obstringo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i)

Proto-Italic *op

Latin ob

Latin ob-

Proto-Indo-European *streyg-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *strinégti

Proto-Italic *stringō

Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *stréngʰeti

Proto-Italic *strengō

Latin stringō

Latin obstringō

From ob- + stringō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔpˈstrɪŋ.ɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [obˈstriŋ.ɡo]

Verb

obstringō (present infinitive obstringere, perfect active obstrīnxī, supine obstrictum); third conjugation

1. to bind (by an oath)
2. to oblige
3. to bind, tie or fetter

Conjugation

   Conjugation of obstringō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	obstringō		obstringis		obstringit		obstringimus		obstringitis		obstringunt
	imperfect	obstringēbam		obstringēbās		obstringēbat		obstringēbāmus		obstringēbātis		obstringēbant
	future	obstringam		obstringēs		obstringet		obstringēmus		obstringētis		obstringent
	perfect	obstrīnxī		obstrīnxistī		obstrīnxit		obstrīnximus		obstrīnxistis		obstrīnxērunt, obstrīnxēre
	pluperfect	obstrīnxeram		obstrīnxerās		obstrīnxerat		obstrīnxerāmus		obstrīnxerātis		obstrīnxerant
	future perfect	obstrīnxerō		obstrīnxeris		obstrīnxerit		obstrīnxerimus		obstrīnxeritis		obstrīnxerint
passive	present	obstringor		obstringeris, obstringere		obstringitur		obstringimur		obstringiminī		obstringuntur
	imperfect	obstringēbar		obstringēbāris, obstringēbāre		obstringēbātur		obstringēbāmur		obstringēbāminī		obstringēbantur
	future	obstringar		obstringēris, obstringēre		obstringētur		obstringēmur		obstringēminī		obstringentur
	perfect	obstrictus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	obstrictus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	obstrictus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	obstringam		obstringās		obstringat		obstringāmus		obstringātis		obstringant
	imperfect	obstringerem		obstringerēs		obstringeret		obstringerēmus		obstringerētis		obstringerent
	perfect	obstrīnxerim		obstrīnxerīs		obstrīnxerit		obstrīnxerīmus		obstrīnxerītis		obstrīnxerint
	pluperfect	obstrīnxissem		obstrīnxissēs		obstrīnxisset		obstrīnxissēmus		obstrīnxissētis		obstrīnxissent
passive	present	obstringar		obstringāris, obstringāre		obstringātur		obstringāmur		obstringāminī		obstringantur
	imperfect	obstringerer		obstringerēris, obstringerēre		obstringerētur		obstringerēmur		obstringerēminī		obstringerentur
	perfect	obstrictus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	obstrictus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		obstringe		—		—		obstringite		—
	future	—		obstringitō		obstringitō		—		obstringitōte		obstringuntō
passive	present	—		obstringere		—		—		obstringiminī		—
	future	—		obstringitor		obstringitor		—		—		obstringuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		obstringere			obstringī			obstringēns			—
future		obstrictūrum esse			obstrictum īrī			obstrictūrus			obstringendus, obstringundus
perfect		obstrīnxisse			obstrictum esse			—			obstrictus
future perfect		—			obstrictum fore			—			—
perfect potential		obstrictūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		obstringendī		obstringendō		obstringendum		obstringendō		obstrictum		obstrictū

References

• “obstringo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “obstringo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “obstringo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to lay any one under an obligation by kind treatment: beneficiis aliquem obstringere, obligare, devincire
    
  • to commit a crime and so make oneself liable to the consequences of it: scelere se devincire, se obstringere, astringi
    
  • to promise an oath to..: iureiurando ac fide se obstringere, ut