fetter (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit., to put in fettersII. Fig., to hinder1. impĕdio, 42. tĕneo, ui, ntum, 2 (to hold, as it were entrapped) • fetter (v.): I. Lit., to put in fetters: alicui compedes impingere, injicere: v. fetter (subs.). II. Fig., to hinder: 1. impĕdio, 4: to be f.'d in the use of one's rights, impediri in suo jure, Caes. B. G. 1, 36: v. to hinder, hamper. 2. tĕneo, ui, ntum, 2 (to hold, as it were entrapped): you are f.'d on every side (of Catiline), teneris undique, Cic.: stronger still is contineo: v. to confine.