illĭgo — Lewis & Short
illĭgo (inl-), āvi, ātum, 1 (in tmesi:
I
inque ligatus,Verg. A. 10, 794), v. a. in-ligo, to bind on, tie on, to fasten, attach (class.).
I Lit.
A In gen.:
emblemata ita scite in aureis poculis illigabat, ut, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54:
litterae in jaculo illigatae,Caes. B. G. 5, 45, 4:
in eo (corpore) influente atque effluente animi divini ambitus illigabant,Cic. Univ. 13: cum Archimedes lunae, solis, quinque errantium motus in sphaeram illigavit, attached or added to the celestial globe, id. Tusc. 1, 25, 63:
in currus distentum illigat Metium,Liv. 1, 28, 10:
juvencis illigata aratra,Hor. Epod. 1, 25:
tauris juga,id. ib. 3, 11:
dolia aedibus,Dig. 33, 7, 27:
illigata tigna tenere,Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 7:
manibus post tergum illigatis,Liv. 5, 27, 9:
faciem laxis vesicis illigant,Plin. 33, 7, 40, § 122:
fel cum elaterio umbilico,id. 28, 14, 58, § 203.—
B In partic., with the idea of hinderance to free motion predominating, to fetter, encumber, entangle, impede (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn.: illaqueo, irretio, implico;
impedio): inutilis inque ligatus Cedebat clipeoque inimicum hastile trahebat,Verg. A. 10 794:
se impeditis locis,Tac. A. 13, 40:
volucres viscatis illigatae viminibus,Petr. 109:
illigatus praedā,Tac. A. 3, 21:
aliquem veneno,id. ib. 6, 32.—
II Trop.
A In gen., to attach, connect, bind:
(paeon) quam commodissime putatur in solutam orationem illigari,Cic. Or. 64, 215: orationis genus, in quo omnes verborum illigantur lepores, id. ib. 27, 76:
sententiam verbis,id. de Or. 3, 44, 175:
sermonibus ejusmodi personas tam graves illigare,id. Ac. 2, 2, 6:
non iis condicionibus illigabitur pax, ut movere bellum possit,Liv. 33, 12, 13; 36, 11, 2.—
B In partic. (acc. to I. B.), to bind, in a good or bad sense; to oblige, to hold bound; to fetter, encumber, entangle, impede:
magnis et multis pignoribus M. Lepidum res publica illigatum tenet,Cic. Phil. 13, 4, 8:
familiari amicitia illigati Philippo erant,Liv. 32, 22, 11:
nos praeceptis illigaverunt,Quint. 5, 13, 60:
ut sociali foedere se cum Romanis non illigarent,Liv. 45, 25, 9; 41, 24, 15:
illigari bello,id. 32, 21, 11:
angustis et concisis disputationibus illigati,Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 61:
aliquem conscientiā,Tac. A. 15, 51:
vix illigatum te triformi Pegasus expediet Chimaera,Hor. C. 1, 27, 23.