I.to bind beneath; to bind, tie, or draw up (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn. subligo).
I. Lit.: “crinem nodo,” Tac. G. 38: “ligatas auro comas,” Luc. 3, 281: “sinus,” Sen. Troad. 88: “lintea malo,” Sil. 1, 689: “caput equi loro,” Nep. Eum. 5, 5: “carnem fasciā,” Suet. Galb. 21.—
II. Transf., to bind or draw together; to draw up, contract, check: aurem, i. e. to point or prick the ear, Hor. S. 2, 5, 95: “lacrimas,” Marc. Emp. 8: “bilem,” Juv. 6, 433. —
B. Trop., to check, restrain, etc.: “effusa,” Quint. 10, 5, 4.—Hence, substrictus , a, um, P. a. (acc. to II.), drawn together, contracted; hence, small, narrow, tight, close: “ilia,” Ov. M. 3, 216: “crura,” id. ib. 11, 752: “testes castorum,” Plin. 32, 3, 13, § 26: “tunica,” Gell. 7, 12, 3.—Comp.: “venter substrictior,” Col. 6, 20.
