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|lshtext=<b>a-stringo</b>: (ads-, Ritschl, Baiter, Halm, Jahn, Keil; as-, Fleck., Merk., Kayser), inxi, ictum, 3, v. a.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[draw]] [[close]], to [[draw]], [[bind]], or [[tie]] [[together]], to [[bind]], to [[tighten]], [[contract]] (syn.: [[constringo]], [[stringo]], [[alligo]], [[obligo]], [[vincio]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: (hunc) adstringite ad columnam [[fortiter]], Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 25: ad statuam [[astrictus]] est, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42: [[manus]], Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 9: vinculorum, id est aptissimum ... [[quod]] ex se [[atque]] de iis, quae adstringit [[quam]] maxume, unum efficit, Cic. Tim. 4 fin.: astringit vincula motu, Ov. M. 11, 75: laqueos, Sen. Ira, 3, 16: [[artius]] [[atque]] hederā procera adstringitur [[ilex]], is twined [[around]] [[with]] [[ivy]], Hor. Epod. 15, 5: adstringi funibus, Vulg. Ezech. 27, 24: aliquem adstringere loris, ib. Act. 22, 25: pavidum in jus Cervice adstrictā dominum trahat, [[with]] a [[halter]] [[round]] his [[neck]], Juv. 10, 88 (Jahn, obstrictā): aspice ... Quam non adstricto percurrat pulpita socco, not [[drawn]] [[close]], [[loose]]; [[poet]]. for a [[negligent]] [[style]] of [[writing]], Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 174: Ipse rotam adstringit [[multo]] sufflamine [[consul]], checks, Juv. 8, 148: [[balteus]] [[haud]] fluxos gemmis adstrinxit [[amictus]], Luc. 2, 362: frontem, to [[contract]], [[knit]], Mart. 11, 40; Sen. Ep. 106: labra porriguntur et scinduntur et adstringuntur, Quint. 11, 3, 81: frondem ferro, to [[cut]] [[off]], [[clip]], Col. 5, 6, 17 al.; so, alvum, to [[make]] costive (opp. solvere, q. v.), Cels. 1, 3; 2, 30.—Of the [[contraction]] produced by [[cold]]: nivibus [[quoque]] molle rotatis astringi [[corpus]], Ov. M. 9, 222; so id. Tr. 3, 4, 48; id. P. 3, 3, 26: ventis [[glacies]] astricta pependit, id. M. 1, 120: Sic stat [[iners]] Scythicas adstringens [[Bosporus]] undas, Luc. 5, 436: vis frigoris (corpora) ita adstringebat, Curt. 7, 3, 13; 8, 4, 6.—Hence, also, to [[make]] colder, to [[cool]], [[refresh]]: ex quo ([[puteo]]) possis [[rursus]] adstringere, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 25: [[corpus]] astringes brevi Salone, Mart. 1, 49, 11 (acc. to Varr. in a [[pass]]. [[sense]] in the perf., adstrinxi for adstrictus [[sum]], Varr. L. L. Fragm. ap. Gell. 2, 25, 7).—Of colors, to [[deaden]]: ita permixtis viribus alterum altero excitatur aut adstringitur, Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 134 (diff. from alligare, [[which]] precedes; v. [[alligo]], I. B.).—Also of an [[astringent]], [[harsh]] [[taste]]: [[radix]] gustu adstringit, Plin. 27, 10, 60, § 85.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to [[draw]] [[together]], [[draw]] closer, [[circumscribe]]; to [[bind]], [[put]] under [[obligation]], [[oblige]], [[necessitate]]: ubi adfinitatem [[inter]] nos nostram adstrinxeris, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 73: vellem, suscepisses juvenem regendum; [[pater]] [[enim]] [[nimis]] [[indulgens]], [[quicquid]] ego adstrinxi, relaxat, Cic. Att. 10, 6; so, [[mores]] disciplinae severitate, Quint. 2, 2, 4 Spald.: ad adstringendam fidem, Cic. Off. 3, 31, 111: hac lege [[tibi]] meam [[astringo]] fidem, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 22: quo (jure jurando) se cuncti astrinxerant, Suet. Caes. 84: hujus tanti officii servitutem astringebam testimonio [[sempiterno]], to [[confirm]], [[secure]], Cic. Planc. 30 fin. Wund.: religione devinctum astrictumque, id. Verr. 2, 4, 42: [[disciplina]] astricta legibus, id. Brut. 10, 40; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3: lege et quaestione, id. Clu. 155: suis condicionibus, id. Quinct. 5: [[auditor]] nullā ejus modi adstrictus [[necessitate]], id. N. D. 1, 7, 17: orationem numeris astringere, id. de Or. 3, 44, 173 et saep.: adstringi sacris, to be [[bound]] to [[maintain]], id. Leg. 2, 19: [[inops]] [[regio]], quae parsimoniā astringeret milites, Liv. 39, 1: ad temperantiam, Plin. Ep. 7, 1: ad servitutem juris, Quint. 2, 16, 9: [[illa]] [[servitus]] ad certa se verba adstringendi, id. 7, 3, 16: milites ad certam stipendiorum formulam, Suet. Aug. 49; id. Tib. 18: me astringam verbis in sacra jura tuis, Ov. H. 16, 320; 20, 28: magno scelere se astringeret, Cic. Phil. 4, 4, 9; id. Sest. 50 fin.; so id. Sull. 29, 82; perh. also id. Pis. 39 fin.; [[instead]] of this abl. of [[class]]. Latin, we [[sometimes]] [[find]] in [[comedy]] [[apparently]] the gen.: et ipsum [[sese]] et illum furti adstringeret, made [[guilty]] of, charged [[himself]] [[with]], Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 34: Homo furti [[sese]] adstringet, id. Poen. 3, 4, 27 (cf.: Audin tu? hic furti se adligat, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 39; Draeger, Hist. Synt. I. § 209, regards this as a [[vulgar]] [[extension]] of the [[use]] of the gen. [[with]] verbs of accusing, convicting, etc., [[but]] Klotz, s. v. [[astringo]], regards it as [[really]] an old dative, furtoi furti; cf. [[quoi]] cui).—Of [[reasoning]] or [[discourse]], to [[compress]], [[abridge]], [[bring]] [[into]] [[short]] [[compass]]: Stoici [[breviter]] adstringere solent argumenta, Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 13 (cf. id. ib. 3, 10, 22: Haec sic dicuntur a Stoicis, concludunturque contortius); id. Fat. 14, 32: premere [[tumentia]], luxuriantia adstringere, Quint. 10, 4, 1 Frotsch., Halm.—Hence, [[astrictus]] (ads-), a, um, P. a., [[drawn]] [[together]], [[tight]], [[narrow]], [[close]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: [[limen]] astrictum, [[shut]], Ov. Am. 3, 1, 50: [[alvus]] fusior aut astrictior, Cels. 1, 3: [[corpus]] astrictum, i. e. [[alvus]] dura, id. 3, 6: [[genus]] morbi astrictum, costiveness, id. 1 praef.: gustu adstricto, of a [[harsh]], [[astringent]] [[taste]], Plin. 27, 12, 96, § 121.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sparing, [[parsimonious]], [[covetous]] (not [[before]] the Aug. per.): [[astrictus]] [[pater]], Prop. 3, 17, 18: adstricti moris [[auctor]], Tac. A. 3, 55: [[parsimonia]], Just. 44, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[discourse]], [[compact]], [[brief]], [[concise]], [[short]] (opp. [[remissus]]): [[dialectica]] [[quasi]] contracta et astricta [[eloquentia]] putanda est, Cic. Brut. 90, 309: verborum astricta [[comprehensio]], id. ib. 95, 327: est [[enim]] [[finitimus]] oratori poëta, numeris astrictior [[paulo]], id. de Or. 1, 16, 70; 1, 16, 60.—Sup. not used.—Adv.: astrictē (ads-), [[concisely]], [[briefly]] ([[only]] of [[discourse]]): [[astricte]] numerosa [[oratio]], Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 184.—Comp.: astrictius dicere, Sen. Ep. 8 fin., and Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 20: scribere, id. ib. 3, 18, 10: [[ille]] concludit adstrictius, hic latius, Quint. 10, 1, 106.—Sup. not used.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>astringō</b>,¹⁰ v. [[adstringo]].
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{{Georges
|georg=a-[[stringo]] (ad-[[stringo]]), strīnxī, strictum, ere, [[straff]] [[anziehen]], I) eig. [[straff]]-, [[fest]] [[anziehen]], [[fest]] [[zusammenziehen]], [[zusammenschnüren]], -[[pressen]], [[fest]] [[schnüren]], [[fest]] [[anbinden]], [[fest]] [[anschließen]] (Ggstz. relaxare), a) im engern Sinne, [[ein]] [[Band]] u. [[einen]] Ggstd. (v. den Banden [[selbst]] u. v. Pers., die vermittelst eines Bandes [[schnüren]]), [[quo]] [[magis]] extendas (vincula), [[tanto]] astringunt [[artius]], Plaut.: vincula motu, Ov.: laqueos, Sen. – [[quae]] ([[vinculum]]) astringit, Cic.: u. [[artius]] [[atque]] hederā astringitur [[ilex]], Hor.: [[iugum]] astrictum compluribus nodis, Curt.: [[soccus]] [[astrictus]], Hor.: comae astrictae, Ov. – rotam [[multo]] sufflamine, [[stark]] [[hemmen]], Iuven. – alci [[manus]], Plaut.: alqm ad columnam [[fortiter]], Plaut.: alqm ad statuam, Cic. – b) im weitern Sinne, Körperteile u. ähnl. Ggstde., labra (Ggstz. diducere labra), Quint.: [[vultum]] superciliis, Quint.: frontem, [[zusammenziehen]], [[runzeln]], Sen.: astricta [[tempora]], runzelige [[Schläfe]], Cels.: astrictae [[fauces]], zusammengeschnürte, Tac.: astricti crepidis [[pedes]], zusammengepreßte, Curt.: paenulis astricti et [[velut]] inclusi, eingepreßt, Tac. – venas (terrae) hiantes, [[sich]] [[eng]] [[schließen]] [[machen]], Verg.: so [[auch]] [[limen]] astrictum, geschlossene, Ov.: [[cortex]] [[astrictus]] [[pice]], Hor.: astrictum [[opus]] bitumine, Curt. – [[alvus]] (der [[Magen]]) tum astringitur tum relaxatur, Cic.: tum astringentibus se intestinis tum relaxantibus, Cic. – Insbes. v. Ggstdn., die zusammenziehend [[auf]] [[einen]] [[Körper]] [[wirken]], α) v. Heilmitteln, Speisen usw. ([[als]] mediz. t. t.), omnem partem (corporis) confirmare et astringere, Scrib.: astr. gustu, den [[Mund]] [[zusammenziehen]], Plin.: astringi a marino morsu, [[von]] der [[Schärfe]] [[des]] Seewassers verdichtet [[werden]], Plin.: alvum astr., harten [[Leib]] [[machen]], [[verstopfen]], stopfend [[auf]] den [[Leib]] [[wirken]] (Ggstz. alvum solvere, resolvere, laxare), Cels. – β) v. der [[Kälte]], [[zusammenziehen]], [[erstarren]] [[machen]], corpora [[vis]] frigoris [[ita]] astrinxerat, ut etc., Curt.: imbrem concreto [[gelu]], zu festem [[Eis]] [[gefrieren]] [[machen]], Curt.: astrictae aquae (sc. [[gelu]]), Ov.: astricto perusta [[terra]] [[gelu]], [[ewig]] erstarrt vom [[Eis]], Ov.: [[humus]] riget [[gelu]] astricta, erstarrt, [[hart]] gefroren, Curt. – u. [[abkühlen]], mollibus lacubus remissum [[corpus]], Mart. 1, 49, 11: dah. astringi, [[sich]] [[abkühlen]], in proxumo [[puteus]], ex [[quo]] possis [[rursus]] astringi, si paeniteat teporis, Plin. ep. 5, 6, 25. – γ) v. Stoffen, eine [[Farbe]] [[abschwächen]] (Ggstz. excitare, [[heben]]), [[ita]] permixtis viribus alterum [[altero]] excitatur [[aut]] astringitur, Plin. 9, 134. – u. se astr., [[sich]] [[verdichten]], [[gerinnen]], [[quod]] ([[medicamen]]) cum se astrinxerit, Pelag. vet. 28. p. 95 extr. – II) übtr.: a) übh. [[straff]] [[anziehen]] (Ggstz. relaxare), [[pater]] [[nimis]] [[indulgens]] [[quicquid]] [[ego]] astrinxi relaxat, lockert die [[Zügel]], die [[ich]] [[straff]] angezogen habe, Cic.: [[puta]] [[enim]] avaritiam relaxatam, [[puta]] astrictam [[esse]] luxuriam, Sen.: [[haec]] [[magis]] [[adhuc]] astringunt, [[befestigen]] [[noch]] [[mehr]], Quint. – in [[Schrift]] u. [[Rede]] [[zusammendrängen]], [[einschränken]], in [[Schranken]] [[weisen]], luxuriantia, Quint.: rem [[tam]] [[late]] fusam [[tam]] [[breviter]], Quint. – u. commeatum ad certam formulam astringere, den Wagentroß [[auf]] [[ein]] bestimmtes [[Maß]] [[beschränken]], Suet. Tib. 18, 1. – u. [[einen]] [[Beweis]] [[zusammendrängen]], [[zusammenfassen]], [[breviter]] argumenta (Ggstz. vagari), Cic.: [[hoc]] [[artius]] astringi [[ratio]] [[non]] potest, knapper [[als]] so läßt [[sich]] diese Schlußfolge [[nicht]] [[fassen]], Cic. – b) [[geistig]], [[politisch]], [[moralisch]] gleichs. [[fesseln]], [[binden]], α) [[geistig]], [[illi]] studio suorum astricti, gefesselt [[durch]] die [[Teilnahme]] an den Ihrigen, Sall.: [[Iugurtha]] maioribus [[astrictus]], [[durch]] wichtigere Gegenstände [[ganz]] in [[Anspruch]] genommen, Sall. – β) [[politisch]], [[vel]] armis [[vel]] legibus totam Galliam sempiternis vinculis, Cic. – γ) [[moralisch]] [[binden]], [[fesseln]], [[fest]]-, unauflöslich [[machen]], disciplinam legibus, Cic.: huius [[tanti]] officii servitutem testimonio [[sempiterno]], Cic. – u. [[moralisch]] [[binden]] = [[verbinden]], [[verbindlich]] [[machen]], [[verpflichten]], hāc [[lege]] alci suam fidem, Ter.: alqm legibus, Cic.: iureiurando populum, Liv. epit.: alqm [[suis]] condicionibus, Cic.: [[eius]] (C. Marcelli iudicis) religione [[devinctus]] [[atque]] [[astrictus]], [[durch]] desselben Eidespflicht gebunden u. [[fest]] umstrickt, Cic. – se scelere astringere u. scelere astringi, [[sich]] [[durch]] [[ein]] Vergehen [[binden]], d.i. [[sich]] [[schuldfällig]] [[machen]], Cic.: u. so furti [[sese]], Plaut. – m. Ang. [[woran]]? od. [[wozu]]? [[durch]] in od. ad m. Akk., se verbis alterius in iura [[sacra]], Ov.: se ad certa verba, Quint.: milites ad certam stipendiorum formulam, Caes.: astringi ad temperantiam, Plin. ep.: [[haec]] [[utique]] [[lex]] naturae est, [[quae]] ad omnem astringit humanitatem, Ambros. de off. 3, 3, 19. – [[mit]] Ang. [[wofür]]? [[durch]] [[pro]] m. Abl., se iureiurando [[pro]] salute alcis, Suet. Caes. 84.
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