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(verb) : al-lĭgo (adl-), āvi, ātum, 1
* Lit., to bind to something: ad statuam,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 90: ad palum,id. ib. 2, 5, 28, § 71; so in the witticism of Cic.: Quis generum meum ad gladium adligavit?Macr. S. 2, 3: leones adligati,Sen. Brev. Vit. 13. —In Col. of binding the vine to trees or other supports, 4, 13; so id. 4, 20.
* In gen., to bind, to bind up, bind round: dolia,Cato, R. R. 39. So of the binding up of wounds: vulnus, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39: adligatum vulnus,Liv. 7, 24: oculus adligatus,Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123.—Of the binding of the hands, feet, etc.: adliga, inquam, colliga,Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 26: cum adligāsset Isaac filium,Vulg. Gen. 22, 9; ib. Act. 21, 11: adligari se ac venire patitur,Tac. G. 24: adligetur vinculo ferreo,Vulg. Dan. 4, 12: catenis,ib. Act. 21, 33.—Hence, allĭgāti (adl-) (sc. servi), slaves that are fettered, Col. 1, 9.—Of other things: adligare caput lanā,Mart. 12, 91: adligat (naves) ancora, makes or holds fast, Verg. A. 1, 169.—In Plin. of fixing colors, to fix, make fast: (alga) ita colorem adligans, ut elui postea non possit, 32, 6, 22, § 66; 9, 38, 62, § 134.—Poet.: lac adligatum,curdled,Mart. 8, 64.
* Trop., to bind, to hold fast, to hinder, detain; or in a moral sense, to bind, to oblige, lay under obligation (cf. obligo; very freq., but in the class. per. for the most part only in more elevated prose): caput suum,Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 33: jure jurando adligare aliquem,id. Rud. prol. 46; Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 58: hic furti se adligat,shows himself guilty,id. Eun. 4, 7, 39 (astringit, illaqueat, et obnoxium facit, Don.; cf. Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 27: homo furti se astringet,Cic. Fl. 17; for this gen. cf. Roby, § 1324): adligare se scelere,Cic. Planc. 33: adligatus sponsu,Varr. L. L. 6, 7 med.: nuptiis adligari,Cic. Clu. 179: lex omnes mortales adligat,id. ib. 54: non modo beneficio sed etiam benevolentiae significatione adligari,id. Planc. 33, 81: stipulatione adligari,id. Q. Rosc. 34: more majorum,id. Sest. 16: ne existiment ita se adligatos, ut, etc.,id. Lael. 12, 42: ne forte quā re impediar et adliger,id. Att. 8, 16 al.— With dat. (eccl. Lat.): adligatus es uxori,Vulg. 1 Cor. 7, 27: legi,ib. Rom. 7, 2; ib. 1 Cor. 7, 39 (= lege).—* Adligatus calculus, in games of chess,a piece that cannot be moved,Sen. Ep. 17 fin.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

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