ob-stringo — Lewis & Short
ob-stringo, strinxi, strictum, 3, v. a.
I To bind to or about; to bind, tie, or fasten up (rare):
follem obstringit ob gulam,Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23:
quom ego Amphitruonem collo hinc obstricto traham,id. Am. 3, 2, 72:
cervice obstrictā,Juv. 10, 88:
tauros aratro,to yoke, Val. Fl. 7, 602.—
II To bind, bind up, close up by binding.
1 Lit. (rare):
laqueo collum,Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 12. —
2 Transf.
(a) To shut in, confine:
ventos,Hor. C. 1, 3, 4:
viminibus,Col. 4, 29.—
(b) To hold together by:
purpurea vestis ingentibus obstricta gemmis,in which precious stones were the fastenings, Flor. 4, 11, 3.—
III Trop., to bind, tie, fetter, hamper; to oblige, lay under obligation (the class. signif. of the word;
syn.: obligo, devincio): donis aliquem obstringere,Cic. Clu. 66, 190:
civitatem jurejurando,Caes. B. G. 1, 31:
legibus,Cic. Inv. 2, 45, 132:
foedere,id. Pis. 13, 29:
aliquem aere alieno,to bring into debt, id. Fam. 11, 10, 5:
jurejurando,to bind by an oath, Tac. A. 1, 14:
animam suam,Vulg. Num. 30, 9:
quam plurimas civitates suo sibi beneficio habere obstrictas volebat,bound, under obligation, Caes. B. G. 1, 9:
Atticum officiis,Cic. Fam. 3, 18, 2:
qui se tot sceleribus obstrinxerit,has been guilty of so many crimes, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 8:
se parricidio,to commit, perpetrate, id. Phil. 11, 12, 29:
se perjurio,Liv. 26, 48:
aliquem conscientiā,to bind by privity, by participation, Tac. H. 4, 55: obstringi conscientiā tanti sceleris, ne, etc., to be hindered by the sense of so great a crime, from, etc., Liv. 4, 17, 5:
aliquem societate scelerum,Tac. A. 4, 57:
fidem suam alicui,to pledge one's word, to promise positively, Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 8; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 11; cf. Just. 2, 15, 14.—Mid.: qui alienum ... sustulit, furti obstringitur, makes himself guilty, becomes guilty, Sabin. ap. Gell. 11, 18, 21:
eidem sceleri obstrictus est,Lact. 3, 18, 6.—Hence, obstrictus, a, um, P. a.; according to III., bound, obliged.—Comp.:
obstrictior Debitor,Paul. Nol. Nat. Felic. 9, 145.—Hence, obstrictē, adv.; comp.: obstrictius, more stringently, Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 24.