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LNS

rēfrēnō, rēfrēnāre, rēfrēnāvī, rēfrēnātus

refrēnō, refrēnāre, refrēnāvī, refrēnātus

refraenō, refraenāre, refraenāvī, refraenātus

re, fraeno

verb (1^st conjugation)

To hold in with a bridle, to check, curb
to bridle, check, curb, restrain, hold back

Abbreviations

rē^-frēno (refraeno), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. * To hold in with a bridle, to check, curb: equos, Curt. 4, 16, 3.

— In gen., to bridle, check, curb, restrain, hold back. Lit.: fluvios, Lucr. 6, 531; cf. aquas, Ov. H. 6, 87: materiem per membra, Lucr. 2, 276; cf.: copiam materiai, id. 2, 283.

— Trop. (class.): religione refrenari, Lucr. 5, 114: blanda refrenat morsus voluptas, id. 4, 1085: adulescentes a gloriā, Cic. Cael. 31, 76; cf.: a reditu refrenavit, id. Phil. 11, 2, 4: juventutem, id. Div. 2, 2, 4: libidines, id. Par. 5, 1, 33: libidinem, id. Agr. 2, 20, 55: indomitam audeat Refrenare licentiam, Hor. C. 3, 24, 29: animum conscientia sceleris avaritiaeque suae, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 130: omnium opibus refrenare ac coercere, id. Div. 2, 2, 4: cursum dicendi, Quint. 8, prooem. § 27: neque hac re severitas Papirii refrenari potest, Val. Max. 2, 7, 8: linguam, Vulg. Jacob. 1, 26.