instringo

in-stringo, nxi, ictum, 3, v. a.

I.

To bind, girdle, fasten, chain (rare;

not anteAug.): aliquem vinculis,

Quint. Decl. 5, 16:

adhuc feralibus amiculis instrictus,

App. M. 10, p. 244, 14.— Absol., Isid. 19, 10, 1.—

II.

Of a weapon, to draw, brandish, employ in attack: nam si gladium instrinxit, quid dubium est quin occidendi animo percusserit? Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 6, 3.—

III.

Trop., to stimulate, incite:

divino spiritu instrictus,

Liv. 5, 15, 10 Drak. N. cr.; so, uxor dolore, App. M. 8, p. 211; 9, p. 225, 9 (Hild., instinctus):

haec admonitio Tauri non modo non repressit, sed instrinxit etiam nos ad elegantiam Graecae orationis affectandam,

Gell. 17, 20, 7 Hertz.