tie (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. cōpŭla2. vincŭlum3. nōdus4. nĕcessĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. (t. of blood or friendship)5. conjunctio • tie (subs.): 1. cōpŭla: the t. of marriage, c. nuptialis, App. M. 2, p. 120: an unbroken t., irrupta c., Hor. Od. 1, 13, 18. 2. vincŭlum: v. bond. 3. nōdus: v. knot. 4. nĕcessĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. (t. of blood or friendship): that t. is thought light of, ea n. levis ducitur, Sall. J. 80: the t. of brotherhood, fraterna n., Cic. Quint. 4, 16: association in the quaestorship stands next to the t. of children, haec quaesturae conjunctio liberorum necessitudini proxima est, id. Fam. 13, 10, 1. 5. conjunctio: t.s of blood bind men, sanguinis c. devincit homines, Cic. Off. 1, 17, 55. Phr.: family t.s are closer, artior est colligatio societatis propinquorum, id. ib. 1, 17, 53.