curb (subs.) Copy link Outline I. For a horseII. A low wall or rim1. crĕpīdo, ĭnis, f.2. margo, ĭnis, c. • curb (subs.): I. For a horse: frēnum (pl. -i, or -a): v. bit. Very often fig.: to put a c. upon licence, frena licentiae injicere, Hor.: put a c. and a limit to your anger, pone irae frena modumque, Juv.: to keep pleasures under a c., voluptates sub freno tenere, Sen.: v. bridle. II. A low wall or rim: 1. crĕpīdo, ĭnis, f.: Varr. 2. margo, ĭnis, c.: Varr. (Both words used esp. of banks or breakwaters of stone designed to confine water.)
curb (v.) Copy link Outline 1. frēno, refrēno, infrēno, 12. compesco, pescui, 33. cŏerceo, 24. comprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 35. contĭneo, ui, tentum, 2 (to hold in or together)6. cŏhĭbeo, 2 • curb (v.): rare except in fig. sense: 1. frēno, refrēno, infrēno, 1: v. to bridle: to c. horses, equos r., Curt. Fig.: to c. the waters, aquas r., Ov.: to c. sensual desires, libidines r., Cic. 2. compesco, pescui, 3: to c. a horse, equum c., Tib. Fig.: c. thou thine anger with bit and chain, hunc (animum) frenis, hunc tu compesce catena, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 67. 3. cŏerceo, 2: to c. the foaming mouth (of steeds), spumantia ora c., Ov. Fig.: to c. desires, c. cupiditates, Cic. 4. comprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3: v. to check, restrain. 5. contĭneo, ui, tentum, 2 (to hold in or together): to c. a nation by arms, by terror, (gentem) armis, terrore (aliquo) c., Liv. 6. cŏhĭbeo, 2: v. to restrain.
CURB Copy link • CURB 1. s. PROP., perhaps *catenula maxillaris; [Vid: BIT]. figuratively, Restraint: frenum: coërcitio. to use the curb, alicui frenos adhibere (opposed to calcaria adhibere, to use the spur) or injicere, or (Curt.) imponere. 2. v. PROP., for curbing a horse: oream ori (equi) insere (to bit), habenam adducere: frenos adhibere or dare, equo frenos injicere: infrenare equum: frenare (to bridle). figuratively, to restrain, hold in check: frenare: alicui frenos adhibere or injicere. aliquem vinculo alligare et constringere (Cic.): coërcere or cohibere aliquem: domare: reprimere; to curb one’s passions, etc., refrenare, or coërcere, or comprimere, or continere cupiditates (or libidines); moderari cupiditatibus: frangere cupiditates: cupiditatibus imperare: anybody’s wrath, frenare alicujus furorem: not to curb one’s passions, etc., cupiditatum suarum licentiam non obtinere: to curb the licentiousness of youth, or young men, juventutem refrenare or coercere: uncurbed, effrenatus (both PROP. and figuratively); dissolutus (figuratively only).