To binde or straine hard. Restrictis tergo manibus. Pli. His hands being fast bosid behind him. Sumptus sœdos & infames lege restrinxit. Plin. iun. Hee restrayned, &c. Sol exorrus restrinxit stellas, Lucr. Restringere. Apuleius. To vnbinde or loose. vc Iumenrum restrinxit abiréque liberum permisit. Apul. Natura omnes homines restrinxit ad pecuniæ custodiam. Pli. in Al men are naturally bent to keepe money. Restringit nauseam hæc herba. Plin. This herbe stoppeth vomite.

I. To draw back tightly; to bind back, bind fast, tighten, etc. (in the verb. finit. not anteAug., but in the P. a. class.; syn. religo).

A. Lit.: laevam, Quint. 11, 3, 131: restrictis ad terga manibus, Plin. 35, 10, 36, 93: manus, Petr. 73, 4: lacertos, Hor. C. 3, 5, 35; cf.: restringitur vinculis, Tac. A. 14, 64; and: si manus manicis restringantur, App. Flor. 17, p. 357, 29; cf. also: Prometheus quondam silici restrictus membra catenā, Cat. 64, 297: vinclo fasciae in modum laquei restricto, Tac. A. 15, 57.—

B. Trop., to restrain, confine, restrict, check, etc. (syn. retineo): homines ad custodiam pecuniae, Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 9: liberalitatem, Sen. Ben. 1, 4: sumptus candidatorum ambitūs lege, Plin. Ep. 6, 19, 4: delicias frugalitate, id. ib. 5, 19 fin.: animum maestitiā, Tac. A. 16, 16: morsus phalangiorum, Plin. 24, 16, 97, 154 (Jahn, restinguit): praecipitationem nimbi, App. Mund. p. 61, 21.—

II. To draw back, unfasten, unclose, open (rare): dentes restringere, to show the teeth, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 26.— Of dogs: rabie restrictā minari, Lucr. 5, 1065: restrictis forte si labellis riseris, App. poët. Mag. p. 277: restrictis labris, Quint. Decl. 12, 27. — Hence, rēstrictus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), bound fast, bound up, tight, close.

A. Lit.: togis neque restrictis neque fusis, Suet. Aug. 73: alvus, i. e. costive, Ser. Samm. 28, 519.— Comp.. restrictiores digiti (pedum), i. e. shorter, Suet. Dom. 18.—

B. Trop.

1. Close, niggardly, stingy (cf.: parcus, tenax): in aliquo esse restrictus, Cic. Off. 2, 18, 62; id. Att. 10, 11, 2; id. Planc. 22, 54.— Comp., Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 8.—

2. Moderate, modest: an restrictius arbitraris per orbem terrarum legendum dare memoriam suam, quam, etc., Plin. Ep. 9, 19, 6.—

3. Strict, stern, rigorous, severe, stringent: summum imperium non restrictum nec perseverum volunt, Tac. A. 15, 48.—Comp.: judicatio, App. Flor. p. 364, 39.— Sup.: restrictissimis regulis, Cod. 1, 17 (2), 10.— Adv.: rēstrictē.

a. Closely, sparingly: facere (with parce), Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 42: vivere, Nazar. Pan. Constant. 15. — Comp.: restrictius uti rebus praetereuntibus, Aug. Doctr. Chr. 3, 12.— Sup.: restrictissime facere (opp. plenissime), Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 13.—

b. Strictly, exactly, precisely: cetera non tam restricte praefinio, Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45: restricte tenent illud nomen (sapientium), id. Rep. 3, 4, 7: observare, ne plus reddat quam acceperit, id. Lael. 16, 58. — Sup. of the adj. prob. not found.