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  • 1 admoderor

    admoderari, - V DEP
    control (w/DAT); keep within limits; moderate

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  • 2 ammoderor

    ammoderari, - V DEP
    control (w/DAT); keep within limits; moderate

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  • 3 coerceo

    cŏ-ercĕo, cui, cĭtum, 2, v. a. [arceo], to enclose something on all sides or wholly, to hold together, to surround, encompass:

    qui (mundus) omnia complexu suo coërcet et continet,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 22, 58; cf. id. ib. 2, 40, 101; Ov. M. 1, 31:

    quā circum Galli lorica coërcet,

    where the Gallic coat of mail encloses, Lucr. 6, 954; cf.

    of a band holding the hair together,

    Ov. M. 1, 477; 2, 413; Hor. C. 2, 19, 19; 1, 10, 18:

    est animus vitaï claustra coërcens,

    holding together the bands of life, Lucr. 3, 396.—
    B.
    Esp. with the access. idea of hindering free motion by surrounding; to restrain, confine, shut in, hold in confinement, repress (freq. and class.):

    (amnis) nullis coërcitus ripis,

    Liv. 21, 31, 11; cf. Ov. M. 1, 342:

    (aqua) jubetur ab arbitro coërceri,

    to be kept in, repressed, Cic. Top. 9, 39 (cf., just before, the more usual arcere, v. arceo, II.); Dig. 43, 22, 1, §§ 6 and 8;

    47, 11, 10: impetum aquarum,

    Curt. 8, 13, 9.—Of pruning plants:

    vitem serpentem multiplici lapsu et erratico, ferro amputans coërcet ars agricolarum,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 52;

    so of the vine,

    Col. 3, 21, 7; 4, 1, 5; Quint. 9, 4, 5; cf. id. 8, 3, 10.—Hence, sacrum (lucum), to trim, clip, Cato, R. R. 139:

    quibus (operibus) intra muros coërcetur hostis,

    Liv. 5, 5, 2:

    (mortuos) noviens Styx interfusa coërcet,

    Verg. A. 6, 439; cf.:

    Tantalum atque Tantali Genus coërcet (Orcus),

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 38:

    carcere coërcere animalia,

    Plin. 10, 50, 72, § 141:

    Hypermnestra... gravibus coërcita vinclis,

    Ov. H. 14, 3; cf.: eos morte, exsilio, vinclis, damno coërcent, [p. 360] Cic. Off. 3, 5, 23:

    aliquem custodiā,

    Dig. 41, 1, 3, § 2:

    Galliae Alpibus coërcitae,

    Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 5:

    miles coërcitus in tot receptis ex potestate hostium urbibus,

    Liv. 36, 24, 7.— Poet.: Messapus primas acies, postrema coërcent Tyrrhidae juvenes, hold together, i. e. command, lead on, Verg. A. 9, 27.—
    II.
    Trop.,
    A.
    Of discourse, to keep within limits, control, confine, restrain, limit (syn.:

    contineo, cohibeo): ut (nos) quasi extra ripas diffluentes coërceret,

    Cic. Brut. 91, 316; cf. id. Fin. 2, 1, 3; Quint. 12, 1, 20; 9, 2, 76; 10, 4, 1;

    and, the figure taken from bridling or curbing horses (cf.: frenisque coërcuit ora,

    Ov. M. 5, 643; and:

    spumantiaque ora coërcet,

    id. ib. 6, 226):

    exsultantia,

    Quint. 10, 4, 1; cf. id. 10, 3, 10:

    Augustus addiderat consilium coercendi intra terminos imperii,

    Tac. A. 1, 11.—Of words bound by measure:

    numeris verba coërcere,

    Ov. P. 4, 8, 73.—But most freq.,
    B.
    Morally, to hold some fault, some passion, etc., or the erring or passionate person in check, to curb, restrain, tame, correct, etc. (syn.:

    contineo, cohibeo, refreno, reprimo, domo): cupiditates,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 43, 194; Quint. 12, 2, 28:

    temeritatem,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 47:

    improbitatem,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 208:

    rabiem gentis,

    Liv. 41, 27, 4:

    faenus,

    id. 32, 27, 3:

    procacitatem hominis manibus,

    Nep. Timol. 5, 2:

    suppliciis delicta,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 79 al.:

    aliquid poenae aut infamiae metu,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 22, 73:

    omnibus modis socios atque cives,

    Sall. C. 29 fin.:

    genus hominum neque beneficio, neque metu coërcitum,

    id. J. 91, 7:

    duabus coërcitis gentibus,

    Liv. 31, 43, 4; 39, 32, 11; Caes. B. C. 1, 67:

    verberibus potius quam verbis,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 5; so Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3; id. Off. 3, 5, 23;

    v. A. supra: pueros fuste,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 134; Tac. G. 25:

    incensum ac flagrantem animum,

    id. Agr. 4:

    licentiam,

    id. H. 1, 35.— Poet.:

    carmen, quod non Multa dies et multa litura coërcuit,

    corrected, finished, Hor. A. P. 293.

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  • 4 modifico

    mŏdĭfĭco, āre, 1, v. n. and a. [modusfacio].
    I.
    Neutr., to limit, set limits to:

    alicui in aliquā re intercedere aut modificare,

    Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 4, 3 Mai.—
    II.
    Act., to control, regulate:

    vitalis motus,

    Aug. de Music. 6, 17, 58.— Pass. reflex., to observe due measure, keep within bounds, to be moderate:

    modificari in sumptibus,

    App. Doctr. Plat. p. 18, 37.—Class. only in part. perf. mŏdĭfĭcātus, a, um, measured off, measured:

    verba modificata,

    Cic. Part. Or. 5, 17:

    membra modificata,

    id. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

    corpora... modificata utriusque rei participatione,

    App. de Deo Socr. p. 47, 7.—
    B.
    Melodious:

    luseiniarum querelae,

    Sid. Ep. 9, 2.

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  • 5 contineō

        contineō tinuī, tentus, ēre    [com-+teneo], to hold together, bound, limit, comprise, enclose, surround, environ: ut trabes artē contineantur, Cs.: oppidum pons continebat, made a connection with, Cs.: hiberna milibus passuum C continebantur, were comprised within, Cs.: loci naturā continentur, are shut in, Cs.: artes inter se continentur, hang together: Zonarum trium contentus fine, O. —To keep together, keep in a body: uno in loco legiones, Cs.: navīs ibi, Cs.: exercitum, L.—To shut in, hem in, surround, hold: munitionibus contineri, Cs.: angustissime Pompeium, Cs.—To hold fast, keep, hold in place, retain: quod recepit: merces (opp. partiri): (naves) copulis continebantur, Cs.: parta a maioribus, Ta.—To keep, detain, shut in, hold, restrain, repress: manūs, keep hands off, T.: unde manum continuit? H.: sub pellibus milites, Cs.: nostros in castris, Cs.: ora frenis, Ph.: ventos carcere, O.: animam in dicendo: se domi, to stay: suo se loco, Cs.: agricolam si continet imber, keeps in doors, V.: suis intra munitionem, Cs.: alqm dextrā prehensum, V.: deprensum hostem, O.: gradum, to halt, V. — To comprise, contain, comprehend: in se vim caloris: genitalia corpora mundus, O.—Fig., to hold together, keep, retain: rem p.: Belgas in officio, Cs.: ceteros in armis, L.: eius hospitio contineri, N.—To hold back, detain, repress, check, curb, stay, stop, subdue: adpetitiones animi: insolentiam suam: Etruriam terrore, L.: animum a consuetā libidine, S.: hos flumina continebant, Cs.: manum iuventus Metu deorum, H.: se male, O.: vix me contineo, quin, etc., T.: non posse milites contineri, quin, etc., Cs.: vix contineor, refrain, T.: Quae vera audivi, keep to myself, T.: libros, keep back: odia tacitis nunc discordiis continentur, are confined within the limits of.—To comprehend, embrace, include, comprise: liber continet res gestas regum, N.: (comitia) rem militarem continent (i. e. in their jurisdiction), L.: fabula continet aestūs, H.: quo more caerimonia continetur, consists, Cs.: quae maxime rem continerent, the principal points, L.: forum, in quo aequitas continetur.
    * * *
    continere, continui, contentus V TRANS
    secure, maintain, sustain; fasten/hold in position; retain, keep safe, preserve; hinder, contain/shut in/confine; stay; restrain/hold back; comprise/form basis; keep/hold/hang together/fast; surround, enclose, contain, limit; concentrate

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  • 6 intra

    intrā, adv. and prep. [contr. from intĕrā; sc. parte], on the inside, within (class. only as a prep.).
    I.
    Adv. (post-Aug.).
    A.
    In gen.:

    quadraginta per oram, intra centum erunt,

    Quint. 1, 10, 43:

    pars, quae intra, longior esse debet, quam quae extra,

    Cels. 7, 15:

    si inciditur, viridis intra caro apparet,

    id. 5, 28, 13:

    vasa extrinsecus, et intra diligenter picata,

    Col. 12, 43, 7.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Of the interior of countries: intra vix jam homines magisque semiferi, Mela, 1, 4, 4.—
    2.
    Of the interior of a building:

    pro rostris aurata aedes... intraque lectus eburneus,

    Suet. Caes. 84:

    intra forisque,

    Petr. 22.—
    3.
    Of the Mediterranean Sea, Mela, prooem. 2:

    abunde orbe terrae extra intra indicato (opp. extra, of the ocean),

    Plin. 6, 32, 38, § 205 fin. —
    C.
    Inwardly, towards the inside (rare): binos interim digitos distinguimus... paulum tamen inferioribus intra spectantibus, Quint. 11, 3, 98.—
    II.
    Prep. with acc. (placed after its noun:

    praeturam intra,

    Tac. A. 3, 75, and:

    lucem intra,

    id. ib. 4, 48), within.
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    intra navim,

    Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 75:

    intra parietes meos,

    Cic. Att. 3, 10:

    carceres stare,

    Auct. Her. 4, 3: jactum teli, within a javelin ' s throw, Verg. A. 11, 608:

    montem Taurum,

    Cic. Sest. 27:

    locus intra oceanum jam, nullus est, quo non, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 89:

    Apenninum,

    Liv. 5, 35:

    ea intra se consumunt Arabes,

    consume among themselves, in their own country, Plin. 12, 21, 45, § 99: Sy. Devoravi nomen inprudens modo. Ch. Non placet qui amicos intra dentis conclusos habet, behind, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 64; cf.:

    inter dentis,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 80 Brix.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    I. q. in with acc., in, into:

    ea intra pectus se penetravit potio,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 23:

    nosse regiones, intra quas venere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 34:

    qui intra fines suos Ariovistum recepissent,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 32:

    intra moenia compulsus,

    Liv. 34, 33.—
    2.
    Of time, within, during, in the course of, in less than:

    intra viginti dies,

    Plaut. Curc. 3, 77:

    qui intra annos quatuordecim tectum non subiissent,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 36:

    quae intra decem annos facta sunt,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 13, 37 (dub.;

    B. and K. inter): intra paucos dies,

    Liv. 23, 41; Suet. Caes. 8:

    intra breve tempus,

    id. Tib. 51; id. Claud. 38:

    juventam,

    in youth, Tac. A. 2, 71. — With quam ( = postquam):

    intra decimum diem quam Pheras venerat,

    i. e. before the lapse of ten days after his arrival, Liv. 36, 10, 1; 43, 9, 2; Quint. 1, 12, 9; Suet. Caes. 35 al.—
    C.
    Trop.
    1.
    Under, below, i. e. less than, fewer than, within the limits of:

    intra centum,

    Liv. 1, 43:

    epulari intra legem,

    i. e. less expensively than the law allows, Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 9:

    intra modum,

    id. ib. 4, 4, 14:

    intra verba desipere,

    to betray insanity in words only, Cels. 3, 18:

    intra verba peccare,

    to transgress in words only, Curt. 7, 1, 25:

    intra gloriam fuit facinus,

    i. e. was not inglorious, Flor. 1, 3:

    intra silentium se tenere,

    to keep silence, Plin. Ep. 4, 16:

    intra famam sunt scripta,

    beneath his reputation, Quint. 11, 3, 8:

    intra fortunam,

    Prop. 4, 8, 2.—
    2.
    With acc. of pron., within or among.
    (α).
    Intra se, inwardly, to one ' s self:

    meditantes intra semet,

    Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 118:

    intra se dicere,

    Quint. 10, 7, 25:

    intra se componere,

    id. 11, 3, 2.—
    (β).
    Secretly:

    intra vos futura,

    shall remain among yourselves, be kept secret, Plin. Ep. 3, 10, 4.

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  • 7 admoderor

    ad-mŏdĕror, āri, 1, v. dep., to keep to or within due limits, to moderate:

    nequeo hercle equidem risu admoderarier,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 81.—Hence, * admŏdĕrātē, adv., fitly, suitably:

    humanis rationibus admoderate tempora mutare annorum,

    in conformity with the ways of men, Lucr. 2, 169.

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