ob-lĭgo — Lewis & Short
ob-lĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
I Lit.
A To bind or tie around, to bind or fasten to any thing (very rare):
obligatus corio,bound in a leathern sack, Auct. Her. 1, 13, 23:
articulis muscus obligatus,bound upon, Plin. 26, 11, 66, § 105: cibum ovis, to bind or unite with eggs, Apic. 4, 2:
amylo spisso obligare,id. 2, 2; 8, 2.—
B To bind together, bind up (rare):
pecua ad hanc collo in crumena ego obligata defero,Plaut. Truc. 5, 1, 64: age obliga, obsigna cito, tie up (the letter, in order to seal it), id. Bacch. 4, 4, 96:
manipulos,Col. 11, 2, 40.—
C To bind up, bandage, swathe (class., esp. of wounds):
crus fractum,Plaut. Men. 5, 3, 9:
vulnus,Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 57; cf.:
medicum requirens, a quo obligetur,to bind up his wounds, id. Tusc. 2, 16, 38; Suet. Vit. 2:
venas,to bandage the veins, Tac. A. 6, 9:
surculum libro,Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 2:
oculos,Sen. Ira, 3, 11, 4:
ore obligato obsignatoque simulacrum,Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 65.—
II Trop.
A In gen., to bind, oblige, put under an obligation, make liable, etc. (cf.:
obstringo, devincio): aliquem obligare militiae secundo sacramento,bind by a second oath, swear in again, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36:
vadem tribus milibus aeris,to bind in the sum of, Liv. 3, 13:
voti sponsio, quā obligamur deo,Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 41; Liv. 9, 11:
se nexu,Cic. Mur. 2, 3: se in acta cujusquam, Tib. ap. Suet. Tib. 67:
se chirographo ad aliquid,Dig. 30, 103:
aliquem sibi liberalitate,to bind to one's self, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 3:
obligabis me,will oblige me, lay me under an obligation, Plin. Ep. 4, 4, 2; Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5:
obligari foedere,Liv. 38, 33: pro amicis alicui obligari, to lay one's self under obligation, i. e. to solicit favors, Plin. Ep. 10, 3, 1:
obligor ipse tamen,Ov. M. 9, 248:
obligatus ei nihil eram,was under no obligation to him, Cic. Fam. 6, 11, 1:
me obligatum tibi fore,id. Att. 13, 18:
obligati sunt interrogatum,Amm. 28, 4, 10.—Poet.:
Prometheus obligatus aliti,devoted, condemned to, Hor. Epod. 17, 67:
ergo obligatam redde Jovi dapem,vowed, due, id. C. 2, 7, 17:
obligor, ut tangam laevi fera litora Ponti,am compelled, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 83.—
B In partic.
1 To render liable through guilt, to make guilly:
cum populum Romanum scelere obligāsses,Cic. Dom. 8, 20:
votis caput,Hor. C. 2, 8, 5:
se scelere,Suet. Caes. 42: se furti, Scaev. ap. Gell. 7, 15, 2.—Pass., to be guilty of, to commit an offence:
est enim periculum, ne aut neglectis iis impiā fraude, aut susceptis anili superstitione obligemur,Cic. Div. 1, 4, 7; cf.:
lege Corneliā testamentariā obligatur,offends against, Dig. 8, 10, 30.—
2 Jurid. t. t.
a To bind, engage one (cf. obligatio, II. B.):
obligandi, solvendi sui causā,Dig. 2, 13, 6, § 3:
se obligare,ib. 4, 2, 7, § 1; 21, 1, 25, § 9.—
b To pledge, pawn, mortgage a thing:
magistratui bona ejus obligantur,Vitr. 10 praef.:
omnia praedia fratri,Suet. Vesp. 4:
omnia bona sua pignori,Dig. 20, 4, 21:
nam fundi et aedis obligatae sunt ob amoris praedium,has a mortgage on it, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 4:
aedes pignori,Dig. 39, 2, 44:
obligata praedia,Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 9.—
(b) Transf., beyond the jurid. sphere:
obligare fidem suam,to pledge one's word, Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51.—
3 To impede, restrain, embarrass: judicio districtum atque obligatum esse, Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 24.—Hence, oblĭ-gātus, a, um, P. a., bound, obliged:
iisdem (officiis) me tibi obligatum fore,Cic. Fam. 13, 18, 2.—Comp.:
quanto quis melior et probior, tanto mihi obligatior abit,Plin. Ep. 8, 2, 8:
ipsi obligati sunt,ensnared, embarrassed, Vulg. Psa. 19, 9.