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lĭgātūra

lĭgātūra · f

a band, ligature

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What it meant

lĭgātūra — Lewis & Short

lĭgātūra, ae, f.id.,

I a band, ligature (post-class.).

I Lit.: ligatura in vitibus, Pall. 1, 6, 11.—

B In partic., an amulet (bound about one), Aug. in Joann. 7; cf. Isid. Orig. 8, 9.—

C A bunch, cluster: duas ligaturas uvae passae, Vulg. 1 Reg. 30, 12.— —

II Transf., a twisting or twining of the body in wrestling: ligaturis corporis certant, Ambros. Enarrat. in Psa. 36, § 55.

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