restrict Copy link Outline 1. circumscrībo, psi, ptum, 32. dēfīnio, 43. fīnio, 44. coangusto, 15. angusto, 16. restringo, nxi, ictum, 3 (not in Cic., who, however, uses the part. as adj.) • restrict: 1. circumscrībo, psi, ptum, 3: she r.s and limits us by the boundaries of mountains and rivers, circumscribit includitque nos terminis montium fluminumque, Liv. 21, 44: Cic. 2. dēfīnio, 4: to r. friendship to cases where like is returned for like, d. amicitiam paribus officiis, Cic. Am. 16, 58: not to circumscribe or r. his rights by any limitations, nullis terminis circumscribere aut d. jus suum, id. de Or. 1, 16, 70. 3. fīnio, 4: v. bound, limit. 4. coangusto, 1: this law may be r.'d, haec lex coangustari potest, Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32. 5. angusto, 1: to r. one's joys unduly, nimis a. gaudia sua, Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 29 (10, 3, Haase). 6. restringo, nxi, ictum, 3 (not in Cic., who, however, uses the part. as adj.): to r. expenditure by law, r. sumptus lege, Plin. Ep. 6, 19: Sen. Phr.: (i.) expr. in Cic. by in angustum and a verb: it is r.'d to narrow limits, in exiguum a.que concluditur, Off. 1, 17, 53: the sphere of action is so narrow and r.'d, ita contracta res est et adducta in a., id. Am. 5, 20: to limit and r. those (emotions), ea contrahere in a.que deducere, id. Acad. 1, 10, 38. (ii.) to r. the rate of interest, fenus coercere, Liv. 32, 27: to r. the expenditure, sumptus circumcidere, id. ib.; impensas corripere, Suet. Tib. 34: to r. the powers of the magistracy, magistratum minuere, Liv. 4, 24: it is not r.'d to some special province, non habet definitam aliquam regionem cujus terminis saepta teneatur, Cic. de Or. 2, 2, 5: to r. oneself to petty pleadings, se ad minutarum causarum genera limare, id. Opt. Gen. Or. 3, 9 (Nägelsb.).