fraenum

frēnum or fraenum, i, n., and more freq. (cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, 567; and v. infra), plur. heterocl. frēni, ōrum, m., and mostly poet. frēna, ōrum, n. [root dhar-; Sanscr. dhar-ā-mi, hold, support; Gr. thra-, in thrênus, thronos; Lat. frētus], a bridle, curb, bit (syn.: lupi, lupata).

Lit.

Plur.:

aurei freni,

Curt. 4, 13 med.; so nom. freni, id. 7, 10 fin.; cf. under II.; acc. frena, Verg. A. 4, 135; 5, 818; Ov. M. 15, 519; id. Am. 3, 4, 16:

non domito frenos ore momordit equus,

Tib. 1, 3, 42; so,

frenos: equus, equa, quae frenos recipere solet,

Cic. Top. 8, 36; Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 12; Verg. G. 3, 184; Liv. 1, 48, 6; Sen. Tranq. 15 fin. al.:

moderarier hunc (equum) frenis,

Lucr. 5, 1298; so,

frenis,

id. 5, 1317; Verg. A. 11, 719; 889; 12, 372; Hor. S. 1, 1, 91; Ov. M. 5, 643; Liv. 1, 14 fin.:

equum cogere frenos pati,

Phaedr. 4, 3, 9:

frenos et strata equorum Pelethronium (invenisse),

Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 202 et saep.—

Sing.:

frenumque (equus) recepit, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 36:

non frenum depulit ore,

id. ib. 1, 10, 38.—

Prov.: frenum mordere, to take the bit in one's teeth, i. e. to offer opposition, to resist: si frenum momorderis peream, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 23, 2; cf.:

sed ut mones, frenum momordi,

Cic. ib. 11, 24, 1.—

Transf.

Like our terms bridle and curb, i. q. means of guiding or governing, restraint, check, limit.

Plur.:

rerum freni,

the reins of dominion, Sil. 1, 240:

freni sunt injecti vobis, Quirites, nullo modo perpetiendi: alligati et constricti estis amaro vinculo servitutis,

Val. Max. 2, 9, 5; cf.:

freni domitarum gentium,

Curt. 7, 10 fin.:

ne Lycurgi quidem disciplina tenuit illos in hominibus Graecis frenos,

Cic. Rep. 2, 33:

ut Isocratem in acerrimo ingenio Theopompi et lenissimo Ephori dixisse traditum est, alteri se calcaria adhibere, alteri frenos,

id. Brut. 56, 204:

Mutinam illi exsultanti tamquam frenos furoris injecit,

id. Phil. 13, 9, 20:

date frenos impotenti naturae et indomito animali,

give the reins to, allow full scope to, Liv. 34, 2, 13; so,

frenos furentibus ira Laxat,

Luc. 7, 125:

impone felicitati tuae frenos,

put on, Curt. 7, 8 fin.:

imperii frena tenere sui,

Ov. Tr. 2, 42:

frena imperii moderari,

id. P. 2, 9, 33:

capere,

id. ib. 4, 13, 27:

frena licentiae inicere,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 10:

pone irae frena modumque, Pone et avaritiae,

Juv. 8, 88:

subiit leges et frena momordit Ille solutus amor,

i. e. submitted to, Stat. S. 1, 2, 28:

quod dicebat Isocrates, se calcaribus in Ephoro, contra autem in Theopompo frenis uti solere,

Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 36; Quint. 2, 8, 11; cf. above the passage Cic. Brut. 56, 204:

alter, uti dixit Isocrates in Ephoro et Theopompo, frenis eget, alter calcaribus,

id. Att. 6, 1, 12:

non solum frenis sed etiam jugo accepto,

Liv. 37, 36, 5:

animum rege: qui nisi paret, Imperat: hunc frenis, hunc tu compesce catenā,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 63:

jam vaga prosiliet frenis natura remotis,

id. S. 2, 7, 74.—

Sing.:

ni frenum accipere et victi parere fatentur,

Verg. A. 12, 568:

voluptates tenere sub freno,

Sen. Ep. 23 med. —

Poet., horse, steed, charger:

eques aptus frenis,

Prop. 4 (5), 10, 19:

portarumque moras frenis assultat et hastis,

Stat. Th. 11, 243.—

In gen.

That which holds things together, a band (post-Aug. and rare):

absiliunt pontes tectique trementis Saxea frena labant, etc.,

the stone bands, ties, Stat. Th. 10, 880.—

In anatomy:

frenum,

the ligament which attaches the inside of the foreskin to the glans, Cels. 7, 25, 2.

frēnum or fraenum, i, n., and more freq. (cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, 567; and v. infra), plur. heterocl. frēni, ōrum, m., and mostly poet. frēna, ōrum, n. [root dhar-; Sanscr. dhar-ā-mi, hold, support; Gr. thra-, in thrênus, thronos; Lat. frētus], a bridle, curb, bit (syn.: lupi, lupata).

Lit.

Plur.:

aurei freni,

Curt. 4, 13 med.; so nom. freni, id. 7, 10 fin.; cf. under II.; acc. frena, Verg. A. 4, 135; 5, 818; Ov. M. 15, 519; id. Am. 3, 4, 16:

non domito frenos ore momordit equus,

Tib. 1, 3, 42; so,

frenos: equus, equa, quae frenos recipere solet,

Cic. Top. 8, 36; Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 12; Verg. G. 3, 184; Liv. 1, 48, 6; Sen. Tranq. 15 fin. al.:

moderarier hunc (equum) frenis,

Lucr. 5, 1298; so,

frenis,

id. 5, 1317; Verg. A. 11, 719; 889; 12, 372; Hor. S. 1, 1, 91; Ov. M. 5, 643; Liv. 1, 14 fin.:

equum cogere frenos pati,

Phaedr. 4, 3, 9:

frenos et strata equorum Pelethronium (invenisse),

Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 202 et saep.—

Sing.:

frenumque (equus) recepit, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 36:

non frenum depulit ore,

id. ib. 1, 10, 38.—

Prov.: frenum mordere, to take the bit in one's teeth, i. e. to offer opposition, to resist: si frenum momorderis peream, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 23, 2; cf.:

sed ut mones, frenum momordi,

Cic. ib. 11, 24, 1.—

Transf.

Like our terms bridle and curb, i. q. means of guiding or governing, restraint, check, limit.

Plur.:

rerum freni,

the reins of dominion, Sil. 1, 240:

freni sunt injecti vobis, Quirites, nullo modo perpetiendi: alligati et constricti estis amaro vinculo servitutis,

Val. Max. 2, 9, 5; cf.:

freni domitarum gentium,

Curt. 7, 10 fin.:

ne Lycurgi quidem disciplina tenuit illos in hominibus Graecis frenos,

Cic. Rep. 2, 33:

ut Isocratem in acerrimo ingenio Theopompi et lenissimo Ephori dixisse traditum est, alteri se calcaria adhibere, alteri frenos,

id. Brut. 56, 204:

Mutinam illi exsultanti tamquam frenos furoris injecit,

id. Phil. 13, 9, 20:

date frenos impotenti naturae et indomito animali,

give the reins to, allow full scope to, Liv. 34, 2, 13; so,

frenos furentibus ira Laxat,

Luc. 7, 125:

impone felicitati tuae frenos,

put on, Curt. 7, 8 fin.:

imperii frena tenere sui,

Ov. Tr. 2, 42:

frena imperii moderari,

id. P. 2, 9, 33:

capere,

id. ib. 4, 13, 27:

frena licentiae inicere,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 10:

pone irae frena modumque, Pone et avaritiae,

Juv. 8, 88:

subiit leges et frena momordit Ille solutus amor,

i. e. submitted to, Stat. S. 1, 2, 28:

quod dicebat Isocrates, se calcaribus in Ephoro, contra autem in Theopompo frenis uti solere,

Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 36; Quint. 2, 8, 11; cf. above the passage Cic. Brut. 56, 204:

alter, uti dixit Isocrates in Ephoro et Theopompo, frenis eget, alter calcaribus,

id. Att. 6, 1, 12:

non solum frenis sed etiam jugo accepto,

Liv. 37, 36, 5:

animum rege: qui nisi paret, Imperat: hunc frenis, hunc tu compesce catenā,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 63:

jam vaga prosiliet frenis natura remotis,

id. S. 2, 7, 74.—

Sing.:

ni frenum accipere et victi parere fatentur,

Verg. A. 12, 568:

voluptates tenere sub freno,

Sen. Ep. 23 med. —

Poet., horse, steed, charger:

eques aptus frenis,

Prop. 4 (5), 10, 19:

portarumque moras frenis assultat et hastis,

Stat. Th. 11, 243.—

In gen.

That which holds things together, a band (post-Aug. and rare):

absiliunt pontes tectique trementis Saxea frena labant, etc.,

the stone bands, ties, Stat. Th. 10, 880.—

In anatomy:

frenum,

the ligament which attaches the inside of the foreskin to the glans, Cels. 7, 25, 2.