discipline Copy link Outline I. Training1. disciplīna (any kind of systematic training or instruction)2. mŏdestia (propriety, orderliness of conduct)II. Punishment., affliction • discipline: I. Training: esp. military: 1. disciplīna (any kind of systematic training or instruction): usu. with militaris of military d., Liv.: to break through d., d. militarem solvere, evertere, polluere, Liv.; dissolvere, Auct. B. Afr.: to restore it, d. militarem restituere, Liv.; more fully, ad militarem d. ab effusa licentia formare militem, Liv. 2. mŏdestia (propriety, orderliness of conduct): good d. and self-control (of troops), m. et continentia, Caes.: Liv. Phr.: soldiers in an excellent state of d., imperiis obedientissimus miles, Liv.: to exercise strict d. in the conduct of a war, severo imperio bellum administrare, Liv.: d. was relaxed, minus intenta militia fuit, Tac.: want of d., licentia, Liv.: Tac. See also training, instruction. II. Punishment., affliction: castīgātio: v. chastisement. Phr.: we believe that suffering is intended as d. of the soul, *credimus dolores animi et corporis ad ipsum animum purgandum atque emendandum inflictos esse.