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praeligo

praeligo, to bind on before, bind to

prae-lĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
  • 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 To cover, veil: vestibus capita, Petr. 102, 16.—
    • B Trop., to bind, fetter, charm: o praeligatum pectus! bound up, i.e. obdurate, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 28 (136).

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