CURB Copy link • CURB 1. s. PROP., perhaps *catenula maxillaris; [Vid: BIT]. figuratively, Restraint: frenum: coërcitio. to use the curb, alicui frenos adhibere (opposed to calcaria adhibere, to use the spur) or injicere, or (Curt.) imponere. 2. v. PROP., for curbing a horse: oream ori (equi) insere (to bit), habenam adducere: frenos adhibere or dare, equo frenos injicere: infrenare equum: frenare (to bridle). figuratively, to restrain, hold in check: frenare: alicui frenos adhibere or injicere. aliquem vinculo alligare et constringere (Cic.): coërcere or cohibere aliquem: domare: reprimere; to curb one’s passions, etc., refrenare, or coërcere, or comprimere, or continere cupiditates (or libidines); moderari cupiditatibus: frangere cupiditates: cupiditatibus imperare: anybody’s wrath, frenare alicujus furorem: not to curb one’s passions, etc., cupiditatum suarum licentiam non obtinere: to curb the licentiousness of youth, or young men, juventutem refrenare or coercere: uncurbed, effrenatus (both PROP. and figuratively); dissolutus (figuratively only).