vincula

vincula is a Latin form of vinculum, meaning “chain, bond, fetter; (pl.) prison”. It is the accusative plural neuter noun.

Found 221 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 3.9.3: … ellegebant, [legatos, quod nomen ad omnes nationes sanctum inviolatumque semper fuisset, retentos ab se et in vincula coniectos,] pro magnitudine periculi bellum parare et maxime ea quae ad usum navium pertinent providere insti …

Ovid, Remedia amoris 294: Vincula qui rupit, dedoluitque semel.

Suetonius, Divus Julius 79.1: … inposuisset et tribuni plebis Epidius Marullus Caesetiusque Flauus coronae fasciam detrahi hominemque duci in uincula iussissent, dolens seu parum prospere motam regni mentionem siue, ut ferebat, ereptam sibi gloriam recusandi, …

All forms of vinculum (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.