1. vincĭo — Lewis & Short
vincĭo, vinxi, vinctum (
I part. vinciturus, Petr. 45, 10), 4, v. a., to bind, to bind or wind about; to fetter, tie, fasten; to surround, encircle, etc. (class., esp. in the trop. sense; syn.: ligo, necto, constringo).
I Lit.:
illum aput te vinctum adservato domi,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 95; 4, 4, 98; Ter. And. 5, 2, 24:
hunc abduce, vinci, quaere rem,id. Ad. 3, 4, 36:
fratres meos in vincula conjecit. Cum igitur eos vinxerit, etc.,Cic. Dejot. 7, 22:
facinus est vincire civem Romanum,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 66, § 170:
equites Romani vincti Apronio traditi sunt,id. ib. 2, 3, 14, §
37: trinis catenis vinctus,Caes. B. G. 1, 53:
post terga manus,Verg. A. 11, 81:
rotas ferro,Quint. 1, 5, 8:
ulmum appositis vitibus,Ov. H. 5, 47:
alte suras purpureo cothurno,Verg. A. 1, 337:
tempora novis floribus,Hor. C. 4, 1, 32.—In a Greek construction:
boves vincti cornua vittis,Ov. M. 7, 429:
anule, formosae digitum vincture puellae,about to encircle, id. Am. 2, 15, 1.—
B In partic.
1 To compress, lace:
demissis umeris esse, vincto pectore, ut, gracilae sient,i. e. tightly laced, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 23.—
2 To compass, surround, guard, mid.:
Caesarem quidem aiunt acerrime dilectum habere, loca occupare, vinciri praesidiis,Cic. Att. 7, 18, 2 B. and K. (al. vincire, i. e. loca).—
3 To make firm, harden, fix, fasten:
humus vincta pruinā,Petr. 123 (but the true reading, Ov. P. 2, 2, 96, is juncta; so Sall. C. 55, 4).—
II Trop., to bind, fetter, confine, restrain, attach:
vi Veneris vinctus,Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 32:
religione vinctus astrictusque,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 90; cf.:
si turpissime se illa pars animi geret ... si vinciatur et constringatur amicorum propinquorumque custodiis,id. Tusc. 2, 21, 48.—Of sleep, etc.:
nisi vinctos somno velut pecudes trucidandos tradidero,Liv. 5, 44, 7:
ut somno vincta jacebas,Ov. M. 11, 238:
in plaustra somno vinctos coniciunt,Tac. A. 1, 65:
mentem multo Lyaeo,Prop. 3, 5 (4, 4), 21:
inimica ora (magicis artibus),Ov. F. 2, 581:
lectum certo foedere,Prop. 3, 20, 21 (4, 19, 11):
spadonis animum stupro,Tac. A. 4, 10:
esse tuam vinctam numine teste fidem,Ov. H. 20, 212:
aliquem pacto matrimonio,Tac. A. 6, 45.—Of speech:
membra (orationis) sunt numeris vincienda,i. e. arranged rhythmically, Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 190:
verba vincta, oratio vincta (opp. soluta),Quint. 11, 2, 47; 9, 4, 19.