vincio

vincĭo, vinxi, vinctum ( part. vinciturus, Petr. 45, 10), 4, v. a., to bind, to bind or wind about; to fetter, tie, fasten; to surround, encircle, etc. (class., esp. in the trop. sense; syn.: ligo, necto, constringo).

I.

Lit.:

illum aput te vinctum adservato domi,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 95; 4, 4, 98; Ter. And. 5, 2, 24:

hunc abduce, vinci, quaere rem,

id. Ad. 3, 4, 36:

fratres meos in vincula conjecit. Cum igitur eos vinxerit, etc.,

Cic. Dejot. 7, 22:

facinus est vincire civem Romanum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 66, § 170:

equites Romani vincti Apronio traditi sunt,

id. ib. 2, 3, 14, §

37: trinis catenis vinctus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53:

post terga manus,

Verg. A. 11, 81:

rotas ferro,

Quint. 1, 5, 8:

ulmum appositis vitibus,

Ov. H. 5, 47:

alte suras purpureo cothurno,

Verg. A. 1, 337:

tempora novis floribus,

Hor. C. 4, 1, 32.—In a Greek construction:

boves vincti cornua vittis,

Ov. M. 7, 429:

anule, formosae digitum vincture puellae,

about to encircle, id. Am. 2, 15, 1.—

B.

In partic.

1.

To compress, lace:

demissis umeris esse, vincto pectore, ut, gracilae sient,

i. e. tightly laced, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 23.—

2.

To compass, surround, guard, mid.:

Caesarem quidem aiunt acerrime dilectum habere, loca occupare, vinciri praesidiis,

Cic. Att. 7, 18, 2 B. and K. (al. vincire, i. e. loca).—

3.

To make firm, harden, fix, fasten:

humus vincta pruinā,

Petr. 123 (but the true reading, Ov. P. 2, 2, 96, is juncta; so Sall. C. 55, 4).—

II.

Trop., to bind, fetter, confine, restrain, attach:

vi Veneris vinctus,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 32:

religione vinctus astrictusque,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 90; cf.:

si turpissime se illa pars animi geret... si vinciatur et constringatur amicorum propinquorumque custodiis,

id. Tusc. 2, 21, 48.—Of sleep, etc.:

nisi vinctos somno velut pecudes trucidandos tradidero,

Liv. 5, 44, 7:

ut somno vincta jacebas,

Ov. M. 11, 238:

in plaustra somno vinctos coniciunt,

Tac. A. 1, 65:

mentem multo Lyaeo,

Prop. 3, 5 (4, 4), 21:

inimica ora (magicis artibus),

Ov. F. 2, 581:

lectum certo foedere,

Prop. 3, 20, 21 (4, 19, 11):

spadonis animum stupro,

Tac. A. 4, 10:

esse tuam vinctam numine teste fidem,

Ov. H. 20, 212:

aliquem pacto matrimonio,

Tac. A. 6, 45.—Of speech:

membra (orationis) sunt numeris vincienda,

i. e. arranged rhythmically, Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

verba vincta, oratio vincta (opp. soluta),

Quint. 11, 2, 47; 9, 4, 19.