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* V. a., to draw together, bind together, to bind, tie up (class. in prose and poetry).
* Lit.
* In gen.: vineam alligato recte, dum ne nimium constringas,Cato, R. R. 33, 1: sarcinam,Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 96: galeam,Val. Fl. 3, 80.—Poet.: Haec Amor ipso suo constringet pignera signo,stamp, seal,Prop. 3, 20, 17 (4, 20, 7).
* Trop.
* To bind together with fetters, to fetter, bind (a criminal, insane person, etc.).
* With abl.: corpora vinculis,Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226; Quint. 7, 3, 14: illum laqueis,Cic. Sest. 41, 88.
* T. t. of medic. lang., to draw together, contract: constringens vis suci,Plin. 23, 6, 54, § 100: in febribus constrictis,id. 23, 7, 63, § 120 al.
* With ad: te hodie constringam ad carnarium,Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 66.
* In gen., to hold or bind together, to bind, fetter, restrain, hold in check, etc. (a favorite trope of Cic.; elsewh. less freq.): illa pars animi vinciatur et constringatur amicorum custodiis,Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 48: conjurationem omnium horum conscientiā,id. Cat. 1, 1, 1: fidem religione potius quam veritate,id. Balb. 5, 12: psephismata jure jurando,id. Fl. 6, 15: leges immutabili necessitate,Quint. 2, 13, 1: orbem terrarum novis legibus,Cic. Agr. 2, 10, 26: (mulieres), quae Oppiis quondam aliisque legibus constrictae, nunc, etc.,Tac. A. 3, 33 fin.: scelus fraudemque odio civium supplicioque,Cic. de Or. 1, 46, 202; Liv. 34, 3, 1: superstitione constricti,Quint. 12, 2, 26: nec ullā religione, ut scelus tegat, se posse constringi,Curt. 6, 7, 8.
* In partic., of discourse or reasoning, to bring into a narrow compass, to compress: (sententia) cum aptis constricta verbis est, cadit etiam plerumque numerose,Cic. Brut. 8, 34: constricta narratio (opp. latius fusa),Quint. 2, 13, 5: quae (ars logica) rem dissolutam divulsamque conglutinaret et ratione quādam constringeret,Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 188.— Hence, constrictus, a, um, P. a., compressed, contracted, abridged, short, brief, concise, compact: frons,knit,Petr. 132, 15; cf. supercilia (opp. dissidentia),Quint. 1, 11, 10: arbor,pruned, confined,Plin. 17, 12, 18, § 90; cf.: folium tenuius et constrictius et angustius,id. 21, 10, 32, § 58: nives perpetuo rigore,condensed,Curt. 7, 3, 11: pulticula constrictior,thicker,Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 18, 108.—Sup. not in use.—* Adv.: con-strictē, closèly: constrictius jungi alicui,Aug. Doctr. Christ. 1, 28.
* V. a., to draw together, bind together, to bind, tie up (class. in prose and poetry).
* Lit.
* In gen.: vineam alligato recte, dum ne nimium constringas,Cato, R. R. 33, 1: sarcinam,Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 96: galeam,Val. Fl. 3, 80.—Poet.: Haec Amor ipso suo constringet pignera signo,stamp, seal,Prop. 3, 20, 17 (4, 20, 7).
* Trop.
* To bind together with fetters, to fetter, bind (a criminal, insane person, etc.).
* With abl.: corpora vinculis,Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226; Quint. 7, 3, 14: illum laqueis,Cic. Sest. 41, 88.
* T. t. of medic. lang., to draw together, contract: constringens vis suci,Plin. 23, 6, 54, § 100: in febribus constrictis,id. 23, 7, 63, § 120 al.
* With ad: te hodie constringam ad carnarium,Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 66.
* In gen., to hold or bind together, to bind, fetter, restrain, hold in check, etc. (a favorite trope of Cic.; elsewh. less freq.): illa pars animi vinciatur et constringatur amicorum custodiis,Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 48: conjurationem omnium horum conscientiā,id. Cat. 1, 1, 1: fidem religione potius quam veritate,id. Balb. 5, 12: psephismata jure jurando,id. Fl. 6, 15: leges immutabili necessitate,Quint. 2, 13, 1: orbem terrarum novis legibus,Cic. Agr. 2, 10, 26: (mulieres), quae Oppiis quondam aliisque legibus constrictae, nunc, etc.,Tac. A. 3, 33 fin.: scelus fraudemque odio civium supplicioque,Cic. de Or. 1, 46, 202; Liv. 34, 3, 1: superstitione constricti,Quint. 12, 2, 26: nec ullā religione, ut scelus tegat, se posse constringi,Curt. 6, 7, 8.
* In partic., of discourse or reasoning, to bring into a narrow compass, to compress: (sententia) cum aptis constricta verbis est, cadit etiam plerumque numerose,Cic. Brut. 8, 34: constricta narratio (opp. latius fusa),Quint. 2, 13, 5: quae (ars logica) rem dissolutam divulsamque conglutinaret et ratione quādam constringeret,Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 188.— Hence, constrictus, a, um, P. a., compressed, contracted, abridged, short, brief, concise, compact: frons,knit,Petr. 132, 15; cf. supercilia (opp. dissidentia),Quint. 1, 11, 10: arbor,pruned, confined,Plin. 17, 12, 18, § 90; cf.: folium tenuius et constrictius et angustius,id. 21, 10, 32, § 58: nives perpetuo rigore,condensed,Curt. 7, 3, 11: pulticula constrictior,thicker,Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 18, 108.—Sup. not in use.—* Adv.: con-strictē, closèly: constrictius jungi alicui,Aug. Doctr. Christ. 1, 28.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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