rĕdĭmĭo, ĭi, ītum, 4 (imperf. redimibat, Verg. A. 10, 538; Aus. Epigr. 94), v. a. [etym. dub.],
I to bind round , wreathe round , encircle , gird , crown , etc. (mostly poet.; syn.: cingo, circumdo).
α In the verb finit. : caput atque umeros plexis redimire coronis, Lucr. 5, 1399: cui tempora vittā, Verg. A. 10, 538: mitrā capillos, Ov. H. 9, 63: crinem corymbis, Stat. S. 1, 5, 16: chelyn, id. ib. 4, 8, 38: frontem coronā, Mart. 8, 70, 5 al.: sertis redimiri jubebis et rosā? Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 43: lauro tabellas, Ov. Am. 1, 11, 25; cf.: fastigium aedis tintinnabulis, Suet. Aug. 91: hortum floribus, Col. poët. 10, 286. —Poet.: nec sic innumeros arcu mutante colores Incipiens redimitur hiems, is girt round , environed , Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 99.—
β In part. perf. : sertis redimiti, Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10; cf.: redimitus coronis, id. Rep. 4, 5, 10: anguineo redimita capillo Frons, Cat. 64, 193: frons corymbis, Tib. 1, 7, 45: frons regium in morem, Flor. 3, 19, 10; Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21; cf.: domus floridis corollis, Cat. 63, 66: navigia variarum coronarum genere, Suet. Vit. 10; Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 87; v. Sillig ad h. l.: loca silvis, girt round , surrounded , Cat. 63, 3; cf.: Naxos Aegaeo ponto, Sen. Oedip. 487.— Absol. : missile, the wreathed thyrsus , Stat. Ach. 1, 612: cervix, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 246.— In a poet. construction: redimitus tempora lauro, quercu, mitrā, etc., Tib. 3, 4, 23; Verg. G. 1, 349; Ov. M. 14, 654; 9, 3; id. F. 3, 269; 669; 4, 661; cf.: caput harundine redimitus, Vell. 2, 83, 2 al.