vincĭo

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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).

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.—

In partic.

To compress, lace:

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

i. e. tightly laced, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 23.—

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).—

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).—

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.

vinctus, a, um, Part. of vincio.

vinctus, ūs, m. [vincio], a binding:

vinctu, quod antiqui vocabant cestum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 6.

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).

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.—

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.

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.—

Trop.

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.—

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.

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).

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.—

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.

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.—

Trop.

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.—

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.

cervix, īcis ( gen. plur. cervicum, Cic. Or. 18, 59; Plin. 23, 2, 33, § 68: cervicium, acc. to Charis. p. 100), f. [cer-vix; cf. Sanscr. s)iras, caput, and vincio, Bopp, Gloss. 348 b], the neck, including the back of the neck, the nape (in ante-Aug. prose usu. in plur.; so always in Cic. and Sall.; acc. to Varr. L. L. 8, § 14; 10, § 78 Müll.; and Quint. 8, 3, 35, Hortensius first used the sing.; it is, however, found even in Ennius and Pacuvius; v. the foll.).

Sing.: caput a cervice revolsum, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 396: quadrupes capite brevi, cervice anguinā, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; Lucr. 1, 36; 6, 745; * Cat. 62, 83; * Tib. 3, 4, 27; Prop. 3 (4), 17, 31; Verg. G. 3, 52; 3, 524; 4, 523; id. A. 1, 402; 2, 707; 10, 137; Hor. C. 1, 13, 2; 2, 5, 2; Liv. 8, 7, 21; 22, 51, 7 Fabri ad loc.; 26, 13, 18; 27, 49, 1; 31, 34, 4; 35, 11, 8; Vell. 2, 4, 5; Hortens. ap. Varr. l. l., and Quint. l. l.; id. 1, 11, 9; 11, 3, 82; 11, 3, 83; 4, 2, 39 Spald.; Plin. 11, 37, 67, § 177.—

Plur.:

eversae cervices tuae,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 131 (cf. versa, Ov. H. 16, 231):

ut gladius impenderet illius beati cervicibus,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62; id. N. D. 1, 35, 99; 2, 63, 159:

aliquo praesidio caput et cervices et jugulum tutari,

id. Sest. 42, 90:

frangere,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 42, § 110; 2, 5, 57, § 147; cf. id. Phil. 11, 2, 5; Hor. C. 2, 13, 6:

cervices crassae longae,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 8; 2, 9, 4:

altae,

Verg. A. 2, 219:

tumor cervicum,

Plin. 23, 2, 33, § 68; Suet. Galb. 11; id. Vit. 17.—Esp. in several proverbial expressions, as the vital part of a person:

cervices securi subicere,

Cic. Phil. 2, 21, 51; cf.:

offerre cervicem percussoribus,

Tac. A. 1, 53:

cervices Roscio dare,

i. e. to the executioner, Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 30:

praebere cervicem gladio,

Juv. 10, 345. —

Trop.

(The figure taken from bearing the yoke; cf. Liv. 9, 6, 12.) Imposuistis in cervicibus nostris sempiternum dominum, Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54; cf. Liv. 42, 50, 6: qui suis cervicibus tanta munia atque rem publicam sustinent, Cic. Sest. 66, 138; so id. Verr. 2, 5, 42, § 108; id. Mil. 28, 77. —Hence, of any great burden or danger:

dandae cervice erant crudelitati nefariae,

to submit to, Cic. Phil. 5, 16, 42:

a cervicibus nostris avertere Antonium,

id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 15, 7; id. Phil. 3, 4, 8:

non facile hanc tantam molem mali a cervicibus vestris depulissem,

id. Cat. 3, 7, 17:

legiones in cervicibus nostris conlocare,

id. Fam. 12, 23, 2:

in cervicibus alicujus esse, of too great or dangerous proximity: cum in cervicibus sumus (opp. cum procul abessemus),

Liv. 44, 39, 7: etsi bellum ingens in cervicibus erat, on hand, as an oppressive burden, id. 22, 33, 6:

sed nec Romani, tametsi Poeni et Hannibal in cervicibus erant,

Just. 29, 4, 7; cf.:

rex ratus eam urbem... suis inpositam esse cervicibus,

Curt. 7, 7, 1.—

For boldness:

qui tantis erunt cervicibus recuperatores, qui audeant, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 135.—

Transf., of things, the neck:

amphorae,

Petr. 34, 6; Mart. 12, 32:

fistularum,

Vitr. 10, 13:

cupressi,

Stat. Th. 6, 855; cf. Col. 4, 7, 3:

Peloponnesi, i.e. Isthmus,

Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 8; cf. id. 6, 29, 34, § 170.

dē-vincĭo, nxi, nctum, 4 ( perf. sync. devinxti, Plaut. As. 5, 1, 21), v. a., to bind fast, tie up (class.; esp. freq. in trop. signif.).

Lit.:

servum,

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 92; cf.

leonem,

Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 54:

Dircam ad taurum,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 65:

aliquem fasciis,

Cic. Brut. 60, 217; cf.:

opercula plumbo,

Liv. 40, 29.—In Greek constr.:

devinctus tempora lauro,

encircled, crowned, Tib. 2, 5, 5 et saep.—

Trop., to bind together, to unite closely; to engage, to oblige, lay under obligation:

totam Italiam omnibus vinclis devinctam et constrictam teneretis,

Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 16:

illud vinculum, quod primum homines inter se rei publicae societate devinxit,

id. Rep. 1, 26; cf.:

eloquentia nos juris, legum, urbium societate devinxit,

id. N. D. 2, 59, 148:

nec acervatim multa frequentans una complexione devinciet,

id. Or. 25, 85; cf. id. Brut. 37, 140; Quint. 7 prooem. §

1: istoc me facto tibi devinxti,

Plaut. As. 5, 1, 21;

so of laying under an obligation by kindness, beneficence, etc.: ambo nobis sint obnoxii, nostri devincti beneficio,

id. ib. 2, 2, 19; Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 14; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 31; id. Fam. 13, 7 fin.; Caes. B. C. 1, 29, 3 et saep.; cf.:

suos praemiis, adversarios clementiae specie,

Cic. Phil. 2, 45 fin.:

homines benevolentia et caritate,

id. Off. 1, 17, 54:

virum sibi praestanti in eum liberalitate,

id. Fam. 1, 7, 3:

animos centurionum pignore,

Caes. B. C. 1, 39 fin. et saep.:

aliquem omni cautione, foedere, exsecratione,

Cic. Sest. 7, 15:

se cum aliquo affinitate,

id. Brut. 26, 98; cf. Ter. And. 3, 3, 29:

ubi animus semel se cupiditate devinxit mala,

id. Heaut. 1, 2, 34; cf.:

animum misericordia,

id. Hec. 1, 2, 93: devinctus Domitiae nuptiis, Suet. Dom. 22:

se vino,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 85; cf.:

animum ebrietate,

Sen. Ep. 83 med.:

membra sopore,

Lucr. 4, 453; cf. ib. 1027.—Hence, dē-vinctus, a, um, P. a., devoted, greatly attached to (very rare):

quibus (studiis) uterque nostrum devinctus est,

Cic. Fam. 3, 13, 2:

studiis a pueritia dediti ac devincti,

id. ib. 15, 4, 16:

uxori devinctus,

Tac. A. 11, 28:

devinctior alicui,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 42.

ē-vincĭo, nxi, nctum, 4, v. a., to bind up, to bind or wind round with something (not ante-Aug., and mostly poet.):

simul diademate caput Tiridatis evinxit,

Tac. A. 15, 2; cf. id. ib. 6, 43.—More freq. in the part. perf.:

viridi Mnestheus evinctus oliva,

Verg. A. 5, 494; cf.

palmae,

i. e. wound round with the cestus, id. ib. 5, 364:

comae (sc. vittā),

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 56:

evincta pudicā Fronde manus,

crowned with laurel, Stat. Th. 1, 554.—With acc. respectiv.:

puniceo stabis suras evincta cothurno,

Verg. E. 7, 32; id. A. 5, 269; 774; 8, 286; Ov. M. 15, 676.—

To bind:

evincta lacerandum traditi dextra,

Sil. 2, 48 (dub.; al. victa).

lĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [Gr. root lugin lugos, lugoô], to tie, bind, bind together, [p. 1065] bind up, bandage, bind fast, etc. (syn.: vincio, destino; perh. only poet. and post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

manus post terga ligatae,

Ov. M. 3, 575:

ligare et vincire crura et manus,

Gell. 12, 3, 1:

crus fasciā,

Phaedr. 5, 7, 36:

laqueo guttura,

to tie up, Ov. M. 6, 134:

vulnera veste,

to bind up, bandage, id. ib. 7, 849:

dum mula ligatur,

is harnessed, Hor. S. 1, 5, 13:

funem litoribus,

Luc. 8, 61:

sudarium circum collum,

to bind around, Suet. Ner. 51:

pisces in glacie ligatos,

i. e. frozen fast, Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 49:

nimbi ligati,

i. e. ice, Petr. 123.—

Transf., to wind round, to surround:

balteus loricam ligat,

Val. Fl. 4, 94:

digitosque ligat junctura,

Ov. M. 2, 375; Sil. 7, 589.—

To fix or fasten in:

igne cremato lapide caementa in tectis ligantur,

Plin. 36, 27, 68, § 200.—

Trop., to bind up, bind together, unite:

dissociata locis concordi pace ligavit,

Ov. M. 1, 25:

vinclo propiore cum aliquo ligari,

id. ib. 9, 548:

laqueo colla,

id. P. 1, 6, 39.—

To ratify, confirm:

pacta,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 82:

conjugia artibus magicis,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 452: argumenta in catenas, * Quint. 5, 14, 32.—Hence, P. a.: lĭgātus, a, um, connected with, adjoining:

Tartari ripis ligatos squalidae mortis specus,

Sen. Med. 742.

lĭgo, ōnis, m., a mattock, grub-axe, hoe.

Lit.:

longis purgare ligonibus arva,

Ov. P. 1, 8, 59:

ligonibus duris humum Exhaurire,

Hor. Epod. 5, 30:

ligonibus Versare glebas,

id. C. 3, 6, 38; Ov. Am. 3, 10, 31:

centeno ligone domare arva,

Mart. 4, 64, 32:

fractus, so called from the bent form of the iron, Col. poët. 10, 88: erectum domito referens a monte ligonem,

Juv. 11, 89.—

Poet.:

defluit aetas Et pelagi patiens et cassidis atque ligonis,

i. e. tillage, agriculture, Juv. 7, 33.

lĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [Gr. root lugin lugos, lugoô], to tie, bind, bind together, [p. 1065] bind up, bandage, bind fast, etc. (syn.: vincio, destino; perh. only poet. and post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

manus post terga ligatae,

Ov. M. 3, 575:

ligare et vincire crura et manus,

Gell. 12, 3, 1:

crus fasciā,

Phaedr. 5, 7, 36:

laqueo guttura,

to tie up, Ov. M. 6, 134:

vulnera veste,

to bind up, bandage, id. ib. 7, 849:

dum mula ligatur,

is harnessed, Hor. S. 1, 5, 13:

funem litoribus,

Luc. 8, 61:

sudarium circum collum,

to bind around, Suet. Ner. 51:

pisces in glacie ligatos,

i. e. frozen fast, Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 49:

nimbi ligati,

i. e. ice, Petr. 123.—

Transf., to wind round, to surround:

balteus loricam ligat,

Val. Fl. 4, 94:

digitosque ligat junctura,

Ov. M. 2, 375; Sil. 7, 589.—

To fix or fasten in:

igne cremato lapide caementa in tectis ligantur,

Plin. 36, 27, 68, § 200.—

Trop., to bind up, bind together, unite:

dissociata locis concordi pace ligavit,

Ov. M. 1, 25:

vinclo propiore cum aliquo ligari,

id. ib. 9, 548:

laqueo colla,

id. P. 1, 6, 39.—

To ratify, confirm:

pacta,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 82:

conjugia artibus magicis,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 452: argumenta in catenas, * Quint. 5, 14, 32.—Hence, P. a.: lĭgātus, a, um, connected with, adjoining:

Tartari ripis ligatos squalidae mortis specus,

Sen. Med. 742.

lĭgo, ōnis, m., a mattock, grub-axe, hoe.

Lit.:

longis purgare ligonibus arva,

Ov. P. 1, 8, 59:

ligonibus duris humum Exhaurire,

Hor. Epod. 5, 30:

ligonibus Versare glebas,

id. C. 3, 6, 38; Ov. Am. 3, 10, 31:

centeno ligone domare arva,

Mart. 4, 64, 32:

fractus, so called from the bent form of the iron, Col. poët. 10, 88: erectum domito referens a monte ligonem,

Juv. 11, 89.—

Poet.:

defluit aetas Et pelagi patiens et cassidis atque ligonis,

i. e. tillage, agriculture, Juv. 7, 33.

prae-vincio, nxi, nctum, 4, v. a. (postclass.).

Lit., to bind before or in front, to fetter:

laqueo praevinctus,

Gell. 15, 10, 2. —

Trop.:

ferinis voluptatibus praevinctus,

Gell. 19, 2, 3.