constrictio
From LSJ
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
constrictĭo: ōnis, f. constringo (postclass.),
I a binding or drawing together, Pall. Mart. 1; Scrib. Comp. 84.—
II Esp., a binding, stopping of the bowels, Macr. S. 7, 6 al.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cōnstrictĭō, ōnis, f. (constringo), action de serrer : Pall. 4, 1, 3
