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1 catena
cătēna, ae, f. (once with num. distrib. as piur. tantum:I.trinis catenis vinctus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 53) [Sanscr. kat, to fall away; cf. catax].A wooden bracket, brace, etc., for holding two beams together, Cato, R. R. 18, 9; Vitr. 7, 3; Pall. 1, 3, 1.—II. A.Used as a fetter, shackle, etc.; usu. in plur. (syn. vincula):2.catenis vincire aliquem,
Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 3; Ov. M. 15, 601 al.:catenas indere alicui,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 3:in catenas conicere aliquem,
Caes. B. G. 1, 47; Liv. 29, 21, 2:catenas inicere alicui,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 41, § 106:in catenis aliquem Romam mittere,
Liv. 29, 21, 12:in catenis aliquem per urbem ducere,
id. 45, 40, 6:eximere se ex catenis,
Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 8:rumpere catenas,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 71:catenas alicui exsolvere,
Tac. H. 3, 31 al. —In sing., Liv. 24, 34, 10; Cat. 64, 297; Verg. A. 6, 558; Hor. S. 1, 5, 65; Curt. 4, 3, 22; 7, 5, 36; Tac. A. 4, 28; 6, 14; Suet. Aug. 94; Sen. Ep. 9, 8; Plin. 34, 15, 43, § 150.—Of a chain stopping the entrance of a harbor:3.catena ferrea valde robusta,
Amm. 26, 8, 8.—Trop., a constraint, fetter, barrier, bond:B.taetra belua, constricta legum sacratarum catenis,
Cic. Sest. 7, 16:compesce animum frenis, catenā,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 63:validā teneamur catenā,
Tib. 4, 5, 15; 4, 1, 117:splendidiore nunc eos catenā sed multo graviore vinctos esse, quam cum, etc.,
Liv. 35, 38, 10:qui ad superiora progressus est.. laxam catenam trahit nondum liber,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 16, 3; id. Tranq. 10, 3.—A chain of gold or silver worn by women as an ornament, Plin. 33, 3, 12, § 40; Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 84.—C.A series of things connected together, a chain, series, Lucr. 6, 910 (but id. 2, 630, is a false reading for quod armis; v. Lachm.).—D.Trop.:(praecepta oratoria) in catenas ligare,
Quint. 5, 14, 32.
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