bridle (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. frēnum2. lōrum (esp. poet.).3. hăbēna • bridle (subs.): 1. frēnum: pl. -i and -a: strictly bit, curb: q. v. Fig.: to put a b. on anyone's madness, alicui frenos furoris injicere, or, adhibere, Cic. (N.B.--Not dare; which is to give the reins, i. e. relax them). 2. lōrum (esp. poet.).: to lead horses by their b.s, equos loris ducere, Liv.: Virg.: Ov. 3. hăbēna: v. reins.
bridle (v.) Copy link Outline 1. frēno, 1 (rare in prose except fig.)2. infrēno, 1.3. frenos impono, injicio • bridle (v.): 1. frēno, 1 (rare in prose except fig.): to b. dragons (i. e. put a bridle on them), dracones f., Ov.. a caparisoned and b.d horse, instructus frenatusque equus, Liv. Fig.: to b. anyone's fury, alicujus furores f., Cic.: to b. pleasures, voluptates f., Liv. 2. infrēno, 1.: to b. a horse, equum inf., Liv.: Virg. (v. rare in fig. sense). 3. frenos impono, injicio: v. to put on. (For fig. sense, see also to curb, restrain.)
BRIDLE Copy link • BRIDLE 1. v. (PROP.) frenare, infrenare equum; frenos equo injicere. A bridled horse, equus frenatus. FIG., frenare, refrenare, coercere, continere, comprimere, reprimere. To bridle one’s passions, refrenare, coercere or reprimere cupiditates (libidines); moderari cupiditatibus; frangere cuipiditates. 2. frenum; habenae (reins). To let him have the bridle, habenas remittere, frenos dare (PROP. and figuratively). You must bite the bridle, decoquenda est tibi amimi aegritudo.