obstringo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁epsder.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi

Proto-Italic *op

Latin ob

Latin ob-

Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ-der.

Proto-Indo-European *streyg-der.

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

to bind (by an oath)
to oblige
to bind, tie or fetter

Conjugation

Conjugation of obstringō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	obstringe		—	—	obstringite		—
active	future	—	obstringitō		obstringitō	—	obstringitōte		obstringuntō
passive	present	—	obstringere		—	—	obstringiminī		—
passive	future	—	obstringitor		obstringitor	—	—		obstringuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		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