obstrictus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of obstringō.

Participle

obstrictus (feminine obstricta, neuter obstrictum); first/second-declension participle

1. bound (by an oath)
2. obliged
3. tied, fettered

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	obstrictus	obstricta	obstrictum		obstrictī	obstrictae	obstricta
genitive	obstrictī	obstrictae	obstrictī		obstrictōrum	obstrictārum	obstrictōrum
dative	obstrictō	obstrictae	obstrictō		obstrictīs
accusative	obstrictum	obstrictam	obstrictum		obstrictōs	obstrictās	obstricta
ablative	obstrictō	obstrictā	obstrictō		obstrictīs
vocative	obstricte	obstricta	obstrictum		obstrictī	obstrictae	obstricta

References

• “obstrictus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• obstrictus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be bound by one's word; to be on one's honour: fide obstrictum teneri (Pis. 13. 29)
    
  • to have power over the people by trading on their religious scruples: religione obstrictos habere multitudinis animos (Liv. 6. 1. 10)