bound (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A physical limitII. A moral limit1. fīnis, is, m. and f. (usu. m.)2. mŏdus3. termĭnusIII. A leap, spring • bound (subs.): I. A physical limit: v. boundary. II. A moral limit: 1. fīnis, is, m. and f. (usu. m.): there are fixed b.s (of right and wrong), sunt certi f., Hor.. Cic.. to live within the b.s of nature, intra naturae f. vivere, Hor. 2. mŏdus: to set some b.s and limits to a speech, m. aliquem et finem orationi facere, Cic.: to put b.s to mourning, modum lugendi facere, Cic.: Hor.: to overstep the b.s (of propriety), finem et m. transire, Cic.: to keep within b.s in our sport, ludendi modum retinere, Cic. 3. termĭnus: we must settle what are the limits in friendship, and as it were the b.s of love, constituendi sunt qui sint in amicitia fines et quasi t. diligendi, Cic.: v. limit. Phr.: appetites which exceed due b.s, appetitus qui longius evagantur; non satis a ratione retinentur, Cic. III. A leap, spring: q. v.: saltus, ūs.