Meaning of vinculum | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any instrument whereby anything is bound or tied up; bond, band, fetter, chain, cord, tie, link
   declension-2, neuter
2. a bond, obligation, binding force, tie, especially of marriage
   declension-2, figuratively, neuter

Equivalents

Examples

“Mōribus suīs Orgetorīgem ex vinculīs causam dīcere coēgērunt.”

In accordance with their customs, they compelled Orgetorix to plead his case in chains. (“Out of chains”; that is, “[standing] in chains”; a Latin idiom.)

“See alternative form vinclum, with quote from Aeneid, 4.59.”

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