(verb) : frēno (fraeno), āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic
* Inf. pres. pass. frenarier, Prud. Psych. 191), frenum, to furnish with a bridle, to bridle (mostly in poets).
* Lit.: frenati equi,Hirt. B. G. 8, 15, 4: equos,Verg. A. 5, 554; Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 13; cf. Liv. 21, 27: ora cervi capistris,Ov. M. 10, 125: colla draconum (Medea),id. ib. 7, 220; cf. dracones,id. Tr. 3, 8, 3: frenato delphine sedens Thetis,id. M. 11, 237; cf.: vecta est frenato pisce Thetis,Tib. 1, 5, 46: frenata acies, i. e. the cavalry (opp. pedestris), Sil. 11, 266.
* Transf., in gen., to bridle, curb, restrain, check (syn.: coerceo, comprimo, etc.).
* Prop.: (Aeolus ventos) Imperio premit ac vinclis et carcere frenat,Verg. A. 1, 54: agmina ductor,Sil. 9, 418: cum tristis hiems glacie cursus frenaret aquarum, Verg. G. 4, 136: alvum frenat brassica,Ser. Samm. 29: tussim medicamine,id. 17.
* Trop., to bridle, curb, check, restrain, govern: frenatam tot malis linguam resolvimus,Plin. Pan. 66, 5: qui eas (voluptates) sua temperantia frenavit ac domuit,Liv. 30, 14, 7: ejus (Clodii) furores, quos nullis jam legibus, nullis judiciis frenare poteramus,Cic. Mil. 28, 77: spes avidas,Sil. 10, 341: impetum (scribendi),Phaedr. 4, 25, 7: dolores corde,to shut up,Sil. 8, 290: gentes superbas justitiā (Dido),Verg. A. 1, 523; cf.: Aemoniam (Pelias),Val. Fl. 1, 22: ne quis temere frenari eos dicere posset, quominus de eo libere querantur,Liv. 26, 29, 7.

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