restriction Copy link Outline 1. mŏdus (bound, measure)2. fīnis, is, m.3. cancelli, m. pl. (prop. lattice-work4. angustiae, f. pl.5. exceptio (a special r.)6. restrictio • restriction: 1. mŏdus (bound, measure): to impose r.s of time, temporis modos imponere, Liv. 4, 24: to impose a r., m. et finem facere, Cic. Verr. 2, 48, 118. 2. fīnis, is, m.: or termĭnus: v. bound, limit. 3. cancelli, m. pl. (prop. lattice-work: hence barrier, check): to depart from these r.s which I have imposed upon myself, extra hos c. egredi quos mihi ipse circumdedi, Cic. Quint. 10, 36. 4. angustiae, f. pl.: (narrow limits): hampered by no r.s of time, nullis temporis a. inclusus, Liv. 24, 8. 5. exceptio (a special r.): v. limitation. Dimin., exceptĭuncŭla: to add a slight r., e. addere, Sen. Ep. 20, 5. 6. restrictio: Aug. Phr.: I will impose a task on you, with the r., however, that I am unwilling to be troublesome, ego tibi imponam (onus), ita tamen ut tibi nolim molestus esse, Cic. Fam. 13, 56, 1 (R. and A.): I do not insist upon such rigorous r.s in other respects, cetera non tam restricte praefinio, id. Leg. 2, 18, 45.