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  • 1 ad-dūcō

        ad-dūcō dūxī, ductus, ere    （imper. adduce for adduc, T.—Perf. addūxtī for addūxistī, T.), to lead to, bring to, bring along (usu. of persons; cf. adfero, of things): quos Maecenas adduxerat umbras, brought along, H.: eos ad me domum adduxit <*> Iugurtham vinctum Romam, S.: in iudicium.— Poet.: dextris adducor litora remis, reach, O.— Rarely of things: aquam adduxi, brought into the city: carmen ad umbilicum, to finish, H.: sedulitas adducit febrīs, brings on, H.: Dicas adductum propius frondere Tarentum, the woods of Tarentum brought nearer (Rome), H. — Esp., to bring by drawing, draw, pull, stretch: tormenta quo sunt adducta vehementius: adducto arcu, V.: funes, Cs.: adductis lacertis, bent (in rowing), V.: colla parvis lacertis, to embrace, O.—Hence, fig.: habenas amicitiae, to tighten.—Of the skin, to draw up, wrinkle, contract: adducit cutem macies, wrinkles the skin, O.; cf. sitis miseros adduxerat artūs, V.—Fig., to bring to, bring into, bring under: ad suam auctoritatem: rem in extremum discrimen: me in necessitatem, L. — To bring, lead, prompt, move, induce, prevail upon, persuade, incite: te ad facinus: me in summam exspectationem: in spem, S.: ad suscipiendum bellum, Cs.: ad credendum, N.: adduci, ut capite operto sit: hoc nondum adducor ut faciam: quibus rebus adductus ad causam accesserim demonstravi: necessitate adductus, Cs.: adducti iudices sunt... potuisse, etc., were led to believe that, etc.

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  • 2 artō

        artō āvī, ātus, āre    [1 artus], to contract, straiten: artato freno, Tb.: in honoribus omnia artata, L.
    * * *
    artare, artavi, artatus V TRANS
    wedge in, fit/close firmly, tighten; compress, abridge; pack, limit, cramp

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  • 3 (restringō）

       (restringō） —, ictus, ere,    to bind back, bind fast, tighten: Qui lora restrictis lacertis Sensit, H.: restrictus silici, Ct.—Fig., to restrain, check: animum, Ta.

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  • 4 adduco

    adducere, adduxi, adductus V TRANS
    lead up/to/away; bring up/to; persuade, induce; lead, bring; contract, tighten

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  • 5 adstringo

    adstringere, adstrinxi, adstrictus V TRANS
    tie up/down/back/on/together/tightly; bind, grasp, tighten, fix; form boundary; oblige, commit; compress, narrow, restrict; knit (brows); freeze, solidify

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  • 6 arcto

    arctare, arctavi, arctatus V TRANS
    wedge in, fit/close firmly; tighten/compress/abridge/contract; pack/limit/cramp

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  • 7 astringo

    astringere, astrinxi, astrictus V TRANS
    tie up/down/back/on/together/tightly; bind, grasp, tighten, fix; form boundary; oblige, commit; compress, narrow, restrict; knit (brows); freeze, solidify

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  • 8 contraho

    contrahere, contraxi, contractus V TRANS
    enter into/upon relationship/agreement/business/marriage/loan/battle, deal with; bring/draw together/in, assemble, collect/gather; unite in friendship/alliance; sadden/depress/diminish/contract/tighten; cause/provoke (disease/war); commit

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  • 9 adstringo

    I.
    (persons) bind, oblige, (+ refl.) commit oneself to
    II.
    to draw together, tighten, compress, compact /

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  • 10 adduco

    ad-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. (adduce for adduc, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 15; Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 29; Afr. ap. Non. 174, 32:

    adduxti for adduxisti,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 15; id. Eun. 4, 7, 24:

    adduxe = adduxisse,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 3), to lead to, to bring or convey to, draw to any place or to one's self (opp. abduco, q. v.; syn.: adfero, apporto, adveho, induco).
    I.
    Lit.:

    quaeso, quī possim animum bonum habere, qui te ad me adducam domum,

    Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 78:

    ille alter venit, quem secum adduxit Parmenio,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 27; Afr. ap. Non. 174, 32: quos secum Mitylenis Cratippus adduxit, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 5:

    Demetrius Epimachum secum adduxit,

    Vitr. 10, 22, 262.—With ad:

    ad lenam,

    Plaut. As. 5, 2, 65; cf. id. Mil. 3, 1, 193: ad cenam, Lucil. ap. Non. 159, 25 (cf.:

    abduxi ad cenam,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 2 [p. 32] 9):

    adduxit ea ad Adam,

    Vulg. Gen. 2, 19; ib. Marc. 14, 53.—Or with a local adv.:

    tu istos adduce intro,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 54:

    quia te adducturam huc dixeras eumpse non eampse,

    id. Truc. 1, 2, 31; so Ter. And. 5, 3, 29:

    adduc huc filium tuum,

    Vulg. Luc. 9, 41. —
    2.
    In gen., without regard to the access. idea of accompanying, to lead or bring a person or thing to a place, to take or conduct from one place to another (of living beings which have the power of motion, while affero is properly used of things: attuli hunc. Pseud. Quid? attulisti? Ca. Adduxi volui dicere, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 21).—So of conducting an army:

    exercitum,

    Cic. Att. 7, 9:

    aquam,

    to lead to, id. Cael. 14.—With in:

    gentes feras in Italiam,

    Cic. Att. 8, 11, 2; cf. Oud. ad Caes. B. G. 4, 22, and Auct. B. G. 8, 35:

    in judicium adductus,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 10, 28:

    adducta res in judicium est,

    id. Off. 3, 16, 67; so id. Clu. 17.—With dat.:

    puero nutricem adducit,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 4:

    qui ex Gallia pueros venales isti adducebat,

    Cic. Quint. 6.— Poet. with acc.:

    Diae telluris ad oras applicor et dextris adducor litora remis,

    Ov. M. 3, 598 (cf. advertor oras Scythicas, id. ib. 5, 649, and Rudd. II. p. 327):

    adducere ad populum, i. e. in judicium populi vocare,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 6.—Of a courtesan, to procure:

    puero scorta,

    Nep. Dion, 5:

    paelicem,

    Ov. Fast. 3, 483.— Poet. also of a place, which is, as it were, brought near. Thus Hor. in describing the attractions of his Sabine farm: dicas adductum propius frondere Tarentum, Ep. 1, 16, 11.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To bring a thing to a destined place by drawing or pulling, to draw or pull to one's self:

    tormenta eo graviores emissiones habent, quo sunt contenta atque adducta vehementius,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 24:

    adducto arcu,

    Verg. A. 5, 507; so,

    adducta sagitta,

    id. ib. 9, 632:

    utque volat moles, adducto concita nervo,

    Ov. M. 8, 357:

    adducta funibus arbor corruit,

    id. ib. 775:

    funem,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 14: so Luc. 3, 700:

    colla parvis lacertis,

    Ov. M. 6, 625:

    equos,

    id. Fast. 6, 586.—Hence trop.:

    habenas amicitiae,

    to tighten, Cic. Lael. 13, 45; cf. Verg. A. 9, 632, and 1, 63.—
    2.
    Of the skin or a part of the body, to draw up, wrinkle, contract:

    adducit cutem macies,

    wrinkles the skin, Ov. M. 3, 397:

    sitis miseros adduxerat artus,

    Verg. G. 3, 483; so, frontem (opp. remittere), to contract:

    interrogavit, quae causa frontis tam adductae?

    a brow so clouded? Quint. 10, 3, 13; so Sen. Benef. 1, 1.
    II.
    Fig.
    A.
    To bring a person or thing into a certain condition; with ad or in:

    numquam animum quaesti gratiā ad malas adducam partīs,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 38:

    rem adduci ad interregnum,

    Cic. Att. 7, 9:

    ad arbitrium alterius,

    id. Fam. 5, 20:

    ad suam auctoritatem,

    id. Deiot. 10, 29:

    numquam prius discessit, quam ad finem sermo esset adductus,

    Nep. Ep. 3:

    iambos ad umbilicum adducere,

    Hor. Epod. 14, 8:

    in discrimen extremum,

    Cic. Phil. 6, 7; cf. Liv. 45, 8:

    in summas angustias,

    Cic. Quint. 5:

    in invidiam falso crimine,

    id. Off. 3, 20:

    in necessitatem,

    Liv. 8, 7:

    vitam in extremum,

    Tac. A. 14, 61.—
    B.
    To bring or lead one to a certain act, feeling, or opinion; to prompt, induce, prevail upon, persuade, move, incite to it; with ad, in, or ut (very freq. and class., and for the most part in a good sense; while seducere and inducere denote instigating or seducing to something bad, Herz. Caes. B. G. 1, 3;

    although there are exceptions, as the foll. examples show): ad misericordiam,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 42:

    ad nequitiem,

    id. Ad. 3, 3, 4:

    ad iracundiam, ad fletum,

    Cic. Brut. 93, 322:

    quae causa ad facinus adduxit,

    id. Rosc. Am. 31:

    in metum,

    id. Mur. 24:

    in summam exspectationem,

    id. Tusc. 1, 17:

    in spem,

    id. Att. 2, 22:

    in opinionem,

    id. Fam. 1, 1:

    in suspicionem alicui,

    Nep. Hann. 7:

    ad paenitentiam,

    Vulg. Rom. 2, 4; ib. 10, 19.—With gerund:

    ad suspicandum,

    Cic. Pr. Cons. 16:

    ad credendum,

    Nep. Con. 3.—With ut:

    adductus sum officio, fide, misericordia, etc., ut onus hoc laboris mihi suscipiendum putarem,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 2:

    nullo imbre, nullo frigore adduci, ut capite operto sit,

    id. de Sen. 10: id. Cat. 1, 2; id. Fam. 3, 9; 6, 10, etc.; Caes. B. G. 6, 12; Liv. 4, 49 al.—And absol. in pass.:

    quibus rebus adductus ad causam accesserim demonstravi,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 3:

    his rebus adducti,

    being induced, Caes. B. G. 1, 3; 6, 10.—With quin:

    adduci nequeo quin existimem,

    Suet. Tib. 21.—With inf.: facilius adducor ferre humana humanitus, Afr. ap. Non. 514, 20.—
    C.
    Adducor with inf., or with ut and subj. = adducor ad credendum, peithomai, to be induced to believe:

    ego non adducor, quemquam bonum ullam salutem putare mihi tanti fuisse,

    Cic. Att. 11, 16:

    ut jam videar adduci, hanc quoque, quae te procrearit, esse patriam,

    id. Leg. 2, 3:

    illud adduci vix possum, ut... videantur,

    id. Fin. 1, 5, 14; id. ib. 4, 20, 55; Lucr. 5, 1341.—Hence, adductus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Drawn tight, stretched, strained, contracted. — Trop.:

    vultus,

    Suet. Tib. 68:

    frons in supercilia adductior,

    Capitol. Ver. 10; cf. Plin. Ep. 1, 16.—Hence,
    B.
    Of place, narrow, contracted, strait:

    (Africa) ex spatio paulatim adductior,

    Mel. 1, 4.—
    C.
    Of character, strict, serious, severe:

    modo familiaritate juvenili Nero et rursus adductus, quasi seria consociaret,

    Tac. A. 14, 4:

    adductum et quasi virile servitium,

    id. ib. 12, 7:

    vis pressior et adductior,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 16.— Sup. not used.— Adv. only in comp. adductĭus,
    1.
    More tightly:

    adductius contorquere jacula,

    Aus. Grat. Act. 27.—
    2.
    Trop., more strictly:

    imperitare,

    Tac. H. 3, 7:

    regnari,

    id. Germ. 43.

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  • 11 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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  • 12 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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  • 13 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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  • 14 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > restringo

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