Constringo, constringis, constrinxi, constrictum, constringere. Plaut.To binde fast: to wring hard: to tye straite.Dissoluere & Constringere, contraria.Cic.Constringere manus.Plaut.To binde ones handes.Constringere quadrupedem.Terent.To binde hande and foote like a beast.Constringere catenis.Cic.To binde in chaines.Vinciri & constringi amicorum propinquorúmque custodijs.Cic.Mentem constringere. Luc. To restraine, bridle, or represse his minde or affection.Supplicio constringere.Cic.To bridle with punishment.Necessitate constringi.Cic.To be constreined by necessitie.Constringendum se tradere libidinibus. Cicero. To yeelde or giue ouer them selues as captiues to the luste of the body.Voluptas se constringendam virtuti tradat.Cic.Let sensualitie yeelde and giue ouer to vertue.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
con-stringo, strinxi, strictum, 3, v. a., to draw together, bind together, to bind, tie up (class. in prose and poetry). I.Lit.A. 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).—B. In partic., freq., 1.To bind together with fetters, to fetter, bind (a criminal, insane person, etc.). (a). With abl.: corpora vinculis, Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226; Quint. 7, 3, 14: illum laqueis, Cic. Sest. 41, 88.—(b). Without abl.: manus, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 1; id. Mil. 3, 1, 11: aliquem pro moecho, Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 23; cf.: aliquem quadrupedem, i. e.
hands and feet
, id. And. 5, 2, 24; Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 27; Suet. Calig. 35; Hor. S. 1, 6, 23 al.: tu mentis es compos? Tu non constringendus?Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 97; cf. id. Pis. 20, 48.—(g). With ad: te hodie constringam ad carnarium, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 66.—2. 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.—II.Trop.A. 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.—B. 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,
