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|lshtext=<b>ob-lĭgo</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Jurid. t. t.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf., [[beyond]] the jurid. [[sphere]]: obligare fidem suam, to [[pledge]] one's [[word]], Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.

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|georg=ob-[[ligo]], āvī, ātum, āre, I) [[anbinden]], an od. in [[etwas]] [[befestigen]], [[auf]] etw. [[binden]], A) eig.: [[obligatus]] corio, in [[einen]] ledernen [[Sack]] gebunden, Cornif. rhet.: [[muscus]] (articulis) [[obligatus]], aufgebunden, Plin. – B) übtr.: a) [[binden]], [[verhindern]], [[einschränken]], [[hoc]] iudicio [[districtus]] [[atque]] [[obligatus]], Cic. I. Verr. 24. – b) jmd. [[einer]] [[Sache]] [[schuldig]] [[machen]], ludos scelere, Cic.: alqm scelere, Cic. u. Suet. – refl. u. medial = [[sich]] eines Vergehens od. [[einer]] [[Strafe]] [[schuldig]] [[machen]], in etw. [[verfallen]], se furti, Scaev. b. Gell.: obligari fraude impiā, Cic.: legum iudiciorumque poenis, Cic.: übtr., superstitione, Cic. – II) [[zusammenbinden]], [[zubinden]], A) eig.: [[age]] obliga (den [[Brief]]), obsigna [[cito]], Plaut. Bacch. 748: pecua ad hanc collo in [[crumina]] [[ego]] obligata [[defero]], Plaut. truc. 956. – B) übtr., [[durch]] [[Zauberei]] [[binden]], Paul. sent. 5, 23. § 15. – III) [[verbinden]], [[zubinden]], A) eig.: oculos, Sen.: [[surculum]] [[libro]], [[Varro]]: [[vulnus]], Cic.: [[crus]], Plaut.: venas, brachia, Tac.: alqm, jmd. (jmds. [[Wunde]] usw.) [[verbinden]], Cic. – B) übtr., [[verbinden]] = a) vereinigen, cibum [[ovis]], Eier [[hineinschlagen]], Apic. 4, 123. – b) [[durch]] [[Versprechen]], [[Bürgschaft]], [[Schwur]], [[Bündnis]], Wohltaten, Gesetze usw. [[verbindlich]] [[machen]], [[verpflichten]], α) übh.: alqm sponsione, Liv.: vadem [[tribus]] milibus aeris, zur Bezahlung [[von]] usw., Liv.: se in [[acta]] alcis, Suet.: se chirographo ad alqd, ICt.: obligari foedere, Liv.: obligari tutelae et furti (sc. actione), ICt.: se nexu, Cic.: alqm militiae sacramento, [[einen]] (Soldaten) vereidigen, Cic.: alqm [[sibi]] liberalitate, Cic.: beneficio, Cic.: obligabis me (sc. [[tibi]]), Plin. ep.: so [[auch]] obligari alci, [[verbindlich]] [[werden]], Ov.: me [[tibi]] obligatum [[fore]], Cic.: [[Prometheus]] [[obligatus]] aliti, verurteilt, [[von]] einem [[Vogel]] seine [[Strafe]] zu [[leiden]], Hor.: obligatam redde Iovi dapem, zu dem du dich [[durch]] [[Gelübde]] [[verbindlich]] gemacht hast, den gelobten, Hor. – [[mit]] folg. ut u. Konj., obligor, ut tangam laevi [[fera]] litora Ponti, [[ich]] bin genötigt, zu usw., Ov. trist. 1, 2, 83. – m. folg. Supin., obligati sunt interrogatum, Amm. 28, 4, 10. – β) [[verpfänden]], [[versetzen]], [[mit]] [[einer]] [[Hypothek]] [[belasten]], [[praedia]] fratri, Suet.: [[bona]] sua pignori, [[verpfänden]], ICt.: [[praedia]] obligata, verpfändete, [[auf]] denen eine [[Hypothek]] ruht, Cic.: fidem suam, [[sein]] [[Wort]] [[verpfänden]], zum Pfande [[geben]], Cic.

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