alligatio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

allĭgātĭo (adl-), ōnis, f. [alligo].

I A binding or tying to (only in the foll. exs.): arbustorum, Col. 11, 2.—Hence,

II Abstr. pro concr., a band , Vitr. 8, 6, 9 [Krohn]; so id. 7, 3, 2.