Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Vinculum

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

VIN'CULUM (δεσμος). Any thing which binds; as —

1. A string or riband tied round a letter, and over which the seal was affixed. Nep. Paus. 4. Ov. Trist. iv. 7. 7.

2. A string by which the bung of a wine-jar (cadus) or other vessel was tied down, previous to being sealed. Tibull. ii. 1. 28., wood-cut s. PELLICULATUS.

3. A fillet and a chaplet for the head. Sen. Thyest. 544. Id. Med. 70. VITTA. CORONA.

4. A collar, and a leash for dogs. Tibull. iv. 3. 15. Ov. Met. viii. 332. COLLARE, 2. COPULA, 1.

5. The thong by which a yoke was fastened under the animal's neck. Tibull. ii. 1. 7. JUGUM.

6. The thong by which boxing-gauntlets were fastened round the wrist and arm. Virg. Aen. v. 408. CAESTUS.

7. The strap or lace by which some kinds of shoes were fastened round the feet and ankles. Tibull. i. 5. 66. Ov. Met. iii. 168. AMENTUM.

8. A manacle for the wrists. Sen. Med. 463. MANICA, 4.

9. A chain for the neck. Ov. Met. x. 381. COLLARE, 1.

10. A fetter, for the feet. Tibull. i. 6. 31. COMPES.