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obligo
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Lewis Short
(verb) : ob-lĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1
* 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.
* Trop.
* 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.
* 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 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.
* Transf., beyond the jurid. sphere: obligare fidem suam,to pledge one's word,Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51.
* 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.
* Trop.
* 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.
* 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 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.
* Transf., beyond the jurid. sphere: obligare fidem suam,to pledge one's word,Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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