verb transitive

in-frēno

2nd PP in-frēnāre · 3rd PP in-frēnāvi · 4th PP in-frēnātum · conj. 1st

to put on a bridle

to put on a bridle.

to furnish with a bridle; to bridle •

Lit., to furnish with a bridle, to bridle: equos, Liv. 37, 20, 12; cf.: non stratos, non infrenatos equos habere, ib. § 4: currus, to harness the horses to a chariot, Verg. A. 12, 287: infrenati manipli, on bridled horses, Sil. 4, 316.—

to curb; restrain by extension ••

Transf., to curb, restrain: horum (ducum) alterum sic fuisse infrenatum conscientia scelerum, Cic. Pis. 19, 44: navigia ancoris, Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 100: infrenat impetus et domat mundi rabiem, id. 32, 1, 1, § 2: lascivias carnis, Ambros. in Luc. 9, § 8.

Perseus ID: n23296 Key: infreno