bind Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. lĭgo, 12. vincio, vinxi, vinctum, 4 (to b. in order to confine or fetter; whereas ligo prop. signifies to b. so as to hold together or preserve from injury3. necto, nexui or nexi, nexum, 3 (prop. to twine together; weave4. stringo, strinxi, strictum, 3II. Fig.1. tĕneo, ŭi, ntum, 22. obstringo, nxi, ctum, 33. astringo, 3 (= 2)4. vincio (rare in this sense)5. allĭgo, 16. oblĭgo, 1III. To render costive or firm1. astringo, 32. constringo, 33. stringo, 34. comprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3IV. To fasten or secure the edges of anything1. praelĭgo, 12. praetexo, xui, xtum, 3V. To bind books • bind: I. Lit.: to tie together, to confine, restrain: 1. lĭgo, 1: to b. a handkerchief about the neck, sudarium circum collum l., Suet. 2. vincio, vinxi, vinctum, 4 (to b. in order to confine or fetter; whereas ligo prop. signifies to b. so as to hold together or preserve from injury: v. Habicht, § 597): it is a crime to b. a Roman citizen, facinus est v. civem Romanum, Cic.: to b. with chains, catenis v., Caes.: to b. the temples with fresh flowers, tempora novis floribus v., Hor. (The comp. evincio is intens.: Tac.) 3. necto, nexui or nexi, nexum, 3 (prop. to twine together; weave: q. v.): to b. winged sandals on the feet, talaria pedibus n., Virg. 4. stringo, strinxi, strictum, 3: v. to squeeze, confine, press. (See also the compounds.) II. Fig.: to restrain, hold in check: 1. tĕneo, ŭi, ntum, 2: the laws do not b. him, leges illum non t., Cic.: Virg.: to be bound neither by oath nor by hostages, neque jurejurando neque obsidibus teneri, Caes. 2. obstringo, nxi, ctum, 3: to b. a state by an oath, civitatem jurejurando ob., Caes.: to be bound by laws, legibus obstringi, Cic. (a stronger expr. than legibus teneri). 3. astringo, 3 (= 2): to b. by laws, legibus as., Cic.: to b. by conditions, conditionibus as., Cic. 4. vincio (rare in this sense): to b. by a marriage contract, pacto matrimonii v., Tac.: bound (fettered) by a religious scruple, religione vinctus, Cic. 5. allĭgo, 1: the law b.s all persons, omnes mortales al. lex, Cic.: to b. any one (to something) by oath, aliquem jurejurando al., Pl. (The simple verb ligo in this sense is chiefly poet.) 6. oblĭgo, 1: to b. a surety in 3000 asses, vadem tribus millibus aeris ob., Liv. Phr.: to b. any one by oath: aliquem (ad) jusjurandum adigere; also, jurejurando, sacramento adigere: v. oath: bound to no school in philosophy, nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri, Hor.: to be bound by religious scruples so as not to be able to do a thing, religionibus impediri, Caes. III. To render costive or firm: 1. astringo, 3: to b. the bowels, alvum as., Cels.: Ov. 2. constringo, 3: Plin.: v. astringent. 3. stringo, 3: the sea is bound by intense cold, mare gelu stringitur, Gell. 4. comprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3: to b. the bowels, alvum c., Cels. IV. To fasten or secure the edges of anything: 1. praelĭgo, 1: a wreath bound with a white band, corona candida fascia praeligata, Suet. 2. praetexo, xui, xtum, 3: v. to border, fringe. V. To bind books: libros conglūtĭnare: Ulp. (compingere, tegumentis munire, Kr.).
BIND Copy link • BINDchain, fetter, colligare, vincire, constringere. OBSERVE: ligare, copulare, to bind for the purpose of keeping together: vincire = coercere, to bind for the purpose of hindering free movement: so nectere in the old times of the Republic; afterward, with the stronger nexare, to entwine, etc., e.g., flores, coronam: one with fetters, chains, aliquem vinculis colligare, catenis vincire, vinculis or catenis constringere. To bind one hand and foot, quadrupedem aliquem constringere. Figuratively, to bind up (tie the hands of), aliquem circumscribere; aliquem coëncere. Fasten, tie, ligare, alligare, deligare, illigare; astringere; revincire: a napkin about the neck, ligare sudarium circum collum. To bind one to the stake, aliquem alligare ad palum. To bind one’s hands behind his back, manus religare, manus illigare, or religare post tergum. Fasten together into a whole, colligare, vincire: the hair into a knot, crines in nodum cogere: hay, foenum vincire: sheaves, manipulos colligere, vincire. To bind a book, librum compingere. Cement, ligare, vincire. Fix, colligare. To bind a sandy soil, solum arenosum arboribus, herbis, etc., colligare. To bind up, alligare, deligare; obligare: a wound, obligare, or ligare vulnus: the eye, oculum alligare. To bind up the book in one volume, librum eodem volumine complecti. My welfare is bound up in yours, tua salute continetur mea. To bind up flax into bundles, linum in fasciculos manuales colligare. To inwrap, envelope, involvere; induere alicui aliquid. To connect, unite, res inter se jungere, colligare; conjungere, connectere aliquid cum aliqua re. All the virtues are bound together, omnes virtutes inter se nexae sunt. To restrict, confine, astringere, obstringere: by an oath, obstringere jurejurando. To be bound (tied, confined) by something, constrictum, obstrictum esse, teneri aliqua re (as a vow, promise, etc.). To constrain, oblige, alligrare, obligare, obstringere, devincire. The law binds any one, lex tenet aliquem. To be bound to a fixed poetic measure, alligatum esse ad certam pedum necessitatem. To be bound to the observance of a league, foedere alligatum or illigatum esse. To bind a man by an oath, aliquem sacramento adigere. To bind one’s self to do a thing, se obligare alicui rei (or with ut); se obstringere in aliquid (by oath, sacramento; to a crime, in scelus). I am bound to do this, hoc meum est. To be bound (obliged) to one, alicujus beneticiis obligatum esse. To be bound to serve one, alicui obnoxium esse. To make costive, astringere. To bind the body, alvum astringere. To bind over, vadari.