I. To bind on before, to bind: “arida sarmenta praeligantur cornibus boum,” Liv. 22, 16: “cauda pecoris quam arctissime praeligata,” Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38: “salice marginem,” id. 17, 14, 24, § 109.—
II. To bind around, tie about a thing: “statuae coronam candida fascia praeligatam imponere,” Suet. Caes. 79: “pars palmitis praeligata,” Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 180: “linum, quo praeligata infra caput vipera pependerit,” id. 30, 5, 12, § 40.—
2. Transf.
a. To bind up, tie up: “os praeligatum,” Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 149: “vulnera nodo Herculis,” Plin. 28, 6, 17, § 63.—
B. Trop., to bind, fetter, charm: o praeligatum pectus! bound up, i. e. obdurate, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 28.
