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(v. a.P. a.) : sub -stringo, nxi, ctum, 3, v. a.
* To bind beneath; to bind, tie, or draw up (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn. subligo).
* Lit.: crinem nodo,Tac. G. 38: ligatas auro comas,Luc. 3, 281: sinus,Sen. Troad. 88: lintea malo,Sil. 1, 689: caput equi loro,Nep. Eum. 5, 5: carnem fasciā,Suet. Galb. 21.
* Transf., to bind or draw together; to draw up, contract, check: aurem, i. e. to point or prick the ear, Hor. S. 2, 5, 95: lacrimas,Marc. Emp. 8: bilem,Juv. 6, 433.
* Trop., to check, restrain, etc.: effusa,Quint. 10, 5, 4.—Hence, substrictus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II.), drawn together, contracted; hence, small, narrow, tight, close: ilia,Ov. M. 3, 216: crura,id. ib. 11, 752: testes castorum,Plin. 32, 3, 13, § 26: tunica,Gell. 7, 12, 3.—Comp.: venter substrictior,Col. 6, 20.
* To bind beneath; to bind, tie, or draw up (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn. subligo).
* Lit.: crinem nodo,Tac. G. 38: ligatas auro comas,Luc. 3, 281: sinus,Sen. Troad. 88: lintea malo,Sil. 1, 689: caput equi loro,Nep. Eum. 5, 5: carnem fasciā,Suet. Galb. 21.
* Transf., to bind or draw together; to draw up, contract, check: aurem, i. e. to point or prick the ear, Hor. S. 2, 5, 95: lacrimas,Marc. Emp. 8: bilem,Juv. 6, 433.
* Trop., to check, restrain, etc.: effusa,Quint. 10, 5, 4.—Hence, substrictus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II.), drawn together, contracted; hence, small, narrow, tight, close: ilia,Ov. M. 3, 216: crura,id. ib. 11, 752: testes castorum,Plin. 32, 3, 13, § 26: tunica,Gell. 7, 12, 3.—Comp.: venter substrictior,Col. 6, 20.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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