tight Copy link Outline 1. strictus2. astrictus3. restrictus4. substrictus5. artus (arctus)6. contentus (tense) • tight: 1. strictus: a t. knot, s. nodus, Liv. 24, 7: a t. garment which shows the limbs, vestis s. et singulos artus exprimens, Tac. G. 17. 2. astrictus: a shoe that is not t., soccus non a., Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 174: (i. e. loose): a shoe that galls (= t.) is calceus urens, id. Ep. 1, 10, 43. 3. restrictus: with gown neither t. nor flowing, toga neque restricta neque fusa, Suet. Aug. 73. 4. substrictus: a t. tunic, s. tunica, Gell. 7, 12. 5. artus (arctus): a t. bridle, a. frenum, Tib. 4, 1, 91: t. fastenings, a. compages, Virg. Aen. 1, 291: Cic.: v. close. 6. contentus (tense): a t. rope, c. funis, Hor. S. 2, 7, 20 (opp. to laxus). Phr.: to tie t., stringere, restringere (Hor. Od. 3, 5, 35): v. foll. art. and bind.