obstringo
Latin
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /obˈstrin.ɡoː/, [ɔpˈs̠t̪rɪŋɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /obˈstrin.ɡo/, [obˈst̪riŋɡo]
Verb
editobstringō (present infinitive obstringere, perfect active obstrīnxī, supine obstrictum); third conjugation
Conjugation
editReferences
edit- “obstringo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obstringo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obstringo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to lay any one under an obligation by kind treatment: beneficiis aliquem obstringere, obligare, devincire
- to commit a crime and so make oneself liable to the consequences of it: scelere se devincire, se obstringere, astringi
- to promise an oath to..: iureiurando ac fide se obstringere, ut
- to lay any one under an obligation by kind treatment: beneficiis aliquem obstringere, obligare, devincire