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.
control (v.) Copy link Outline 1. impĕro, 1 (with dat.)2. mŏdĕror, 1 (usu. with dat., esp. in this sense3. tempĕro, 1 (with dat. or acc.)4. reprĭmo5. cŏerceo, 2 (to curb, restrain, coerce) • control (v.): 1. impĕro, 1 (with dat.): v. to govern. 2. mŏdĕror, 1 (usu. with dat., esp. in this sense: v. to rule): to c. one's tongue, m. linguae, Pl. to c. wives, uxoribus m.. Cic.: to c. one's anger, irae m., Hor. 3. tempĕro, 1 (with dat. or acc.): v. to regulate: the Genius which c.s my native star, Genius qui natale t. astrum, Hor.: Aeolus c.s their anger, Aeolus t. iras, Virg. (Moderor is to keep within bounds: tempero, to regulate and adjust duly.) 4. reprĭmo: comprĭmo: v. to check, repress. 5. cŏerceo, 2 (to curb, restrain, coerce): to c. the desires, c. cupiditates, Cic. See also to restrain, moderate. Phr.: unable to c., impŏtens, foll. by gen.: v. preced. art., fin.
CONTROL Copy link • CONTROL 1. s. disciplina (control of those who are teachers, including the state): coercitio (right of control over anybody, in aliquem; Vid: Suet., Oct., 45): moderatio (act of controlling, calming; e.g., moderatio populi effrenati): potestas (power; e.g., of parents): ditio (power over one who is kept in subjection or complete dependence). To preserve or possess an absolute control over anybody, aliquem in mea potestate ac ditione teneo (Cic., Verr., 1, 37; of one who is the creature of another): continere aliquem potestate sua (Cic.): to be under the absolute control of an individual, in unius potestate ac moderatione verti (of things that depend on his will, Cic.): to have no control over one’s self or over one’s mind; to have lost all self-control, exisse ex or de potestate (of those who, from last or rage, non sunt in potestate mentis, are not under the control of reason, Cic., Tusc., 3, 5, 11). Any one has the absolute control of anything, alicujus est summa potestas alicujus rei (e.g., rerum omnium, Cic.), alicujus rei potestas omnis in aliquo sita est (Cic.): to have the absolute control of anything, alicujus rei (or alicujus rei faciendae) potestatem habere; also, over anybody, alicujus (e.g., Pontifices potestatem habent judicum, Cic.): to be impatient of control, *alienae auctoritatis impatientem esse: sibi indulgere: parental control, potestas patris: parentum disciplina: to exercise severe control over anybody, aliquem severius coercere; tristiore disciplina continere aliquem: to be under anybody’s control, esse in potestate alicujus or alicujus rei (e.g., Pompeii, mentis, Cic.): to keep one’s feelings and one’s grief under strict control, motum animi et dolorem in sua potestate tenere (Cic.): to subject one’s self or submit to anybody’s control, se sub alicujus potestatem subjicere (Auct. ad Her., 2, 31, in.): to give up one’s power or right of control over anybody, ex potestate aliquem dimittere: to another person, omnem suam potestatem de aliquo tradere alicui (Cic.): to be under nobody’s control, in sua potestate esse (especially of a Roman who is no longer under the control of a father). Counter -register, *rationes contra scriptae (after contrascriptor rationum, Inscript.). 2. v. Keep in check, inhibere (to control a lifeless object): cohibere: reprimere: comprimere: supprimere: coercere: continere: frenare: refrenare [SYN. in RESTRAIN]: moderari: temperare [SYN. in GOVERN]: modum or moderationem adhibere alicui rei or in aliqua re. To control one’s self, se continere; sibi temperare; sibi imperare; animi potentem esse; animum suum comprimere, coercere; animo suo imperare: not to be able to control one’s self, intemperantem esse; sui impotentem or non potentem esse; sui non compotem esse; animo suo imperare non posse: to control one’s anger or wrath, irae moderari or temperare; iram tenere, continere (opposed to irae indulgere); iram reprimere: one’s passions, cupiditates continere, coercere; comprimere, frenare, domare ac frangere; cupiditatibus modum facere; appetitus contrabere; perturbationes in angustum deducere (Cic., Acad., 1, 10, 38): to control one’s grief, dolori imperare; dolorem in potestate tenere: to control anything by strict laws, vincire aliquid severis legibus: not to be able to control one’s anger, ira teneri; impotentem esse irae: to control one’s tongue, linguae (or orationi) moderari; linguam continere; modum tenere verborum: not to bear to be controlled, *alienae auctoritatis impatientem esse. To control accounts, *rationes contra scribere (after contrascriptor rationum, Inscr.).