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in-ligō (ill-) āvī, ātus, āre,

to bind on, tie on, fasten, attach: tauris iuga, H.: inligata tigna tenere, Cs.: manibus post tergum inligatis, L.: emblemata in poculis: litterae in iaculo inligatae, Cs.: lunae motūs in sphaeram, add to the celestial globe: iuvencis inligata aratra, H.—To fetter, encumber, entangle, impede: inutilis inque ligatus Cedebat, V.: Vix inligatum te triformi Pegasus expediet Chimaerā, H.: se locis impeditis, Ta.— Fig., in speech, to weave in, intersperse: orationis genus, in quo omnes verborum inligantur lepores: sermonibus personas gravīs.—To connect, associate, bind, limit, entangle, fetter: non iis condicionibus inligabitur pax, ut, etc., L.: multis pignoribus Lepidum res p. inligatum tenet: sociali foedere se cum Romanis, L.: angustis et concisis disputationibus inligati.

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