(verb) : rē-frēno (refraeno), āvi, ātum, 1, *
* 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 materiaï,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 conscientiă sceleris avaritiaeque suae,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 130: omnium opibus refrenare ac coërcere,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.

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