sub -stringo, nxi, ctum, 3, v. a., to bind beneath; to bind, tie, or draw up (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn. subligo).
I Lit.: crinem nodo, Tac. G. 38: ligatas auro comas, Luc. 3, 281: sinus, Sen. Troad. 88: lintea malo, Sil. 1, 689: caput equi loro, Nep. Eum. 5, 5: carnem fasciā, Suet. Galb. 21.—
II Transf., to bind or draw together; to draw up , contract , check : aurem, i. e. to point or prick the ear , Hor. S. 2, 5, 95: lacrimas, Marc. Emp. 8: bilem, Juv. 6, 433. —
B Trop., to check , restrain , etc.: effusa, Quint. 10, 5, 4.
IV —Hence, substrictus , a, um, P. a. (acc. to II.), drawn together , contracted; hence, small , narrow , tight , close : ilia, Ov. M. 3, 216: crura, id. ib. 11, 752: testes castorum, Plin. 32, 3, 13, § 26: tunica, Gell. 7, 12, 3.— Comp. : venter substrictior, Col. 6, 20.