I. A.. Lit., to bind to something: “ad statuam,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 90: “ad palum,” id. ib. 2, 5, 28, § 71; “so in the witticism of Cic.: Quis generum meum ad gladium adligavit?” Macr. S. 2, 3: “leones adligati,” Sen. Brev. Vit. 13. —In Col. of binding the vine to trees or other supports, 4, 13; so id. 4, 20.—
B. In gen., to bind, to bind up, bind round: “dolia,” Cato, R. R. 39. So of the binding up of wounds: vulnus, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39: “adligatum vulnus,” Liv. 7, 24: “oculus adligatus,” Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123.—Of the binding of the hands, feet, etc.: “adliga, inquam, colliga,” Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 26: “cum adligāsset Isaac filium,” Vulg. Gen. 22, 9; ib. Act. 21, 11: “adligari se ac venire patitur,” Tac. G. 24: “adligetur vinculo ferreo,” Vulg. Dan. 4, 12: “catenis,” ib. Act. 21, 33.—Hence, allĭgāti (adl- ) (sc. servi), slaves that are fettered, Col. 1, 9.—Of other things: “adligare caput lanā,” Mart. 12, 91: adligat (naves) ancora, makes or holds fast, Verg. A. 1, 169.—In Plin. of fixing colors, to fix, make fast: (alga) ita colorem adligans, ut elui postea non possit, 32, 6, 22, § 66; 9, 38, 62, § 134.—Poet.: “lac adligatum,” curdled, Mart. 8, 64.—
II. Trop., to bind, to hold fast, to hinder, detain; or in a moral sense, to bind, to oblige, lay under obligation (cf. obligo; “very freq., but in the class. per. for the most part only in more elevated prose): caput suum,” Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 33: “jure jurando adligare aliquem,” id. Rud. prol. 46; Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 58: “hic furti se adligat,” shows himself guilty, id. Eun. 4, 7, 39 (astringit, illaqueat, et obnoxium facit, Don.; cf. Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 27: “homo furti se astringet,” Cic. Fl. 17; for this gen. cf. Roby, § “1324): adligare se scelere,” Cic. Planc. 33: “adligatus sponsu,” Varr. L. L. 6, 7 med.: “nuptiis adligari,” Cic. Clu. 179: “lex omnes mortales adligat,” id. ib. 54: “non modo beneficio sed etiam benevolentiae significatione adligari,” id. Planc. 33, 81: “stipulatione adligari,” id. Q. Rosc. 34: “more majorum,” id. Sest. 16: “ne existiment ita se adligatos, ut, etc.,” id. Lael. 12, 42: “ne forte quā re impediar et adliger,” id. Att. 8, 16 al.— With dat. (eccl. Lat.): “adligatus es uxori,” Vulg. 1 Cor. 7, 27: “legi,” ib. Rom. 7, 2; ib. 1 Cor. 7, 39 (= lege).—* “Adligatus calculus, in games of chess,” a piece that cannot be moved, Sen. Ep. 17 fin.
