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lacing. Terent. Virgines vincto pecto- 
re, tight-laced or Light-bound. — Hence, 
figur. to bind, of a style by which words 
are harmoniously arranged, or sentences 
knit together into compact and well- 
turned periods. Cic. sententias. Id. 
verba. Id. membra orationis numeris. 
Also, of the feet or members of a verse. 
Cic. Poema nimis vinctum, ut de in- 
dustria factum appareat, h. e. measured 
with too much art. -II" And also, to 
bind or fetter, figur.; to confine, restrict, 
restrain, keep in order, repress, check, im¬ 
pede, hold back, subdue. Cic. Siturpissi- 
me se ilia pars animi geret, vinciatur et 
constringatur, amicorum propinquoruin- 
que custodiis. Id. Omnia, qu* dilapsa 
fluxerunt, severis legibus vincienda 
sunt. Ovid. Mea lege data vincta Tha¬ 
lia, h. c. mea Musa adstricta, iinpedita. 
Virg. Lageos (a kind of wine ) vinctura 
linguam [sc. ebrietate). So, Propert. 
mentem multo Lyuso ( h. e. wine), h. e. to 
shackle, impede, oppress. - if Again, 
figur. to bind, fetter, make fast., fasten, for¬ 
tify, secure. Cic. Loca occupare, vinci- 
re priesidiis, to hedge about or fortify. 
Propert. lectum certo feedere. Tacit. 
animum alicujus, to bind, secure to 
one’s self.-11 Again, figur. to bind, 
fetter, enchain. Plaut. Vi Veneris vinc- 
tus. Tibull. Me retinent vinctum vin¬ 
cla puelirE. Lin. Somno vinctos, bound, 
wrapped. -11 And lastly, to bind or 
fetter by sorcery, to render inactive, 
charm, enchant. Ovid, hostiles linguas 
inimicaque ora. 
FINC5 (unc.), is, vici, victum, a. and n. 
3. I. Trans, to conquer, vanquish, over¬ 
come, worst, get the better of, vikcuo, Kpa- 
tsco ; commonly in the field, but also in 
court or elsewhere. Cic. Majores nostri 
omnibus navalibus pugnis Carthagini- 
enses vicerunt. Mepos. Q,uos ornnes 
gravi proelio vicit. Sallust, fragm. Va- 
lidam urbem pugnando vicit, h. e. ex- 
pugnavit. Liu. aliquein in certamine. 
Terent. Me servulum, qui referire non 
audebam, vicit. Coes. Boii proelio 
victi. Virg. Victis redit virtus, to 
the vanquished. Also, Cic. Sapien- 
tis animus vincetur ? Senec. Graves 
dolores vincere. Justin, iram. Ilirt. 
difircultates locorum labore. Virg. 
Labor omnia vincit. Cic. Vinci a vo- 
luptate. Ovid. Victa malis patientia. 
So, also, in a lawsuit; as, Cic. Victus, 
h. e. convicted. Ovid. Rea victa. Te¬ 
rent. Vincimur, toe are cast, we lose our 
cause. Hence, Victus, that has lost his 
property, unfortunate. Virg. Eel. 9, 5. 
Nunc victi, tristes, &c. (but here it may 
be, forced to give way or yield). — Hence, 
to outbid, at an auction. Cic. Othonem. 
— Also, to outdo, surpass, exceed, excel. 
Cic. ceteros eloquentia. Id. hostes 
crudelitate. Id. opinionem omnium. 
Propert. Non me Cliaoni* vincant co- 
lumbas dicere (where the in fin. stands 
instead of the abl. of the gerund). 
Hence, to outlive. Virg. Oc. 2, 295. — 
Also, to climb over, surmount, pass. Mar¬ 
tial. Alta Suburrani vincendaest semita 
clivi. Virg. aera, h. c. to fly over, pass. 
— Also, figur. to conquer, overcome, 
overpower, bring to yield, make give way, 
move to something, force, constrain, mas¬ 
ter, subdue, soften, &c. Liv. Victus 
patris precibus lacrimisque. Virg. 
Victus genitor, h. e. yielding. Terent. 
Peccavi, fateor : vincor. Id. Ubi te 
victum senserit. Liv. Victi ira patres, 
moved or carried away with anger. Ovid. 
Victa labore fugie, overcome, exhaust¬ 
ed. Tacit.. Victa in lacrimas, moved to 
tears. Ovid. Victa sopore. Liv. Vic¬ 
tus somno, unable to keep off sleep. Virg. 
Victus animi ( for animo), overcome by 
desire. Id. Nunc victi, forced to yield ; 
or, unfortunate. (See above.) Also, of 
things without life. Virg. viscera 
flamma, h. e. to burn, consume, destroy. 
Plin. cibos, to digest. Virg. Non viri- 
bus ullis vincere (ramum), h. e. to make 
one's self master of, get. Ovid. Nix ze- 
phyro victa fluit. Plin. Vinci aquam, 
salemque non liquari, the water is over¬ 
come, h. e. cannot dissolve the salt. Virg. 
Noctem funalia vincunt, conquer, h. e. 
light up, illuminate. Id. Fata vici, h.e.I j 
iaoe lived longer than I ought. Id. duam | 
magnum sit ea vincere verbis, to come 
fully up to, to set forth adequately. Al¬ 
so, to conquer, overcome, suppress, re¬ 
press, destroy, bring to nought, frustrate, 
obstruct, stop. Liv. spem. Id. vincu¬ 
lum fidei. Tacit. Gemitu victo, h. e. 
compresso. Id. Silentio victo, breaking 
silence. Pctron. in fragm. Tragur. 45. 
has vincituruin, for which Ed. Anton. 
has vecturum. -II Also, to prove tri¬ 
umphantly, demonstrate, show, make 
• good■ Cic. Vince te virum bonurn fu- 
f isse. Matins ad Cic. Perinde ac si jam 
vicerint, obitum ejus fuisse utilem. Ho- 
rat. Nec vincet ratio hoc, ut, &c.- 
II. Intrans. to conquer, get the victory, 
be victorious, in the field,' in a combat 
or contest. Cces. Q.ui vicissent. Liv. 
Romanos sibimetipsis victuros, for 
themselves. Also, with accus.; as, Jus- 
tin. longinqua bella. Enn. ap. Cic. and 
Plin. Equus vicit Olympia, conquered 
at the Olympic games. — Hence, to con¬ 
quer or win at play. Poeta ap. Sucton. 
Aliquando ut vincat, ludit assidue ale- 
am. Also, with accus.; as, Sueton. Vi- 
cissem vel 50 millia, I should have won 
even fifty thousand. — Also, in a lawsuit. 
Terent. Vincam scilicet, I shall gain 
the cause. Cic. Vincere judicio. Id. 
sponsione. Also, with accus.; as, Cic. 
judicium. Id. sponsionem. Ovid. 
causam, to gain one's cause. — Also, in 
the senate, to carry the day, prevail. 
Liv. In senatu vicisset sententia. Id. 
Appius vicit. And, generally, to carry 
the day, carry one's point; hence, Vince, 
vinceris, have your own way, carry your 
point, as you will, when a man yields 
unwillingly or contemptuously. Te¬ 
rent. Domus, uxor, liberi inventi, in¬ 
vito patre : viceris. Cats. Vincite, si 
ita vuitis. Sueton. Vincerent, et sibi 
haberent. — Also, to conquer, win, gain 
one's end or wish. Ovid. Vicimus, ex- 
clamat : mecum mea vota feruntur, I 
have conquered, I have succeeded, I have 
effected my purpose. So, also, Cic. Cui 
si esse in urbe tuto licebit, vicimus. 
So, also, Ovid. Vincimus. Plaut. Vi- 
cisti, you are right; I assent. 
ViNCTrS (vincio), onis, f. a binding, Sc- 
3 aiq. Tertull. 
VINCT5R (Id.), oris, m. a binder. Ar- 
3 nob. 
VINCTuRX. (Id.), re, f. a binding, band, 
2 ligament, bandage; a bandage or truss, 
deals, Seap6;. Plin. and Cels. 
VINCTf'S (Id.), us, ill. a binding. 3 Varr. 
ViNCTOS, a, um, particip. from vincio. 
ViNCOLaTOS (vinculum), a, um, bound. 
3 Mart. Capell. 
VTNCOLUM, and VINCLUM (vincio), i, 
n. any thing that ties or binds, a bond, 
band, tie, s a cord (line, fee.) which binds 
any thing, Seaphs. JVepos. Vincula epis- 
tolae laxare, the bands which fastened the 
letter (besides the seal). Cic. Corpora 
constricta vinculis. Ovid. Aptare vin¬ 
cula colio, h. e. noose. Id. Chartai vin¬ 
cula demere, h. e. to open the letter. 
Virg. Nodos et vincula linea rupit, li. e. 
string, cord. Id. Fessas non vincula 
naves ulla tenent. Id. Vinclorum im¬ 
mense volumina, h. e. immense vincula 
(of the c®stus). Propert. Capiili vin¬ 
cula, h. e. vittce. Senec. Prnecingens 
roseo tempora vinculo. — Especially, 
Vincula, the bonds or fetters of a crimi¬ 
nal. Cic. So, Tacit, indere, to clap on. 
Liv. Esse in vinculis et catenis. Hence, 
a prison, when joined with bonds. Liv. 
Ducere in vincula. Cass. Conjicere in 
vincula. Cic. In vincula abripere. — 
Vincula among the poets is also, beauti¬ 
fully laced slipper-like soles, laced sandals. 
Tibull. Vincla de niveo detrahit ipsa 
pede.-IT Also, figur. band or fetter, 
ji. e. what serves to confine or obstruct. 
Cic. Ex corporum vinculis evolare, 
bonds. Liv. Vinculum immodic® cu- 
piditatis, a bond, fetter, curb, &c. Ti¬ 
bull. Vincula solvere cado, h. e. cadum 
aperire, to unstop, open. —— IT Also, 
figur .band or bond, h.e. what holds to¬ 
gether, fastens, preserves or unites. Oo- 
ul. Mollit pennarum vincula, ceras. 
So, in Tibull. and Propert. Vincula, or 
vincla, for ardent, cordial embraces. Par¬ 
ticularly of immaterial things. Liv. In¬ 
gens vinculum fidei. Cic. Is vincula 
Ufi3 
revellit non modo judiciorurn, sed 
etiam utilitatis, vitseque communis. Id. 
Nullum vinculum ad adstringendam 
fidein arctius. Id. Beneficium et gra¬ 
tia sunt vincula Concordias. Id. Acce- 
dit maximum vinculum, h. e. reason, 
motive, ground (for friendship). Pro¬ 
pert. Sanguinis vincula rupit amor, A. e. 
the ties or bonds of blood. Cic. Cum illo 
maximis vinculis et propinquitalis et 
afiinitatis conjunctus. Virg. Ne cui 
me vincio vellem sociare jugali, in the 
nuptial bond. Horat. Excusare iaborem 
et mercenaria vincla, his mercenary en¬ 
gagements. - IT Vinclum, the synco¬ 
pated form of vinculum, occurs not only 
among the poets, but is used by Cic. 
VINDELICl, oruin, in. a people of that 
part of Germany where Augsburg (Au¬ 
gusta Vindelicorum) is vow situated. 
They were next to the Rhwti, but seem to 
have become united with them, so as to be 
comprehended under the name of Rhmtians. 
Hence, Rhffti Vindelici, the Vindelic 
Rhcetians. Horat. Od. 4, 4, 18. (where, 
however, Bentl., Mitscherl. and Doer. 
read Rlurtis (h. e. Rhasticis) agreeing 
with Alpibus). Their country is called 
Vindelicia. Sext. Rvf. — Hence, Vin- 
dellcus, a, um, adj. Vindelic, Vindeli- 
cian. Martial, or®. 
VINDeMIX (vinum & demo), oe, f. the 
grape-gathering, wine-harvest, vintage, 
TpvyyTt'n;. Varr. Vindemiam fieri opor- 
tet. Plin. Ep. Vindeinias graciles col- 
ligo. — Hence, the vintage, grapes, wine. 
Virg. Mitis in apricis coquitur vinde- 
mia saxis. Varr. Vindemiam videt in 
cella.-ITAlso, the gathering or harvest 
of other similar things. Plin. olearum. 
Id. mellis. Id. turis. 
VINDeMIaLIS (vindemia), e, adj. of, re- 
3 luting or belonging to the wine-harvest or 
vintage, vindemial. Macrob. fructus. 
ViNDeMiaTOR (vindemio), oris, m. he 
2 that gathers the vintage or fruit of the 
vine ; a grape-gatherer, vintager, rpvyq- 
rrjp. Varr. —• Also, a vine-dresser. 
Horat. (who begins a hexameter line 
with Vindemiator, so that the ia are con¬ 
tracted into one syllable).-II Also, 
a star in the constellation Virgo, now 
called Vindemiatrix. Colum. Called al¬ 
so, Vindemitor. Ovid. 
VINDeMI aToRIOS (vindemiator), a, 
3 um, adj. of or pertaining to the grape¬ 
gathering or vintage, rpvyriTtnos. Varr. 
vasa. 
VINDeMIS (vindemia), as, a. and n. 1 
2 to gather grapes, gather the vintage, rpv- 
ydi j. Plin. uvas. Colum. vinum. Plin. 
Vindemiantes vidi. 
VINDeMIOLa (dimin. from vindemia), 
re, f. a vintage, speakingdiminishingly ; 
a little vintage, Tpvycritiiov. Hence, 
figur. Cic. Omnes meas vindemiolas 
eo reservo, h. e. gatherings, revenues. 
ViNDeMITOR, oris, m. same as Vinde- 
miatur ; a vintager ; a vine-dresser; the 
star Vindemiatrix. Senec., Plin. and 
Ovid. See Vindemiator. 
VINDEX (vindico), Icis, adj. and subst. 
m. and f. one that lays claim to some¬ 
thing, a claimant. -U Hence, anassert- 
cr, defender, protector, maintainer, deliver¬ 
er, liberator ; so, also, a protectress, &c. ; 
and, protecting, delivering, &c. Cic. 
leris alieni, h. c. defensor creditorum 
adversus Catilinam. Id. Habeat sane 
populus tabellam quasi vindicem lfber- 
tatis. Liv. injurire, h. e. contra injuri- 
am. Id. periculi, h. e. qui opem fert in 
periculo. Horat. Nec dens intersit, 
nisi dignus vindice nodus incident, h. e. 
worthy of such an extricator. Ovid, calls 
Hercules, Vindex terras. Justin. Vin¬ 
dicem eum regni reliquit, protector, 
guardian. — Also, adjectively ; as, Ov¬ 
id. vires. — Also, Vindex, the surety, 
who rescues an accused person. Gell. e 
xii. tab. - U Also, avenging, punish¬ 
ing ; an avenger, punisher, ripwpd;, 
ckSikos. Ovid. Vindice flamma. Cic. 
Furi®, vindices facinorum. Id. Me 
vindicem conjurationis oderunt. Id. 
Collegam, custodem ac vindicem cu- 
piditaturn. Juvenal. Cannarum vindex, 
annulus (A. e. the ring from which Han¬ 
nibal took the poison by which he died), the 
avenger of Canute. - IT Vindex, oi 
Tindicius, was ti e name of Hie slave 
