Latin

Verb

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

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

Inflection

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “obstringo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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