devincio

devincio

Latin

Etymology

    From dē- + vinciō.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    dēvinciō (present infinitive dēvincīre, perfect active dēvīnxī, supine dēvīnctum); fourth conjugation

    1. to bind fast, tie up
    2. to subjugate
    3. to oblige, constrain

    Conjugation

    References

    • devincio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • devincio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • devincio”, 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 attach a person to oneself: devincire aliquem consuetudine