al-lĭgo (adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
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.
III —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. 844: hic furti se adligat, shows himself guilty , id. Eun. 809 (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, 71: 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.