pro+spisso+(

spissus, a, um, adj. [root spi-, to press; cf. Lith. spitu].

Lit., thick, crowded, close, compact, dense (mostly poet and in post-Aug. prose;

syn.: crassus, densas): durata ac spissa,

Lucr. 2, 444:

corpus,

id. 6, 127:

liquor,

Ov. M. 12, 438:

sanguis,

id. ib. 11, 367:

aër,

id. ib. 1, 23:

grando,

id. ib. 9, 222 et saep.:

corona Non tam spissa viris,

Verg. A. 9, 509; so,

coronae,

Hor. A. P. 381:

sedilia,

id. ib. 205:

theatra,

id. Ep. 1, 19, 41:

coma,

id. C. 3, 19, 25; cf.:

nemorum comae,

id. ib. 4, 3, 11:

ramis laurea,

id. ib. 2, 15, 9:

harena,

Verg. A. 5, 336; cf.

litus,

Ov. M. 15, 718:

tunica,

of a close texture, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 46:

navis juncturis aquam excludentibus,

Sen. Ep. 76:

caligo,

Ov. M. 7, 528:

noctis umbrae,

Verg. A. 2, 621:

tenebrae,

Petr. 114, 3:

nubes,

Ov. Am. 1, 13, 30; id. M. 5, 621; Curt. 4, 3, 16; 8, 13, 24.— Comp.:

semen,

Col. 4, 33, 3:

ignis,

Luc. 9, 604.— Sup.:

spississima arbor (ebenus et buxus),

Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 204: minimum ex nequitiā levissimumque ad alios redundat;

quod pessimum ex illā est et, ut ita dicam, spississimum, domi remanet et premit habentem,

Sen. Ep. 81, 21.—

Transf., of time.

Slow, tardy, late (rare but class.):

omnia tarda et spissa,

Cic. Att. 16, 18, 2; cf.:

in utroque genere dicendi exitus spissi et producti esse debent,

id. de Or. 2, 53, 213.—

Spissum illud amanti est verbum, Veniet nisi venit, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 77: nihil ego spei credo, omnes res spissas facit, Caecil. ap. Non. 392, 15; Pac., Titin., and Turp. ib. sq.: haruspices si quid boni promittunt, pro spisso evenit;

Id quod mali promittunt, praesentiarum est,

slowly, late, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 47.—

Thick, i. e. in quick succession, rapid, frequent, fast, = continuus, creber (very rare):

spississima basia,

Petr. 31, 1.—

Trop., hard, difficult (rare but class.): spissum sane opus et operosum, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 1:

si id erit spissius,

id. Fam. 2, 10, 4:

si est aliquanto spissius,

id. de Or. 3, 36, 145.—Hence, adv.: spissē.

Thickly, closely:

calcare carbones,

Plin. 36, 25, 63, § 188.— Comp., Col. 2, 9, 2; Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 31. —

Transf.

Slowly: tu nimis spisse atque tarde incedis, Naev. ap. Non. 392, 25:

habet hoc senectus, cum pigra est ipsa, ut spisse omnia videantur confieri,

Pac. ib. 393, 4:

cum spisse atque vix ad Antonium pervenimus,

Cic. Brut. 36, 138.— Comp.: nascimur spissius quam emorimur, Varr. ap. Non. 392, 29.—

Rapidly:

basiavit me spissius,

Petr. 18, 4.

ob-lĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

Lit.

To bind or tie around, to bind or fasten to any thing (very rare):

obligatus corio,

bound in a leathern sack, Auct. Her. 1, 13, 23:

articulis muscus obligatus,

bound upon, Plin. 26, 11, 66, § 105: cibum ovis, to bind or unite with eggs, Apic. 4, 2:

amylo spisso obligare,

id. 2, 2; 8, 2.—

To bind together, bind up (rare):

pecua ad hanc collo in crumena ego obligata defero,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 1, 64: age obliga, obsigna cito, tie up (the letter, in order to seal it), id. Bacch. 4, 4, 96:

manipulos,

Col. 11, 2, 40.—

To bind up, bandage, swathe (class., esp. of wounds):

crus fractum,

Plaut. Men. 5, 3, 9:

vulnus,

Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 57; cf.:

medicum requirens, a quo obligetur,

to bind up his wounds, id. Tusc. 2, 16, 38; Suet. Vit. 2:

venas,

to bandage the veins, Tac. A. 6, 9:

surculum libro,

Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 2:

oculos,

Sen. Ira, 3, 11, 4:

ore obligato obsignatoque simulacrum,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 65.—

Trop.

In gen., to bind, oblige, put under an obligation, make liable, etc. (cf.:

obstringo, devincio): aliquem obligare militiae secundo sacramento,

bind by a second oath, swear in again, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36:

vadem tribus milibus aeris,

to bind in the sum of, Liv. 3, 13:

voti sponsio, quā obligamur deo,

Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 41; Liv. 9, 11:

se nexu,

Cic. Mur. 2, 3: se in acta cujusquam, Tib. ap. Suet. Tib. 67:

se chirographo ad aliquid,

Dig. 30, 103:

aliquem sibi liberalitate,

to bind to one's self, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 3:

obligabis me,

will oblige me, lay me under an obligation, Plin. Ep. 4, 4, 2; Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5:

obligari foedere,

Liv. 38, 33: pro amicis alicui obligari, to lay one's self under obligation, i. e. to solicit favors, Plin. Ep. 10, 3, 1:

obligor ipse tamen,

Ov. M. 9, 248:

obligatus ei nihil eram,

was under no obligation to him, Cic. Fam. 6, 11, 1:

me obligatum tibi fore,

id. Att. 13, 18:

obligati sunt interrogatum,

Amm. 28, 4, 10.— Poet.:

Prometheus obligatus aliti,

devoted, condemned to, Hor. Epod. 17, 67:

ergo obligatam redde Jovi dapem,

vowed, due, id. C. 2, 7, 17:

obligor, ut tangam laevi fera litora Ponti,

am compelled, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 83.—

In partic.

To render liable through guilt, to make guilly:

cum populum Romanum scelere obligāsses,

Cic. Dom. 8, 20:

votis caput,

Hor. C. 2, 8, 5:

se scelere,

Suet. Caes. 42: se furti, Scaev. ap. Gell. 7, 15, 2.— Pass., to be guilty of, to commit an offence:

est enim periculum, ne aut neglectis iis impiā fraude, aut susceptis anili superstitione obligemur,

Cic. Div. 1, 4, 7; cf.:

lege Corneliā testamentariā obligatur,

offends against, Dig. 8, 10, 30.—

Jurid. t. t.

To bind, engage one (cf. obligatio, II. B.):

obligandi, solvendi sui causā,

Dig. 2, 13, 6, § 3:

se obligare,

ib. 4, 2, 7, § 1; 21, 1, 25, § 9.—

To pledge, pawn, mortgage a thing:

magistratui bona ejus obligantur,

Vitr. 10 praef.:

omnia praedia fratri,

Suet. Vesp. 4:

omnia bona sua pignori,

Dig. 20, 4, 21:

nam fundi et aedis obligatae sunt ob amoris praedium,

has a mortgage on it, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 4:

aedes pignori,

Dig. 39, 2, 44:

obligata praedia,

Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 9.—

Transf., beyond the jurid. sphere:

obligare fidem suam,

to pledge one's word, Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51.—

To impede, restrain, embarrass: judicio districtum atque obligatum esse, Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 24.—Hence, oblĭ-gātus, a, um, P. a., bound, obliged:

iisdem (officiis) me tibi obligatum fore,

Cic. Fam. 13, 18, 2.— Comp.:

quanto quis melior et probior, tanto mihi obligatior abit,

Plin. Ep. 8, 2, 8:

ipsi obligati sunt,

ensnared, embarrassed, Vulg. Psa. 19, 9.