evincio

evincio
ē-vincĭo, nxi, nctum, 4, v. a., to bind up, to bind or wind round with something (not ante-Aug., and mostly poet. ):

simul diademate caput Tiridatis evinxit,

Tac. A. 15, 2; cf. id. ib. 6, 43.—More freq. in the part. perf.:

viridi Mnestheus evinctus oliva,

Verg. A. 5, 494; cf.

palmae,

i. e. wound round with the cestus, id. ib. 5, 364:

comae (sc. vittā),

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 56:

evincta pudicā Fronde manus,

crowned with laurel, Stat. Th. 1, 554.—With acc. respectiv.:

puniceo stabis suras evincta cothurno,

Verg. E. 7, 32; id. A. 5, 269; 774; 8, 286; Ov. M. 15, 676.—
II.
To bind:

evincta lacerandum traditi dextra,

Sil. 2, 48 (dub.; al. victa).

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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