obligo
Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ob-lĭgo: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
I Lit.
A To bind or tie around, to bind or fasten to any thing (very rare): obligatus corio, bound in a leathern sack, Auct. Her. 1, 13, 23: articulis muscus obligatus, bound upon, Plin. 26, 11, 66, § 105: cibum ovis, to bind or unite with eggs, Apic. 4, 2: amylo spisso obligare, id. 2, 2; 8, 2.—
B To bind together, bind up (rare): pecua ad hanc collo in crumena ego obligata defero, Plaut. Truc. 5, 1, 64: age obliga, obsigna cito, tie up (the letter, in order to seal it), id. Bacch. 4, 4, 96: manipulos, Col. 11, 2, 40.—
C To bind up, bandage, swathe (class., esp. of wounds): crus fractum, Plaut. Men. 5, 3, 9: vulnus, Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 57; cf.: medicum requirens, a quo obligetur, to bind up his wounds, id. Tusc. 2, 16, 38; Suet. Vit. 2: venas, to bandage the veins, Tac. A. 6, 9: surculum libro, Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 2: oculos, Sen. Ira, 3, 11, 4: ore obligato obsignatoque simulacrum, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 65.—
II Trop.
A In gen., to bind, oblige, put under an obligation, make liable, etc. (cf.: obstringo, devincio): aliquem obligare militiae secundo sacramento, bind by a second oath, swear in again, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36: vadem tribus milibus aeris, to bind in the sum of, Liv. 3, 13: voti sponsio, quā obligamur deo, Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 41; Liv. 9, 11: se nexu, Cic. Mur. 2, 3: se in acta cujusquam, Tib. ap. Suet. Tib. 67: se chirographo ad aliquid, Dig. 30, 103: aliquem sibi liberalitate, to bind to one's self, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 3: obligabis me, will oblige me, lay me under an obligation, Plin. Ep. 4, 4, 2; Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5: obligari foedere, Liv. 38, 33: pro amicis alicui obligari, to lay one's self under obligation, i. e. to solicit favors, Plin. Ep. 10, 3, 1: obligor ipse tamen, Ov. M. 9, 248: obligatus ei nihil eram, was under no obligation to him, Cic. Fam. 6, 11, 1: me obligatum tibi fore, id. Att. 13, 18: obligati sunt interrogatum, Amm. 28, 4, 10.—Poet.: Prometheus obligatus aliti, devoted, condemned to, Hor. Epod. 17, 67: ergo obligatam redde Jovi dapem, vowed, due, id. C. 2, 7, 17: obligor, ut tangam laevi fera litora Ponti, am compelled, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 83.—
B In partic.
1 To render liable through guilt, to make guilly: cum populum Romanum scelere obligāsses, Cic. Dom. 8, 20: votis caput, Hor. C. 2, 8, 5: se scelere, Suet. Caes. 42: se furti, Scaev. ap. Gell. 7, 15, 2.—Pass., to be guilty of, to commit an offence: est enim periculum, ne aut neglectis iis impiā fraude, aut susceptis anili superstitione obligemur, Cic. Div. 1, 4, 7; cf.: lege Corneliā testamentariā obligatur, offends against, Dig. 8, 10, 30.—
2 Jurid. t. t.
a To bind, engage one (cf. obligatio, II. B.): obligandi, solvendi sui causā, Dig. 2, 13, 6, § 3: se obligare, ib. 4, 2, 7, § 1; 21, 1, 25, § 9.—
b To pledge, pawn, mortgage a thing: magistratui bona ejus obligantur, Vitr. 10 praef.: omnia praedia fratri, Suet. Vesp. 4: omnia bona sua pignori, Dig. 20, 4, 21: nam fundi et aedis obligatae sunt ob amoris praedium, has a mortgage on it, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 4: aedes pignori, Dig. 39, 2, 44: obligata praedia, Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 9.—
(b) Transf., beyond the jurid. sphere: obligare fidem suam, to pledge one's word, Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51.—
3 To impede, restrain, embarrass: judicio districtum atque obligatum esse, Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 24.—Hence, oblĭ-gātus, a, um, P. a., bound, obliged: iisdem (officiis) me tibi obligatum fore, Cic. Fam. 13, 18, 2.—Comp.: quanto quis melior et probior, tanto mihi obligatior abit, Plin. Ep. 8, 2, 8: ipsi obligati sunt, ensnared, embarrassed, Vulg. Psa. 19, 9.
