control (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. mŏdĕrātio2. pŏtestas (usu. of rightful authority)3. rĕgĭmen, ĭnis, n. • control (subs.): 1. mŏdĕrātio: the c. of an unbridled people, m. effrenati populi, Cic. 2. pŏtestas (usu. of rightful authority): let us recover our self-c., in p. nostram redeamus, Cato: to lose self-c., ex p. exire, Cic.: to be under any one's power and c., in alicujus ditione ac p. esse, Cic.: v. power, authority. 3. rĕgĭmen, ĭnis, n.: v. rule, government. Phr. to have the c. over, praeesse, imperare, praefectum esse: v. to command: possessing c., compos, ŏtis: esp. in phr. compos animi, Ter.; mentis c., Cic.: in sim. sense pŏtens is used: as, having c. over one's anger, potens irae., Curt.: destitute of it, impŏtens: to do anything in a passion or from having lost self c., aliquid iratum, impotenti animo facere, Cic.: v. ungovernable.