dē-vincĭo, nxi, nctum, 4 (perf. sync. devinxti, Plaut. As. 5, 1, 21), v. a., to bind fast, tie up (class.; esp. freq. in trop. signif.).
I Lit.: servum, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 92; cf. leonem, Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 54: Dircam ad taurum, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 65: aliquem fasciis, Cic. Brut. 60, 217; cf.: opercula plumbo, Liv. 40, 29.—In Greek constr.: devinctus tempora lauro, encircled, crowned , Tib. 2, 5, 5 et saep.—
II Trop., to bind together, to unite closely; to engage, to oblige, lay under obligation : totam Italiam omnibus vinclis devinctam et constrictam teneretis, Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 16: illud vinculum, quod primum homines inter se rei publicae societate devinxit, id. Rep. 1, 26; cf.: eloquentia nos juris, legum, urbium societate devinxit, id. N. D. 2, 59, 148: nec acervatim multa frequentans una complexione devinciet, id. Or. 25, 85; cf. id. Brut. 37, 140; Quint. 7 prooem. § 1: istoc me facto tibi devinxti, Plaut. As. 5, 1, 21; so of laying under an obligation by kindness, beneficence, etc.: ambo nobis sint obnoxii, nostri devincti beneficio, id. ib. 2, 2, 19; Ter. Heaut. 394; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 31; id. Fam. 13, 7 fin. ; Caes. B. C. 1, 29, 3 et saep.; cf.: suos praemiis, adversarios clementiae specie, Cic. Phil. 2, 45 fin. : homines benevolentia et caritate, id. Off. 1, 17, 54: virum sibi praestanti in eum liberalitate, id. Fam. 1, 7, 3: animos centurionum pignore, Caes. B. C. 1, 39 fin. et saep.: aliquem omni cautione, foedere, exsecratione, Cic. Sest. 7, 15: se cum aliquo affinitate, id. Brut. 26, 98; cf. Ter. And. 561: ubi animus semel se cupiditate devinxit mala, id. Heaut. 208; cf.: animum misericordia, id. Hec. 168: devinctus Domitiae nuptiis, Suet. Dom. 22: se vino, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 85; cf.: animum ebrietate, Sen. Ep. 83 med. : membra sopore, Lucr. 4, 453; cf. ib. 1027.
III —Hence, dē-vinctus , a, um, P. a., devoted, greatly attached to (very rare): quibus (studiis) uterque nostrum devinctus est, Cic. Fam. 3, 13, 2: studiis a pueritia dediti ac devincti, id. ib. 15, 4, 16: uxori devinctus, Tac. A. 11, 28: devinctior alicui, Hor. S. 1, 5, 42.