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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• restrain:
      1. 1. coerceo, 2 (to confine within bounds): a river r.'d by no banks, amnis nullis coercitus ripis, Liv. 21, 31: reason r.s rashness, ratio coercet temeritatem, Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 47: to r. crimes by punishment, suppliciis delicta c., Hor. S. 1, 3, 79.
      2. 2. reprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3 (to keep back); the sight of them r.'d me, horum aspectus me repressit, Cic. Sest. 69, 144: I have never taken much pains to r. these reports, hos sermones non valde repressi, id. Fam. 3, 8, 7. Join: coerceri r.que, id. Fin. 1, 1, 2: v. check.
      3. 3. comprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3 (stronger than preced.): to r. an outburst of joy, c. exsultantem laetitiam, Cic. Top. 22, 86: I perceive that this scourge of the state may be checked for a while, but not r.'d for all time to come, intelligo hanc reipublicae pestem paulisper reprimi, non in perpetuum c. posse, id. Cat. 1, 12, 30.
      4. 4. supprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3 (rare): to r. sorrow, s. aegritudinem, Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 75.
      5. 5. contĭneo, ui, tentum, 2 (to hold in): to r. the tongue most carefully, diligentissime linguam c., Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 38: whom fear rather than inclination r.'d, quos metus magis quam voluntas continuit, Suet. Aug. 15.
      6. 6. tĕneo, ui, ntum, 2: to r. one's tears, lacrimas t., Cic. Verr. 4, 18, 39: to r. one's laughter, risum t., Hor. A. P. 5: to r. oneself from accusing, se t. ab accusando, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 2.
      7. 7. rĕtĭneo, ui, tentum, 2: to r. one's children, r. liberos, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 33: Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 5. (Auct. Her. has rĕtento, 1, in this sense.)
      8. 8. sustĭneo, ui, tentum, 2: to r. the horses, s. equos, Caes. B. G. 4, 33: Fig.: Cic. Acad. 2, 15, 48.
      9. 9. cŏhĭbeo, 2: to r. the emotions of the soul, c. animi motus, Cic. Off. 2, 5, 18: to r. one's wrath, iracundiam c., id. Marcell. 3, 8. Join: c. et continere, id. Acad. 1, 12, 45.
      10. 10. ĭnhĭbeo, 2: to r. the impetuosity of the victor, i. impetum victoris, Liv. 39, 21.
      11. 11. prŏhĭbeo, 2: v. prohibit.
      12. 12. refrēno, 1 (to bridle: stronger than foll.): to r. one's lusts, r. libidines, Cic. Par. 5, ad init. (joined with iracundiam tenere, avaritiam coercere): to r. the flow of eloquence, r. cursum dicendi, Quint. 8, 1, 27.
      13. 13. frēno, 1: to r. mad actions by law, r. furores legibus, Cic. Mil. 28, 77: v. bridle.
      14. 14. compesco, cui, 3 (mostly poet.): to r. one's anger, c. mentem, Hor. Od. 1, 16, 22: to r. foreign rites, c. externas caerimonias, Suet. Tib. 36: Quint.
      15. 15. constringo, nxi, ictum, 3 (to bind down): to r. crime and fraud by punishment, scelus fraudemque supplicio c., Cic. de Or. 1, 46, 202. Join: vinci et c., id. Tusc. 2, 21, 48: v. bind, fetter.
      16. 16. expr. by mŏdĕror, 1: or tempĕro, 1: v. moderate, control.
      17. 17. circumscrībo, psi, ptum, 3 (to limit): the senate would have r.'d him in his praetorial office, senatus praetorem eum circumscripsisset, Cic. Mil. 33, 88: v. restrict.
      18. 18. fīnio, 4 (to set bounds to): to r. one's desires, cupiditates f., Cic. Fin. 2, 9, 27. Phr.: to r. a horse, castigare equum, Liv. 39, 25: to r. desires, refutare cupidines, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 25; appetitus contrahere, id. Off. 1, 29, 103: I r.'d myself from saying aught, me reprehendi ne quid dicerem, Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 15: to r. the onset of a madman, impetum furentis colligere, Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 4 (q. v.): to r. ourselves, nobismet ipsis imperare, id. Tusc. 2, 21, 47: an opportunity of r.ing his lust, locus resecandae libidinis, id. Att. 1, 18, ad med.: cf. Tusc. 4, 26, 57 (q. v.): r.'d by no religious feeling against lying, nulla mendacii religione obstrictus, Caes. B. C. 1, 11: to r. audacity, audaciam frangere, Cic. Vatin. 1, 2: to r. oneself greatly, submittere multum, id. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48 (said of an actor).