prae-lĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
I 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.