civitatem jurejurando,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

legibus,

Cic. Inv. 2, 45, 132:

foedere,

id. Pis. 13, 29:

aliquem aere alieno,

to bring into debt, id. Fam. 11, 10, 5:

jurejurando,

to bind by an oath, Tac. A. 1, 14:

animam suam,

Vulg. Num. 30, 9:

quam plurimas civitates suo sibi beneficio habere obstrictas volebat,

bound, under obligation, Caes. B. G. 1, 9:

Atticum officiis,

Cic. Fam. 3, 18, 2:

qui se tot sceleribus obstrinxerit,

has been guilty of so many crimes, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 8:

se parricidio,

to commit, perpetrate, id. Phil. 11, 12, 29:

se perjurio,

Liv. 26, 48:

aliquem conscientiā,

to bind by privity, by participation, Tac. H. 4, 55: obstringi conscientiā tanti sceleris, ne, etc., to be hindered by the sense of so great a crime, from, etc., Liv. 4, 17, 5:

aliquem societate scelerum,

Tac. A. 4, 57:

fidem suam alicui,

to pledge one's word, to promise positively, Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 8; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 11; cf. Just. 2, 15, 14.—Mid.: qui alienum... sustulit, furti obstringitur, makes himself guilty, becomes guilty, Sabin. ap. Gell. 11, 18, 21:

eidem sceleri obstrictus est,

Lact. 3, 18, 6.—Hence, obstrictus, a, um, P. a.; according to III., bound, obliged.— Comp.:

obstrictior Debitor,

Paul. Nol. Nat. Felic. 9, 145.—Hence, obstrictē, adv.; comp.: obstrictius, more stringently, Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 24.

ob-stringo, strinxi, strictum, 3, v. a.

To bind to or about; to bind, tie, or fasten up (rare):

follem obstringit ob gulam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23:

quom ego Amphitruonem collo hinc obstricto traham,

id. Am. 3, 2, 72:

cervice obstrictā,

Juv. 10, 88:

tauros aratro,

to yoke, Val. Fl. 7, 602.—

To bind, bind up, close up by binding.

Lit. (rare):

laqueo collum,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 12. —

Transf.

To shut in, confine:

ventos,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 4:

viminibus,

Col. 4, 29.—

To hold together by:

purpurea vestis ingentibus obstricta gemmis,

in which precious stones were the fastenings, Flor. 4, 11, 3.—

Trop., to bind, tie, fetter, hamper; to oblige, lay under obligation (the class. signif. of the word;

syn.: obligo, devincio): donis aliquem obstringere,

Cic. Clu. 66, 190:

civitatem jurejurando,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

legibus,

Cic. Inv. 2, 45, 132:

foedere,

id. Pis. 13, 29:

aliquem aere alieno,

to bring into debt, id. Fam. 11, 10, 5:

jurejurando,

to bind by an oath, Tac. A. 1, 14:

animam suam,

Vulg. Num. 30, 9:

quam plurimas civitates suo sibi beneficio habere obstrictas volebat,

bound, under obligation, Caes. B. G. 1, 9:

Atticum officiis,

Cic. Fam. 3, 18, 2:

qui se tot sceleribus obstrinxerit,

has been guilty of so many crimes, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 8:

se parricidio,

to commit, perpetrate, id. Phil. 11, 12, 29:

se perjurio,

Liv. 26, 48:

aliquem conscientiā,

to bind by privity, by participation, Tac. H. 4, 55: obstringi conscientiā tanti sceleris, ne, etc., to be hindered by the sense of so great a crime, from, etc., Liv. 4, 17, 5:

aliquem societate scelerum,

Tac. A. 4, 57:

fidem suam alicui,

to pledge one's word, to promise positively, Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 8; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 11; cf. Just. 2, 15, 14.—Mid.: qui alienum... sustulit, furti obstringitur, makes himself guilty, becomes guilty, Sabin. ap. Gell. 11, 18, 21:

eidem sceleri obstrictus est,

Lact. 3, 18, 6.—Hence, obstrictus, a, um, P. a.; according to III., bound, obliged.— Comp.:

obstrictior Debitor,

Paul. Nol. Nat. Felic. 9, 145.—Hence, obstrictē, adv.; comp.: obstrictius, more stringently, Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 24.