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instringo

instringo, to bind, fasten

in-stringo, nxi, ictum, 3, v. a.
  • To bind, girdle, fasten, chain (rare; not ante-Aug.): aliquem vinculis, Quint. Decl. 5, 16: adhuc feralibus amiculis instrictus, Ap. Met. 10, 12, 11.—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, Ap. Met. 8, 22, 10; 9, 18, 4 (Hild., instinctus); haec admonitio Tauri non modo non repressit, sed instrinxit etiam nos ad elegantiam Graecae orationis affectandam, Gell. 17, 20, 7 Hertz.

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