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  • 1 retineō

        retineō tinuī, tentus, ēre    [re-+teneo], to hold back, keep back, keep, detain, retain, restrain: me, T.: concilium dimittit, Liscum retinet, Cs.: in loco milites, Cs.: venit id tempus, ut retinendus esset, must be kept (to dinner): biduum tempestate retentus, detained, Cs.: nisi iam profecti sunt, retinebis homines: euntem, O.: consulem, L.: naves pro bonis Tarquiniorum ab Aristodemo retentae sunt, i. e. as security, L.: manūs ab ore, O.— To hold fast, keep possession of, retain, keep: arcum manu: retentā utrāque nave, Cs.: mansuetudine provinciam: oppidum, Cs.—Fig., to hold in check, keep within bounds, restrain, check, repress: Pudore liberos, i. e. control, T.: cursum in suā potestate: Gaudia, O.: verba dolore, O.: quos natura retinere in officio non potuisset: si ab hostibus metu retenti sumus, L.: lingua retenta metu, O.: aegre sunt retenti, quin oppidum inrumperent, Cs.— To hold fast, keep, retain: amicos observantiā: gravitatem: ferociam animi in voltu, S.: proeliorum memoriam, Cs.: Nec retinent patulae commissa fideliter aures, H.— To keep, preserve, maintain, uphold: retinere in vitā: integram causam: suum ius: pristinam virtutem, Cs.: caritatem in pastores: de finibus retentae defensaeque sententiae: vehementer id retinebatur, ne, etc., was insisted on. —To occupy, engross, fix the attention of: studium in legendo erectum retinetur: animos hominum in legendo: Ore suo volucrīs vagas, O.
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    retinere, retinui, retentus V
    hold back, restrain; uphold; delay; hold fast; retain,preserve

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  • 2 contineo

    con-tĭnĕo, tĭnŭi, tentum, 2, v. a. and n. [teneo].
    I.
    Act., to hold or keep together.
    A.
    In gen. (rare).
    1.
    Lit. (syn.:

    coërceo, conjungo): contine quaeso caput,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 26:

    quod omnem continet amplexu terram,

    Lucr. 5, 319; cf.:

    mundus omnia conplexu suo coërcet et continet,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 22, 58:

    vitem levi nodo,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 187:

    magni refert primordia saepe cum quibus... contineantur,

    Lucr. 1, 818; 1, 908; 2, 761;

    2, 1008: pars oppidi, mari dijuncta angusto, ponte adjungitur et continetur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117.—
    b.
    Of places, to bound, limit, enclose (very rare in act.):

    reliquum spatium mons continet,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

    Oceanus ponto qua continet orbem,

    Tib. 4, 1, 147; but more freq. in pass., to be comprised, enclosed, surrounded, encompassed, environed by:

    qui vicus altissimis montibus undique continetur,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 1; so,

    undique loci naturā Helvetii,

    id. ib. 1, 2:

    mare montibus angustis,

    id. ib. 4, 23:

    una pars Galliae Garumnā flumine, Oceano, finibus Belgarum,

    id. ib. 1, 1.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    omnes artes quasi cognatione quādam inter se continentur,

    hang together, Cic. Arch. 1, 2.—Far more freq. in all periods and species of composition.,
    B.
    With partic. access. ideas.
    1.
    With the access. idea of firmness, quiet, permanence, etc., to hold or keep together, to keep, hold fast, preserve, retain (syn. servo).
    a.
    Lit.:

    (alvus) arcet et continet... quod recepit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136:

    merces (opp. partiri),

    id. Vatin. 5, 12; cf.

    exercitum (opp. dividere),

    Liv. 28, 2, 16:

    arida continent odorem diutius,

    Plin. 21, 7, 18, § 39.—
    b.
    Trop.:

    nec ulla res vehementius rem publicam continet quam fides,

    Cic. Off. 2, 24, 84:

    Remos reliquosque Belgas in officio,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 11:

    in officio Dumnorigem,

    id. ib. 5, 7:

    te in exercitatione,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 19 fin.:

    te in tuis perenuibus studiis,

    id. Brut. 97, 332:

    ceteros in armis (plaga),

    Liv. 9, 41, 15:

    alicujus hospitio,

    Nep. Lys. 1, 5.—
    2.
    With the access. idea of hindering, preventing motion, to keep, keep still, detain, restrain, repress, enclose.
    a.
    Lit.: milites [p. 449] sub pellibus, Caes. B. G. 3, 29; cf.:

    pecudem sub tecto,

    Col. 7, 10, 3:

    exercitum castris,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 2, 11; Liv. 31, 26, 6; 28, 9, 14 al.; cf.:

    nostros in castris (tempestates),

    Caes. B. G. 4, 34; 6, 36; and:

    copias in castris,

    id. B. C. 1, 66; 3, 30; Auct. B. Afr. 1; 7; Liv. 36, 17, 9:

    Pompeium quam angustissime,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 45:

    aliquem limine,

    Liv. 34, 1, 5:

    ora frenis,

    Phaedr. 3, 6, 7:

    ventos carcere,

    Ov. M. 11, 432:

    animam in dicendo,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261 et saep.:

    se ruri,

    to stay, remain, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 17; cf.:

    se domi,

    Suet. Caes. 81:

    suo se loco,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 34:

    oppido sese,

    id. ib. 2, 30:

    castris se continere,

    id. B. C. 3, 37:

    se vallo,

    id. B. G. 5, 44:

    se finibus Romanis,

    Liv. 39, 17, 4; 34, 58, 3:

    moenibus sese,

    id. 42, 7, 4:

    agrorum suorum terminis se,

    id. 38, 40, 2:

    se moenibus,

    Ov. M. 13, 208:

    sese intra silvas,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 18:

    suos intra munitionem,

    id. ib. 5, 57;

    5, 58: milites intra castrorum vallum,

    id. B. C. 3, 76; Liv. 31, 34, 9;

    Auct. B. Afr. 24: intra castra militem,

    Tac. H. 4, 19:

    praesidibus provinciarum propagavit imperium, ut a peritis et assuetis socii continerentur,

    Suet. Aug. 23 et saep.:

    an te auspicium commoratum est? an tempestas continet?

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 67.—
    b.
    Trop., to hold back, detain, repress, hold in check, curb, check, stay, stop, tame, subdue, etc. (syn. cohibeo):

    adpetitiones animi,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 22:

    omnis cupiditates,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 32:

    modeste insolentiam suam,

    id. Agr. 1, 6, 18:

    risum,

    id. Fin. 4, 25, 71 et saep.:

    formido mortales omnes,

    Lucr. 1, 151:

    Etruriam non tam armis quam judiciorum terrore,

    Liv. 29, 36, 10:

    oppida magis metu quam fide,

    id. 30, 20, 5; cf.:

    quosdam continet metus,

    Quint. 1, 3, 6:

    solo metu,

    id. 12, 7, 2 et saep.:

    animum a consuetā libidine,

    Sall. J. 15, 3:

    temeritatem ab omni lapsu (with cohibere),

    Cic. Ac. 1, 12, 45:

    suos a proelio,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 15:

    manum juventus Metu deorum,

    Hor. C. 1, 35, 37 al.:

    se ab adsentiendo,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 104; so,

    se ab exemplis,

    id. Fin. 2, 19, 62:

    temperans, qui se in aliquā libidine continuerit,

    id. Par. 3, 1, 21:

    se male continet amens,

    Ov. M. 4, 351:

    male me, quin vera faterer, Continui,

    id. ib. 7, 729:

    nequeo continere quin loquar,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 28.—

    Mid.: contineri, quin complectar, non queo,

    restrain myself, refrain, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 128; cf.:

    vix me contineo, quin, etc.,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 20:

    jam nequeo contineri,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 60; cf.:

    vix contineor,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 9:

    quae vera audivi, taceo et contineo optime,

    keep it to myself, conceal it, id. Eun. 1, 2, 23:

    ea quae continet, neque adhuc protulit, explicet nobis,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 47, 206:

    dicta,

    id. ib. 2, 55, 222.—
    3.
    With the access. idea of containing, to comprise, contain, involve, comprehend something in itself (syn. complector):

    (aqua gelum) quod continet in se, mittit,

    Lucr. 6, 877; cf.:

    ut omnia, quae aluntur et crescunt, contineant in se vim caloris,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 23; so,

    in se,

    Quint. 1, 6, 31; 2, 10, 2:

    Quattuor aeternus genitalia corpora mundus Continet,

    Ov. M. 15, 240:

    rem militarem,

    Liv. 5, 52, 16:

    panis innumeras paene continet medicinas,

    Plin. 22, 25, 68, § 138:

    (linea) centum continet (pedes),

    Quint. 1, 10, 44:

    Idus Martiae magnum mendum continent,

    Cic. Att. 14, 22, 2:

    paucas species (vox),

    Quint. 11, 3, 18:

    tales res, quales hic liber continet,

    Cic. Or. 43, 148; Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 1:

    narrationes, quae summam criminis contineant,

    Quint. 4, 2, 10:

    fabula stultorum regum et populorum continet aestus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 8; cf.:

    liber primus ea continebit, quae, etc., Quint. prooem. § 21: tertia epistula continebat, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 28, 5.—With subj.-clause:

    quando ipsos loqui deceat, quartus liber continet,

    Quint. 11, 1, 59.—Esp. freq.,
    b.
    In pass.: contineri aliquā re, to be contained in something, be composed of, consist of or in, to rest upon, to be supported by, etc.:

    terreno corpore,

    Lucr. 1, 1085:

    non venis et nervis et ossibus continentur (dii),

    Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59:

    artem negabat esse ullam, nisi quae cognitis penitusque perspectis... rebus contineretur,

    id. de Or. 1, 20, 92:

    forma honestatis, quae tota quattuor his virtutibus... continetur,

    id. Fin. 2, 15, 48:

    versus paucis (pedibus) continetur,

    Quint. 9, 4, 60: quae philosophorum libris continentur, id. prooem. § 11; cf. id. 5, 10, 111 et saep.: artes, quae conjecturā continentur et sunt opinabiles, Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24:

    foedere,

    Liv. 41, 23, 9:

    actu,

    Quint. 2, 18, 5; 12, 9, 1; 3, 7, 28.—Rarely with in and abl.:

    forum, in quo omnis aequitas continetur,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 1, 2; cf.:

    quibus (legibus) in singulis civitatibus res publica continetur,

    id. Off. 3, 5, 23.—
    II.
    Neutr., to hold together in itself, to hang together (in the verb. finit. very rare; but freq. as P. a.; cf. also the deriv. continuus):

    per hortum utroque commeatus continet,

    Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 43.—Hence,
    1.
    contĭnens, entis, P. a.
    A.
    (Acc. to II.) Holding or hanging together (freq. and class.).
    1.
    Bordering upon, neighboring, contiguous, lying near, adjacent (syn.: junctus, adjunctus, contiguus); constr. with dat., cum, or absol.
    a.
    Prop.:

    aër mari,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 117:

    continentia atque adjuncta praedia huic fundo,

    id. Caecin. 4, 11:

    (mare) dissimile est proximo ei continenti,

    id. Ac. 2, 33, 105 al.:

    Cappadociae pars ea, quae cum Cilicià continens est,

    id. Fam. 15, 2, 2:

    (Morini) continentes silvas ac paludes habebant,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 28; cf. so absol.:

    parum locuples continente ripā,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 22; cf.:

    pars eorum, qui propiores erant continenti litori,

    Liv. 44, 28, 12.— Subst.: contĭnentĭa, ĭum, n. (sc. loca), adjoining places, the neighborhood:

    Cherronesum et continentia usque Atho montem,

    Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 215 al.:

    urbis,

    the suburbs, Dig. 50, 16, 147.—
    b.
    Trop., in time, following, next:

    continentibus diebus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 84;

    and of other abstract things: motus sensui junctus et continens,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 11, 26:

    timori perpetuo ipsum malum continens fuit,

    followed at its heels, Liv. 5, 39, 8.—
    2.
    Holding together, cohering in itself, connected, continuous, uninterrupted.
    a.
    Prop.:

    continens agmen migrantium,

    Liv. 1, 29, 4:

    agmen,

    id. 2, 50, 7; 8, 8, 13 al.:

    ruinae,

    id. 21, 8, 5; terra, the mainland, continent, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 100 P.; Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 274, 6; Nep. Them. 3, 2; and in the same sense far more freq. subst.: contĭnens, entis, f. (rarely masc., Curt. 4, 2, 1 Zumpt, dub.; abl. in e and i equally used;

    v. the 4th and 5th books of Caes. B. G.),

    Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 4, 28; 4, 31; 4, 36 bis et saep.; Nep. Milt. 7, 3; Liv. 35, 43, 4; Plin. 5, 31, 34, § 128; Suet Aug. 65; id. Tib. 40 et saep.—
    b.
    Trop., in time, continual, consecutive, uninterrupted:

    labor omnium dierum,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 63; Liv. 42, 54, 3:

    bella,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 11 fin.:

    imperium usque ad nos,

    Liv. 7, 30, 8:

    imber per noctem totam,

    id. 23, 44, 6:

    biduo,

    Suet. Calig. 19:

    febres sine intermissione,

    Cels. 3, 5 fin.:

    e continenti genere,

    in continuous descent, Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 61:

    spiritus,

    id. de Or. 3, 57, 216 et saep.: ex continenti (sc. tempore), instantly, immediately, = continuo, statim, Just. 1, 9; so,

    in continenti,

    Dig. 44, 5, 1.—
    B.
    (Acc. to I. B. 2. b.) That restrains his passions, continent, moderate, temperate, enkratês (rare, but in good prose):

    continentior in vitā hominum quam in pecuniā,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 23:

    cum reges tam sint continentes, multo magis consularis esse oportere,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 1:

    puer,

    id. Att. 6, 6, 3:

    Epaminondas,

    Nep. Epam. 3, 2 al. — Sup., Cic. Par. 1, 1, 7; Suet. Aug. 71.—
    C.
    (Acc. to I. B. 3.) In rhet., subst.: contĭnens, entis, n., that on which something rests or depends, the chief point, hinge:

    causae,

    Cic. Part. Or. 29, 103; id. Top. 25, 95:

    intuendum videtur, quid sit quaestio, ratio, judicatio, continens, vel ut alii vocant, firmamentum,

    Quint. 3, 11, 1; cf. id. ib. § 18 sqq.— Adv.: contĭnen-ter.
    1.
    (Acc. to A. 2.)
    a.
    In space, in unbroken succession, in a row. continenter sedetis, Cat. 37, 6.—More freq. and class.,
    b.
    In time, continuously, without interruption:

    totā nocte ierunt,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

    jam amplius horis sex pugnaretur,

    id. ib. 3, 5:

    biduum lapidibus pluit,

    Liv. 25, 7, 7:

    usque ad ipsum negotium,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 37:

    ferri imagines,

    id. N. D. 1, 39, 109.—
    2.
    (Acc. to B.) Temperately, moderately (rare):

    vivere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106; in sup.:

    vivere,

    Aug. Ep. 199; id. Conf. 6, 12.—Hence also,
    2.
    contentus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 2. b.); medial., satisfying one's self with, contented, satisfied, content (freq. in all periods and species of composition); constr. in gen. with the abl.; more rarely absol.; after the Aug. per. very freq. with the inf.
    (α).
    With abl.: his versibus, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 264, 3:

    suis rebus,

    Cic. Par. 6, 3, 51:

    paucis,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 16:

    illā (sorte),

    id. ib. 1, 1, 3:

    viverem uti contentus eo quod mī ipse parasset,

    id. ib. 1, 4, 108; cf. Suet. Aug. 82:

    solā Dianā,

    Verg. A. 11, 582.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    cum ipsum audires sine comparatione, non modo contentus esses, sed melius non quaereres,

    Cic. Brut. 35, 134; so comp., Plaut. Poen. 2, 15.—
    (γ).
    With inf.:

    indagare,

    Ov. M. 1, 461:

    edidicisse,

    id. ib. 2, 638:

    retinere titulum provinciae,

    Vell. 2, 49:

    hostes sustinuisse,

    id. 2, 112:

    indicare,

    Quint. 4, 2, 128:

    ostendere,

    id. 5, 10, 31:

    id consequi, quod imiteris,

    id. 10, 2, 7 et saep.— Adv.: contentē (ante-and post-class., and rare), in a restrained manner, closely:

    arte contenteque habere aliquem,

    Plaut. As. 1, 1, 63:

    parce contenteque vivere,

    Pacat. Pan. Theod. 13.

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  • 3 compescō

        compescō pescuī, —, ere    [PARC-], to confine, hold in check, repress, curb, restrain: equum freno, Tb.: ramos fluentes, i. e. to prune, V.: bracchia, O.: mare, H.—Fig., to suppress, repress, restrain, check, subdue: sitim undā, O.: clamorem, H.: risum, H.: animum frenis, H.: vim suam ardoremque, Ta.: mores dissolutos vi, Ph.: culpam ferro, i. e. by killing diseased members of the flock, V.
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    compescere, compescui, - V TRANS
    restrain, check; quench; curb, confine, imprison; hold in check; block, close

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  • 4 retineo

    rĕ-tĭnĕo, ŭi, tentum, 2, v. a. [teneo].
    I.
    (With the signif. of the re predominating.) To hold or keep back, not let go; to detain, retain; to restrain (class.; cf. restringo).
    A.
    Lit.: Ep. Asta, abire hinc non sinam. Th. Quid nunc me retines? Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 61:

    quotiens foras ego ire volo, me retines, revocas,

    id. Men. 1, 2, 5:

    quid, malum, astas? Quin retines altrinsecus?

    id. Mil. 2, 5, 36; id. Stich. 2, 3, 11:

    te dexterā retinens manu Opsecro,

    id. Capt. 2, 3, 82: si magis vis, eam omittam. Py. Nolo;

    retine,

    id. Mil. 4, 8, 27:

    retine me,

    id. Curc. 2, 3, 11; Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 23:

    concilium dimittit, Liscum retinet,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

    homines,

    Cic. Att. 13, 14, 1:

    ab his fit initium retinendi Silii, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 8; 3, 9; 3, 10 et saep.:

    milites,

    id. ib. 7, 47; 7, 52; cf.:

    milites in loco,

    id. B. C. 3, 92:

    legiones ad urbem,

    id. ib. 1, 2;

    1, 9: cohortes apud se,

    id. ib. 2, 19:

    venit Varro ad me, et quidem id tempus, ut retinendus esset,

    when he must be kept, Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4:

    biduum tempestate retentus,

    detained, Caes. B. C. 3, 102; cf. id. B. G. 7, 1; Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 12; cf.:

    aegre sunt retenti, quin oppidum irrumperent,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 13 fin.:

    vi me, vi inquam, Plancius et complexu suo retinuit,

    Cic. Planc. 41, 100:

    nisi jam profecti sunt, retinebis homines,

    id. Att. 13, 14, 1:

    euntem,

    Ov. H. 18, 99:

    aliquem vinclis,

    id. R. Am. 213:

    consulem,

    Liv. 37, 51:

    morbo retineri,

    id. 34, 10;

    v. also infra, B.: armorum parte tertiā celatà atque in oppido retentā,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 32 fin.; 2, 33:

    naves pro bonis Tarquiniorum ab Aristodemo retentae sunt,

    i. e. as security, Liv. 2, 34, 4:

    vinum portantes naves tempestatibus retentas esse,

    id. 37, 27, 2; Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 45:

    mercedem,

    to keep back, stop, id. As. 2, 4, 37:

    alienum,

    Cic. Fl. 23, 56:

    lacrimas,

    Ov. M. 1, 647:

    manus ab ore,

    id. ib. 9, 575 et saep.:

    mulierem,

    to hold, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 33; cf.:

    mulierem per vim,

    id. Bacch. 4, 8, 2:

    arcum manu,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 74:

    faculas sagittas,

    Prop. 2, 29 (3, 27), 5; cf.:

    injectā manu ferreā et retentā utrāque nave,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 58:

    sudor madidā veste retentus,

    Mart. 5, 79, 3.—
    B.
    Trop., to hold in check, keep within bounds, to restrain, check, repress, etc.: hoc servi esse officium reor, retinere at salutem (erum), Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 8:

    liberos retinere,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 33; Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46; cf.:

    moderantem cursum atque in suā potestate retinentem,

    id. ib. 1, 29, 45:

    gaudia,

    Ov. M. 12, 285:

    rabiem,

    id. ib. 3, 566:

    verba dolore,

    id. ib. 10, 474:

    aliquem in officio,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 25, 70:

    animos sociorum in fide,

    Liv. 25, 40:

    retineri nequeo quin dicam ea, quae promeres,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 15 (cf. supra, A.):

    quae (varietas) vehementer animos hominum in legendo tuo scripto retinere possit... ordo ipse annalium mediocriter nos retinet,

    binds, enchains, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 4 and 5:

    (picus) Ore suo volucres vagas retinere solebat,

    Ov. M. 14, 340:

    lingua retenta metu,

    id. H. 11, 82:

    retinentibus vobis, erumperem,

    Curt. 6, 3, 5.—
    II.
    (With the signif. of the verb predominant.) To hold fast, keep, retain, preserve, maintain, etc. (freq. only since the class. per.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; cf. obtineo).
    A.
    Lit.: potius mansuetudine et innocentiā imperatoris provinciam quam vi militum aut benignitate deorum retentam atque conservatam esse, Cato ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 5, 2:

    oppidum,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 21 fin.:

    arces (Minerva),

    to preserve, protect, Cat. 64, 8:

    id egit, ut amicos observantiā, rem parsimoniā retineret,

    Cic. Quint. 18, 59; cf.:

    retinere servareque amicos,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 89:

    summos cum infimis pari jure,

    Cic. Off. 2, 12, 41:

    Aegyptum,

    Curt. 4, 1, 30:

    regionem,

    id. 6, 5, 21:

    neque virtutem qui habet virtute retinetur in vitā,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 18, 61 B. and K.: fortunam citius reperias quam retineas, Publ. Syr. 168 Rib. —
    B.
    Trop.:

    retinete (fidem), post factum ut laetemini,

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 30:

    existimo jus augurum... rei publicae causā conservatum ac retentum,

    Cic. Div. 2, 35, 75; so,

    jus suum,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 37; Caes. B. C. 1, 5:

    statum suum,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 43:

    pristinam virtutem,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 48, 91; cf.:

    vestigium pristinae dignitatis,

    Cic. Sull. 32, 91:

    officium,

    id. Off. 3, 29, 105:

    justitiam (with colere),

    id. ib. 2, 12, 42 Beier; id. Inv. 1, 1, 3:

    caritatem in pastores,

    id. Lael. 19, 70:

    utilitatem in amicitiā et fidem,

    id. ib. 24, 88:

    hunc morem usque adhuc,

    id. Rep. 2, 20, 36; cf. id. ib. 2, 9, 16:

    de finibus retentae defensaeque sententiae,

    id. Tusc. 5, 30, 84:

    gravitatem retinere, iracundiam pellere,

    id. Off. 1, 38, 137:

    ferociam animi in vultu,

    Sall. C. 61, 4:

    memoriam suae pristinae virtutis, tot secundissimorum proeliorum,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 21; 7, 62:

    aliquid memoriā,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19; id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33:

    commissa (aures),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 70 et saep.:

    ut Palaemo et Telamo et Plato dicerentur, retinuerunt,

    Quint. 1, 5, 60.— With ne, Cic. Rep. 2, 32, 56.—
    2.
    Post-class. for memoriā retinere, to keep in mind, remember:

    sive ille Hasdrubal est, sive quis alius, non retineo,

    Gell. 17, 9, 16.—With object-clause:

    retineo me dixisse,

    Dig. 35, 1, 92 init. — Hence, rĕtĭnens, entis, P. a., holding fast, tenacious, observant of any thing (class.; cf. tenax); constr. with gen.:

    homo sui juris dignitatisque retinens,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 11:

    nimium equestris juris et libertatis,

    id. Planc. 23, 55:

    avitae nobilitatis,

    Tac. A. 2, 38 fin.:

    modestiae,

    id. ib. 5, 11:

    Seleuci conditoris (civitas),

    i. e. retaining his institutions, id. ib. 6, 42; cf.:

    antiqui moris,

    id. ib. 16, 5 et saep. — Sup.:

    proprietatum in verbis retinentissimus,

    Gell. 10, 20, 10.

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  • 5 coërceō

        coërceō cuī, citus, ēre    [com- + arceo], to enclose on all sides, hold together, surround, encompass: (mundus) omnia coërcet: Vitta coercebat capillos, O.: virgā coërces turbam, H. — To restrain, confine, shut in, hold, repress, control: (amnis) nullis coërcitus ripis, L.: Bucina coërcuit (undas), O.: frenisque coërcuit ora, O.: vitem ferro amputans coërcet: (operibus) intra muros coërcetur hostis, L.: (mortuos) Styx coërcet, V.: Tantalum coërcet (Orcus), H.: Messapus primas acies, controls, V.—Fig., of discourse, to control, confine, restrain, limit: (nos) quasi extra ripas diffluentes.—To hold in check, curb, restrain, tame, correct: cupiditates: procacitatem hominis manibus, N.: suppliciis delicta, H.: in praetore coërcendo fortes: quibus rebus coërceri milites soleant, Cs.: pueros fuste, H.: animum, Ta.: coërcendi ius (in contione), of maintaining order, Ta.: carmen, quod non Multa dies coërcuit, corrected, H.
    * * *
    coercere, coercui, coercitus V TRANS
    enclose, confine; restrain, check, curb, repress; limit; preserve; punish

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  • 6 cohibeō

        cohibeō uī, (itus), ēre    [com- + habeo], to hold together, hold, contain, confine, embrace, comprise: omnīs naturas: Scyllam caecis cohibet spelunca latebris, V.: nodo crinem, H.: marem cohibent (ova) vitellum, H.: auro lacertos, to encircle, O.: bracchium togā: parietibus deos, Ta. — To hold, keep, keep back, hinder, stay, restrain, stop: muris Turnum, V.: ventos in antris, O.: cervos arcu, i. e. to kill, H.: nec Stygiā cohibebor undā, H.: ab aliquā re, L.: cohiberi quo minus, etc., Ta.—Fig., to stop, to hold in check, restrain, limit, confine, control, keep back, repress, tame, subdue: motūs animi: eius furorem: iras, V.: bellum, L.: non tu te cohibes? control yourself, T.: manūs, animum ab auro: suas libidines a liberis.
    * * *
    cohibere, cohibui, cohibitus V TRANS
    hold together, contain; hold back, restrain, curb, hinder; confine; repress

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  • 7 cohibeo

    cŏ-hĭbĕo, ui ( perf. subj. cohibessit, Lucr. 3, 444 Lachm.), ĭtum, 2, v. a. [habeo].
    I.
    To hold together, to hold, contain, confine, embrace, comprise (class.;

    syn. contineo): omnes naturas ipsa (universa natura) cohibet et continet,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 35; Lucr. 3, 441 sq.; 1, 517; 1, 536:

    (nubes) ut fumus constare nequirent, Nec cohibere nives gelidas et grandinis imbres,

    id. 6, 107:

    aliquid in se,

    id. 2, 1031; cf. Cic. Fat. 9, 19:

    at Scyllam caecis cohibet spelunca latebris,

    Verg. A. 3, 424:

    semen occaecatum,

    Cic. de Sen. 15, 51:

    nodo crinem,

    Hor. C. 3, 14, 22:

    namque marem cohibent callosa (ova) vitellum,

    id. S. 2, 4, 14:

    auro lacertos,

    to encircle, Ov. H. 9, 59:

    bracchium togā,

    Cic. Cael. 5, 11:

    deos parietibus,

    Tac. G. 9.—
    B.
    Trop. (very rare): sed interest inter causas fortuito antegressas, et inter causas cohibentis in se efficientiam naturalem, Cic. Fat. 9, 19.—
    II.
    With the access. idea of hindering free motion, to hold, keep, keep back, hinder, stay, restrain, stop, etc. (in a lit. sense in prose rare, but trop. very freq.).
    A.
    Prop.:

    cohibete intra limen etiam vos parumper,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 1:

    nec muris cohibet patriis media Ardea Turnum,

    Verg. A. 9, 738:

    carcere ventos,

    Ov. M. 14, 224:

    ventos in antris,

    id. ib. 15, 346: cervos arcu, to stop, poet. for to kill, Hor. C. 4, 6, 34:

    nec Stygiā cohibebor undā,

    id. ib. 2, 20, 8:

    tempestatibus in portibus cohiberi, Auct. B. Afr. 98: cohiberi in vinculis,

    Curt. 6, 2, 11:

    Pirithoum cohibent catenae,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 80:

    claustra cohibentia Janum,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 255:

    ab aliquā re,

    Liv. 22, 3, 9; Tac. A. 1, 56:

    sanguis spongiā in aceto tinctā cohibendus est,

    Cels. 8, 4; cf. Plin. 27, 11, 69, § 93:

    alvum,

    id. 29, 3, 11, § 49:

    milites intra castra,

    Curt. 10, 3, 6:

    aquilones jugis montium,

    id. 8, 9, 12.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Cohibere aliquid or cohibere se, to stop something (or one ' s self), to hold in check, to restrain, limit, confine, keep back, repress, tame, subdue (syn.:

    contineo, refreno, arceo, coerceo): motus animi perturbatos,

    Cic. Off. 2, 5, 18:

    furentis impetus crudelissimosque conatus,

    id. Phil. 3, 2, 5; cf.:

    furorem alicujus,

    id. ib. 5, 13, 37:

    temeritatem,

    id. Ac. 1, 12, 45:

    gaudia clausa in sinu tacito,

    Prop. 2 (3), 25, 30:

    iras,

    Verg. A. 12, 314:

    pravas aliorum spes,

    Tac. A. 3, 56:

    ac premeret sensus suos,

    id. ib. 3, 11:

    bellum,

    Liv. 9, 29, 5:

    malum,

    Tac. A. 6, 16:

    sumptus,

    Arn. 2, p. 91:

    violentias effrenati doloris,

    Gell. 12, 5, 3:

    altitudinem aedificiorum,

    Tac. A. 15, 43:

    (provinciae) quae procuratoribus cohibentur,

    i. e. are ruled, id. H. 1, 11: non tu te cohibes? be moderate in grief, * Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 46; so Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4; Gell. 4, 9, 3.—
    (β).
    With quominus:

    vix cohibuere amici, quominus eodem mari oppeteret,

    Tac. A. 2, 24.— Pass.:

    ne flumine quidem interjecto, cohiberi quominus, etc.,

    Tac. A. 2, 10.—
    (γ).
    With inf., Calp. Ecl. 4, 20 (but in Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 60; id. Caecin. 23, 66; Auct. B. G. 8, 23, prohibere is the true reading).—
    2.
    Aliquid ab aliquā re or aliquo, to keep something from something (or somebody), to ward off:

    manus ab alieno,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 12:

    manus, oculos, animum ab auro gazāque regiā,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 66:

    effrenatas suas libidines a liberis et a conjugibus vestris,

    id. Mil. 28, 76:

    adsensionem a rebus incertis,

    id. N. D. 1, 1, 1.—Hence, cŏhĭbĭtus, a, um, P. a., confined, limited, moderate:

    dicendi genus,

    Gell. 7, 14, 7.— Comp.:

    habitudo cohibitior,

    Aus. Grat. Act. 27, 2.

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  • 8 conpesco

    conpescere, conpescui, - V TRANS
    restrain, check; quench; curb, confine, imprison; hold in check; block, close

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  • 9 compescor

    I.
    to fasten together, hold in check, restrain, curb
    II.
    to suppress, repress, check, restrain.

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  • 10 compesco

    compesco, pescui (pescitum, Prisc. p. 887 P.), 3, v. a. [compes], to fasten together, to confine, hold in check, to repress, curb, restrain (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.; the words quoted as from Cic. by Quint. 11, 3, 169: quin compescitis vocem istam? ap. Cic. himself, Rab. Perd. 8, 18, are: quin continetis vocem).
    I.
    Lit.:

    ramos fluentes,

    i. e. to clip, prune, Verg. G. 2, 370; Col. 5, 6, 11:

    spatiantia bracchia,

    Ov. M. 14, 630:

    ignibus ignes,

    id. ib. 2, 313:

    incendia,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 33 (43), 2:

    mare,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 16:

    luxuriosam vitem fructu,

    Col. 4, 21, 2; cf. Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 124:

    harundinem,

    Col. 4, 32, 5; cf.: coërceo cretam, to tread, stamp, Titin. ap. Non. p. 245, 32:

    equum angustis habenis,

    Tib. 1, 4, 11:

    suos ocellos,

    Prop. 1, 16, 31:

    seditiosum civem,

    Quint. 11, 1, 40; cf.

    legiones,

    Suet. Calig. 1:

    multitudinem,

    id. Caes. 16.—
    II.
    Trop., to suppress, repress, restrain, check, etc.: seditionem [p. 389] exercitūs verbo uno, Tac. A. 1, 42:

    hostiles motus per legatos,

    Suet. Tib. 37:

    sitim multā undā,

    Ov. M. 4, 102: maledicta hinc aufer;

    linguam compescas face,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 75; cf. querellas.
    * Lucr.
    3, 954 Lachm.:

    tristitiam,

    Ov. M. 9, 396:

    clamorem,

    Hor. C. 2, 20, 23:

    risum,

    id. S. 2, 8, 63; and:

    vino dolores,

    Tib. 1, 2, 1:

    animam frenis et catenā,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 63:

    mentem,

    id. C. 1, 16, 22:

    scelera,

    Quint. 12, 1, 26:

    ardorem (together with temperavit vim suam),

    Tac. Agr. 8:

    mores dissolutos vi,

    Phaedr. 1, 2, 12.—
    (β).
    With inf.:

    cave malum et compesce in illum dicere injuste,

    cease, forbear, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 59.

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  • 11 constringo

    con-stringo, strinxi, strictum, 3, v. a., to draw together, bind together, to bind, tie up (class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    vineam alligato recte, dum ne nimium constringas,

    Cato, R. R. 33, 1:

    sarcinam,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 96:

    galeam,

    Val. Fl. 3, 80.— Poet.:

    Haec Amor ipso suo constringet pignera signo,

    stamp, seal, Prop. 3, 20, 17 (4, 20, 7).—
    B.
    In partic., freq.,
    1.
    To bind together with fetters, to fetter, bind (a criminal, insane person, etc.).
    (α).
    With abl.:

    corpora vinculis,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226; Quint. 7, 3, 14:

    illum laqueis,

    Cic. Sest. 41, 88.—
    (β).
    Without abl.:

    manus,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 1; id. Mil. 3, 1, 11:

    aliquem pro moecho,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 23; cf.:

    aliquem quadrupedem,

    i. e. hands and feet, id. And. 5, 2, 24; Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 27; Suet. Calig. 35; * Hor. S. 1, 6, 23 al.:

    tu mentis es compos? Tu non constringendus?

    Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 97; cf. id. Pis. 20, 48.—
    (γ).
    With ad:

    te hodie constringam ad carnarium,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 66.—
    2.
    T. t. of medic. lang., to draw together, contract:

    constringens vis suci,

    Plin. 23, 6, 54, § 100:

    in febribus constrictis,

    id. 23, 7, 63, § 120 al. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to hold or bind together, to bind, fetter, restrain, hold in check, etc. (a [p. 440] favorite trope of Cic.;

    elsewh. less freq.): illa pars animi vinciatur et constringatur amicorum custodiis,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 48:

    conjurationem omnium horum conscientiā,

    id. Cat. 1, 1, 1:

    fidem religione potius quam veritate,

    id. Balb. 5, 12:

    psephismata jure jurando,

    id. Fl. 6, 15:

    leges immutabili necessitate,

    Quint. 2, 13, 1:

    orbem terrarum novis legibus,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 10, 26:

    (mulieres), quae Oppiis quondam aliisque legibus constrictae, nunc, etc.,

    Tac. A. 3, 33 fin.:

    scelus fraudemque odio civium supplicioque,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 46, 202; Liv. 34, 3, 1:

    superstitione constricti,

    Quint. 12, 2, 26:

    nec ullā religione, ut scelus tegat, se posse constringi,

    Curt. 6, 7, 8.—
    B.
    In partic., of discourse or reasoning, to bring into a narrow compass, to compress:

    (sententia) cum aptis constricta verbis est, cadit etiam plerumque numerose,

    Cic. Brut. 8, 34:

    constricta narratio (opp. latius fusa),

    Quint. 2, 13, 5:

    quae (ars logica) rem dissolutam divulsamque conglutinaret et ratione quādam constringeret,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 188.— Hence, constrictus, a, um, P. a., compressed, contracted, abridged, short, brief, concise, compact:

    frons,

    knit, Petr. 132, 15; cf.

    supercilia (opp. dissidentia),

    Quint. 1, 11, 10:

    arbor,

    pruned, confined, Plin. 17, 12, 18, § 90; cf.:

    folium tenuius et constrictius et angustius,

    id. 21, 10, 32, § 58:

    nives perpetuo rigore,

    condensed, Curt. 7, 3, 11:

    pulticula constrictior,

    thicker, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 18, 108.— Sup. not in use.—
    * Adv.: con-strictē, closèly:

    constrictius jungi alicui,

    Aug. Doctr. Christ. 1, 28.

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  • 12 castīgō

        castīgō āvī, ātus, āre    [castus + 1 AG-], to set right, correct, chastise, punish, blame, reprove, chide, censure, find fault with: pueros verberibus: seg niores, Cs.: castigando proficere, L.: Castigandi potestas, Cu.: litteris castigari, ut, etc., Cs.: in hoc me ipse castigo quod, etc.: moras, V.: vitia, Iu. — To correct, amend, polish: carmen ad unguem, H.: amicae verba, Iu. — To hold in check, restrain: quid illum credis facturum, nisi eum... castigas? T.: castigatus animi dolor.
    * * *
    castigare, castigavi, castigatus V
    chastise/chasten, punish; correct, reprimand/dress down, castigate; neutralize

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  • 13 inhibeo

    to hold in, check, restrian / back water / practice, use, employ.

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  • 14 reprehendo

    to blame, reprove, refute, hold back, check, catch.

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  • 15 castigatus

    castīgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [castum-ago, as purgo = purum-ago], to set right by word or deed, to correct, chastise, punish; to blame, reprove, chide, censure, find fault with (syn.: animadvertere, punire; more forcible than reprehendere and vituperare; weaker than culpare;

    class. in prose and poetry): pueros non verbis solum, sed etiam verberibus,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 27, 64; so,

    verberibus,

    Plin. 8, 3, 3, § 6; cf. Liv. 26, 27, 8; Curt. 8, 6, 5:

    magnā clade,

    Liv. 39, 1, 4:

    baculo,

    Front. Strat. 1, 1, 3:

    quo saepius (magister) monuerit, hoc rarius castigabit,

    Quint. 2, 2, 5:

    laudat Pompeius... segniores castigat atque incitat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3;

    so opp. laudare,

    Liv. 27, 8, 18; Tac. Agr. 21:

    castigando increpandoque plus quam leniter agendo, proficere,

    Liv. 27, 9, 8:

    servos exuviis bubulis,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 26:

    aliquem dictis plurumis,

    id. Bacch. 4, 8, 67; Verg. A. 5, 387:

    verbis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88; Liv. 36, 20, 4:

    litteris,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 25:

    per litteras,

    Tac. A. 3, 35:

    leniter,

    Liv. 30, 15, 10; 36, 31, 8:

    vehementissime,

    Petr. 109, 1:

    in hoc me ipse castigo quod, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 4:

    segnitiem hominum atque inertiam,

    id. de Or. 1, 41, 184; Liv. 31, 6, 5:

    nimiam lenitatem,

    id. 39, 55, 1:

    moras,

    Verg. A. 4, 407:

    dolos,

    id. ib. 6, 567:

    vitia,

    Juv. 2, 35; Vulg. Psa. 117, 18; id. Heb. 12, 6 al.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    To correct some error, to set right, mend ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose) ( = corrigere, emendare): carmen, *Hor. A. P. 294:

    amicae verba,

    Juv. 6, 455:

    examen improbum in trutină,

    Pers. 1, 6:

    vitia sua,

    Plin. Pan. 46, 6.—
    B.
    To hold in check, to restrain; lit. and trop. (rare for the more usu. coërcere, cohibere, etc.):

    quid illum credis facturum, nisi eum... servas, castigas, mones?

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 31:

    equum tenacem, non parentem frenis asperioribus castigare,

    Liv. 39, 25, 13; Tac. A. 6, 13:

    castigatus animi dolor,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 50:

    risum crebris potiunculis,

    Petr. 47, 7:

    lapsus,

    Stat. Th. 6, 700; cf. under P. a.—Hence,
    b.
    Of relations of space, to enclose, surround, encompass, confine, shut in:

    insula castigatur aquis,

    Sil. 12, 355.— Hence, castīgātus, a, um, P. a. ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose), confined, compressed; hence,
    1.
    As a designation of physical beauty, small, slender, close:

    pectus,

    Ov. Am. 1, 5, 21:

    frons,

    Stat. S. 2, 1, 43.—
    2.
    Trop., restrained, checked:

    luxuria tanto castigatior, quanto posset esse liberior, Aug. Civ. Dei, 5, 24: castigatissima disciplina,

    the strictest, Gell. 4, 20, 1 Hertz (Cod. Reg. castissima).— Adv.: castīgātē.
    a.
    (Acc. to castigatus, 1.) Compressedly, briefly:

    castigatius,

    Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6:

    castigatius eloqui,

    Aug. Doctr. Christ. 4, 14.—
    b.
    (Acc. to 2.) Restrainedly, within bounds:

    vixit modeste, castigate, etc.,

    Sen. Contr. 6, 8:

    vivere,

    Amm. 22, 3, 12.

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  • 16 castigo

    castīgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [castum-ago, as purgo = purum-ago], to set right by word or deed, to correct, chastise, punish; to blame, reprove, chide, censure, find fault with (syn.: animadvertere, punire; more forcible than reprehendere and vituperare; weaker than culpare;

    class. in prose and poetry): pueros non verbis solum, sed etiam verberibus,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 27, 64; so,

    verberibus,

    Plin. 8, 3, 3, § 6; cf. Liv. 26, 27, 8; Curt. 8, 6, 5:

    magnā clade,

    Liv. 39, 1, 4:

    baculo,

    Front. Strat. 1, 1, 3:

    quo saepius (magister) monuerit, hoc rarius castigabit,

    Quint. 2, 2, 5:

    laudat Pompeius... segniores castigat atque incitat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3;

    so opp. laudare,

    Liv. 27, 8, 18; Tac. Agr. 21:

    castigando increpandoque plus quam leniter agendo, proficere,

    Liv. 27, 9, 8:

    servos exuviis bubulis,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 26:

    aliquem dictis plurumis,

    id. Bacch. 4, 8, 67; Verg. A. 5, 387:

    verbis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88; Liv. 36, 20, 4:

    litteris,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 25:

    per litteras,

    Tac. A. 3, 35:

    leniter,

    Liv. 30, 15, 10; 36, 31, 8:

    vehementissime,

    Petr. 109, 1:

    in hoc me ipse castigo quod, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 4:

    segnitiem hominum atque inertiam,

    id. de Or. 1, 41, 184; Liv. 31, 6, 5:

    nimiam lenitatem,

    id. 39, 55, 1:

    moras,

    Verg. A. 4, 407:

    dolos,

    id. ib. 6, 567:

    vitia,

    Juv. 2, 35; Vulg. Psa. 117, 18; id. Heb. 12, 6 al.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    To correct some error, to set right, mend ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose) ( = corrigere, emendare): carmen, *Hor. A. P. 294:

    amicae verba,

    Juv. 6, 455:

    examen improbum in trutină,

    Pers. 1, 6:

    vitia sua,

    Plin. Pan. 46, 6.—
    B.
    To hold in check, to restrain; lit. and trop. (rare for the more usu. coërcere, cohibere, etc.):

    quid illum credis facturum, nisi eum... servas, castigas, mones?

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 31:

    equum tenacem, non parentem frenis asperioribus castigare,

    Liv. 39, 25, 13; Tac. A. 6, 13:

    castigatus animi dolor,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 50:

    risum crebris potiunculis,

    Petr. 47, 7:

    lapsus,

    Stat. Th. 6, 700; cf. under P. a.—Hence,
    b.
    Of relations of space, to enclose, surround, encompass, confine, shut in:

    insula castigatur aquis,

    Sil. 12, 355.— Hence, castīgātus, a, um, P. a. ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose), confined, compressed; hence,
    1.
    As a designation of physical beauty, small, slender, close:

    pectus,

    Ov. Am. 1, 5, 21:

    frons,

    Stat. S. 2, 1, 43.—
    2.
    Trop., restrained, checked:

    luxuria tanto castigatior, quanto posset esse liberior, Aug. Civ. Dei, 5, 24: castigatissima disciplina,

    the strictest, Gell. 4, 20, 1 Hertz (Cod. Reg. castissima).— Adv.: castīgātē.
    a.
    (Acc. to castigatus, 1.) Compressedly, briefly:

    castigatius,

    Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6:

    castigatius eloqui,

    Aug. Doctr. Christ. 4, 14.—
    b.
    (Acc. to 2.) Restrainedly, within bounds:

    vixit modeste, castigate, etc.,

    Sen. Contr. 6, 8:

    vivere,

    Amm. 22, 3, 12.

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  • 17 stringo

    stringo, inxi, ictum, 3, v. a. [root strig; Gr. strang-, to squeeze; stranx, a drop; cf. O. H. Germ. streng; Engl. strong], to draw tight, to bind or tie tight; to draw, bind, or press together, etc. (syn. ligo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    te stringam ad carnarium,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 66:

    stringit vitta comas,

    Luc. 5, 143: caesariem crinali cultu, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 85:

    stricta matutino frigore vulnera,

    Liv. 22, 51:

    pectora pigro gelu,

    Luc. 4, 652:

    strictos insedimus amnes,

    Val. Fl. 1, 414:

    mare gelu stringi et consistere,

    Gell. 17, 8, 16:

    quercus in duas partes diducta, stricta denuo et cohaesa,

    having closed together, id. 15, 16, 4:

    habenam,

    to draw tight, Stat. Th. 11, 513:

    ferrum,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 6.—
    B.
    Transf. (through the intermediate idea of drawing close), to touch, touch upon, touch lightly or slightly, to graze (syn. tango):

    litus ama, et laevas stringat sine palmula cautes,

    Verg. A. 5, 163; cf.:

    stringebat summas ales miserabilis undas,

    Ov. M. 11, 733:

    aequor (aurā),

    id. ib. 4, 136:

    metas interiore rotā,

    id. Am. 3, 2, 12:

    latus,

    Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 24:

    vestigia canis rostro,

    Ov. M. 1, 536 et saep.:

    equos,

    to stroke, Charis. 84 P.:

    tela stringentia corpus,

    i. e. slightly touching, Verg. A. 10, 331; cf. Sen. Ben. 2, 6, 1:

    coluber Dente pedem strinxit,

    Ov. M. 11, 776:

    strictus ac recreatus ex vulnere in tempus,

    Flor. 4, 12, 44.—
    2.
    To pull or strip off, to pluck off, cut off, clip off, prune, etc. (cf. destringo):

    oleam ubi nigra erit, stringito,

    Cato, R. R. 65, 1; so,

    oleam,

    Plin. 15, 2, 3, § 12:

    bacam,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 55, 2:

    quernas glandes,

    Verg. G. 1, 305:

    folia ex arboribus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 58; Liv. 23, 30, 3:

    frondes,

    Verg. E. 9, 61; Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 28:

    hordea,

    Verg. G. 1, 317:

    arbores,

    Col. 6, 3, 7:

    celeriter gladios strinxerunt,

    drew from the sheath, unsheathed, Caes. B. C. 3, 93:

    strictam aciem offerre,

    Verg. A. 6, 291:

    ensem,

    id. ib. 10, 577; so,

    gladios,

    id. ib. 12, 278; Ov. M. 7, 333:

    ensem,

    id. ib. 8, 207;

    14, 296: ferrum,

    Liv. 7, 40 al.:

    cultrum,

    id. 7, 5, 5; 3, 50, 3; and poet. transf.:

    manum,

    to bare, Ov. Am. 1, 6, 14; id. Tr. 5, 2, 30 al.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of speech, to touch upon, treat briefly, Sil. 8, 48.—Hence, to compress, abridge:

    narrationis loco rem stringat,

    Quint. 4, 2, 128 Spald.—
    B.
    To hold in check, to rule, sway (syn. coërceo):

    quaecumque meo gens barbara nutu Stringitur, adveniat,

    Claud. B. Get. 371.—
    C.
    To waste, consume, reduce:

    praeclaram stringat malus ingluvie rem,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 8.—
    D.
    (Acc. to I. B.) To touch, move, affect; esp. to affect painfully, to wound, pain:

    atque animum patriae strinxit pietatis imago,

    Verg. A. 9, 294:

    quam tua delicto stringantur pectora nostro,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 21:

    nomen alicujus,

    id. ib. 2, 350.—
    E.
    To draw in hostility, attack with:

    in hostes stringatur iambus,

    Ov. R. Am. 377:

    bellum,

    Flor. 3, 21, 1.—Hence, strictus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), drawn together, close, strait, tight, etc.
    A.
    Lit.:

    laxaret pedem a stricto nodo,

    Liv. 24, 7, 5:

    duriora genti corpora, stricti artus,

    Tac. G. 30:

    strictissima janua,

    Ov. R. Am. 233:

    si strictior fuerit pedatura,

    Hyg. Grom. 3, 1:

    emplastrum,

    thick, Scrib. Comp. 45 fin.:

    venter,

    i. e. bound up, costive, Veg. 3, 16:

    strictior aura,

    more severe, colder, Aus. Idyll. 14, 3.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of language, brief, concise:

    quo minus (Aeschines) strictus est,

    Quint. 10, 1, 77:

    qui (Demosthenes) est strictior multo (quam Cicero),

    id. 12, 10, 52.—
    2.
    Of character, severe, strict:

    Catones,

    Manil. 5, 106:

    mentes,

    id. 1, 769:

    lex,

    Stat. S. 3, 5, 87.—
    3.
    Rigid, exact (law Lat.):

    restitutio stricto jure non competebat,

    Dig. 29, 2, 85; 39, 3, 3 al.— Adv.: strictē and strictim, closely, tightly:

    in foramen conicies,

    Pall. Mart. 8, 2.— Comp., Pall. 1, 6.— Sup., Gell. 16, 3, 4.—
    2.
    Fig., accurately:

    strictius interpretari,

    Dig. 8, 2, 20.

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  • 18 sustineō

        sustineō tinuī, tentus, ēre    [subs (see sub)+ teneo], to hold up, hold upright, uphold, bear up, keep up, support, sustain: umeris bovem: arma membraque, L.: infirmos baculo artūs, O.: manibus clipeos, O.: lapis albus Pocula cum cyatho duo sustinet, H.: aër volatūs alitum sustinet: iam se sustinere non posse, i. e. to stand, Cs.: se a lapsu, L.: se alis, O.— To hold back, keep in, stay, check, restrain, control: currum equosque: remos: manum, O.: a iugulo dextram, V.: aliud simile miraculum eos sustinuit, L.: perterritum exercitum, Cs.: se ab omni adsensu, i. e. refrain. —Fig., to uphold, sustain, maintain, preserve: civitatis dignitatem et decus: causam publicam: trīs personas, characters: (arbor) ingentem sustinet umbram, V.— To furnish with means of support, nourish, sustain, support, maintain: hac (sc. re frumentariā) alimur ac sustinemur: qui ager non amplius hominum quinque milia potest sustinere: meretriculae munificentiā sustineri, L.: hinc patriam parvosque Penatīs Sustinet, V.: plebem, L.— To bear, undergo, endure, tolerate, hold out, withstand: sese diutius sustinere non posse, Cs.: nec sustinuissent Romani, nisi, etc., L.: labores: certamen, L.: vim hostium, N.: volnera, Cs.: senatus querentes eos non sustinuit, L.: iusta petentem deam, O.: ultra certamen, sustain the conflict longer, L.: sustineri ira non potuit, quin, etc., L.: non artūs Sustinuit spectare parens, O.: nec sustinet ullus queri, O.: conloqui cum eo, quem damnaverat, sustinuit, Cu.: quae se praeferre Dianae Sustinuit, presumed, O.: sustinebant tales viri, se tot senatoribus... non credidisse?— To hold in, stop, stay, check, restrain, keep back: est igitur prudentis sustinere impetum benevolentiae: hostium impetum, Cs.: consilio bellum, avoided, L. — To put off, defer, delay: sustinenda solutio est nominis Caerelliani: ad noctem oppugnationem, Cs.: rem in noctem, L.
    * * *
    sustinere, sustinui, sustentus V
    support; check; put off; put up with; sustain; hold back

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  • 19 sustineo

    sustĭnĕo, tĭnŭi, tentum, 2, v. a. [subs for sub, and teneo], to hold up, hold upright, uphold, to bear up, keep up, support, sustain (syn. fulcio).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    onus alicui,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 68:

    quantum hominum terra sustinet,

    id. Poen. prol. 90; id. Men. 1, 1, 13:

    cum Milo umeris sustineret bovem vivum,

    Cic. Sen. 10, 33:

    arma membraque,

    Liv. 23, 45, 3; Curt. 6, 1, 11; 7, 5, 8:

    infirmos baculo artus,

    to support, Ov. M. 6, 27:

    furcis spectacula,

    Liv. 1, 35, 9:

    ingenuā speculum manu,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 216:

    fornice exstructo, quo pons sustinebatur, Auct. B. Alex. 19, 4: manibus clipeos et hastam Et galeam,

    Ov. H. 3, 119:

    vix populum tellus sustinet illa suum,

    id. ib. 15 (16), 182:

    lapis albus Pocula cum cyatho duo sustinet,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 117:

    vas ad sustinenda opsonia,

    Plin. 33, 11, 49, § 140:

    aër volatus alitum sustinet,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101: lacus omnia illata pondera sustinens, bearing on its surface, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 127:

    ecce populus Romanus universus veluti duobus navigiis inpositus binis cardinibus sustinetur,

    id. 36, 15, 24, § 119:

    domum pluribus adminiculis fulcit ac sustinet,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 21, 3: se, to support one ' s self, hold one ' s self up, stand, etc., Caes. B. G. 2, 25; so,

    se a lapsu,

    Liv. 21, 35:

    se alis,

    Ov. M. 4, 411. —
    B.
    In partic., to hold or keep back, to keep in, stay, check, restrain, control, etc. (syn.: refreno, supprimo, moror): currum equosque, Lucil. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 21, 3:

    currum,

    id. Lael. 17, 63 (v. infra, II. B. 3.):

    equos,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 33:

    remos,

    Cic. Att. 13, 21, 3:

    manum,

    Ov. F. 5, 302:

    sustinet a jugulo dextram,

    Verg. A. 11, 750:

    a jugulo nitentem sustinet hastam,

    Stat. Th. 2, 648:

    flumina Threiciā lyrā,

    Prop. 3, 2, 2 (4, 1, 42):

    nunc agendo, nunc sustinendo agmen,

    Liv. 25, 36, 1:

    aliud simile miraculum eos sustinuit,

    id. 5, 39, 2:

    signa,

    id. 31, 24, 8:

    gradum,

    Ov. F. 6, 398:

    perterritum exercitum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 71:

    se,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 41; Val. Fl. 3, 100:

    se ab omni assensu,

    i. e. to refrain, Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 48:

    se a respondendo,

    id. ib. 2, 32, 104. — Poet.:

    celeres vias,

    i. e. to halt, Sen. Hippol. 794.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to uphold, sustain, maintain, preserve:

    dignitatem et decus civitatis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 34, 124:

    causam rei publicae,

    id. Fam. 9, 8, 2; cf.:

    causam publicam,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27:

    exspectationem,

    id. Off. 3, 2, 6:

    tris personas unus sustineo,

    characters, id. de Or. 2, 24, 102:

    personam magistri,

    to personate, Suet. Gram. 24:

    quid muneris in rem publicam fungi ac sustinere velitis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 86, § 199:

    historiam veterem atque antiquam haec mea senectus sustinet,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 100: vitam, Maecen. ap. Sen. Ep. 101, 11.— Poet.:

    (arbor) ingentem sustinet umbram,

    Verg. G. 2, 297.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To sustain, support, maintain, by food, money, or other means:

    hac (sc. re frumentariā) alimur et sustinemur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 5, § 11:

    veterem amicum suum labentem excepit, fulsit et sustinuit re, fortunā, fide,

    id. Rab. Post. 16, 43:

    qui ager non amplius hominum quinque milia potest sustinere,

    id. Att. 2, 16, 1:

    alicujus munificentiā sustineri,

    Liv. 39, 9, 6:

    hinc patriam parvosque nepotes Sustinet,

    Verg. G. 2, 515:

    necessitates aliorum,

    Liv. 6, 15, 9:

    plebem,

    id. 3, 65, 6:

    penuriam temporum,

    Col. 9, 14, 17.—
    2.
    To bear, undergo, endure; to hold out against, withstand (so most freq.;

    syn.: fero, tolero, patior): mala ferre sustinereque,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16:

    non tu scis, quantum malarum rerum sustineam,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 8:

    innocens suspitionem hanc sustinet causā meā,

    id. Bacch. 3, 3, 32:

    labores,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 3:

    aestatem,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 39, 3:

    dolorem pedum,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 5:

    dolores,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 8:

    certamen,

    Liv. 33, 36, 12:

    vim hostium,

    Nep. Hann. 11, 4:

    periculum,

    Dig. 18, 6, 1:

    o dii, quis hujus potentiam poterit sustinere?

    Cic. Phil. 7, 6, 17:

    alicujus imperia,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

    vulnera,

    id. ib. 1, 45:

    Philo ea sustinere vix poterat, quae contra Academicorum pertinaciam dicebantur,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 18; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 2:

    Peloponnesum,

    Cic. Att. 10, 12, 7: eos (rogantes), Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 3; Liv. 31, 13:

    senatus querentes eos non sustinuit,

    id. 31, 13, 4:

    justa petentem deam,

    Ov. M. 14, 788:

    ferrum ignemque Jovemque,

    id. ib. 13, 385 et saep.— Absol.: expectes et sustineas necesse est, Mart. 9, 3, 13:

    neque jam sustineri poterat,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 6; cf. Cic. Fam. 12, 6, 4; Liv. 29, 6, 17.—
    (β).
    With obj.-clause (mostly with a negative: non sustinet, he cannot bear, cannot endure; he does not take upon himself, does not venture):

    non sustineo esse conscius mihi dissimulati judicii mei,

    Quint. 3, 6, 64:

    non impositos supremis ignibus artus Sustinuit spectare parens,

    Ov. M. 13, 584;

    so negatively,

    id. ib. 1, 530; 6, 367; 6, 606; 9, 439; 10, 47; id. F. 4, 850; Vell. 2, 86, 2. —

    In a negative interrog.: sustinebant tales viri, se tot senatoribus, etc.... non credidisse? tantae populi Romani voluntati restitisse? Sustineant. Reperiemus, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:

    hoc quidem quis hominum sustineat petulans esse ad alterius arbitrium?

    Quint. 12, 9, 10; 3, 6, 64:

    deserere officii sui partes,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 16; 9, 13, 6:

    Parmenionem rursus castigare non sustinebat,

    Curt. 4, 13, 8; 6, 1, 15:

    nec solus bibere sustineo,

    id. 7, 5, 12; 7, 6, 15; 8, 5, 7; Vell. 2, 86, 2; Suet. Caes. 75.—Affirmatively:

    quem in vinculis habituri erant, sustinuere venerari,

    Curt. 5, 10, 13:

    colloqui cum eo, quem damnaverat, sustinuit,

    id. 6, 8, 16; 7, 5, 38; 10, 5, 25:

    quae se praeferre Dianae Sustinuit,

    took upon herself, presumed, Ov. M. 11, 322; so,

    sustinet ire illuc,

    id. ib. 4, 447; 6, 563; id. H. 5, 32; Phaedr. 4, 16, 8: aliquem videre, Auct. Cons. Liv. 135:

    si quis aquam... haurire sustineat,

    Plin. 30, 7, 20, § 64:

    mentiri,

    Petr. 116.—
    3.
    (Acc. to I. B.) To hold in, stop, stay, check, restrain; to keep back, put off, defer, delay:

    est igitur prudentis sustinere ut currum sic impetum benevolentiae,

    Cic. Lael. 17, 63; so,

    impetum hostis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 24; 1, 26; 2, 11;

    3, 2 et saep.: subitas hostium incursiones,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 11; cf.:

    Curio praemittit equites, qui primum impetum sustineant ac morentur,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 26:

    bellum consilio,

    Liv. 3, 60, 1:

    assensus lubricos,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 108:

    sustinenda solutio est nominis Caerelliani,

    id. Att. 12, 51, 3:

    oppugnationem ad noctem,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 37, 6:

    rem in noctem,

    Liv. 5, 35, 7:

    iram,

    id. 2, 19, 4.

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  • 20 teneō

        teneō tenuī, —, ēre    [2 TA-], to hold, keep, have, grasp, hold fast: flabellulum, T.: facem, V. telum, L.: cruentum gladium: manu Fragmina, O.: Dextra tenet ferrum, O.: ore cibum, Ph.: Hanc teneo sinu, O.; cf. cum res non coniecturā, sed oculis ac manibus teneretur, i. e. was palpable. —Fig., to hold in mind, take in, understand, conceive, comprehend, know: rem tenes, you understand the situation, T.: teneo, I understand, T.: quae a Romanis auguribus ignorantur, a Cilicibus tenentur: quo pacto cuncta tenerem, H.—Implying possession or control, to hold, possess, be master of, control, occupy: multa hereditatibus tenebantur sine iniuriā: quae tenuit dives Achaemenes, H.: loca, L.: colles praesidiis, Cs.: terras, H.: alterum cornu, command, N.: provincias aliaque omnia, S.: rem p. opes paucorum tenere coeperunt, to control public affairs: ut res p. vi tribuniciā teneretur, should be mastered, cf. qui tenent (sc. rem p.), qui potiuntur, i. e. who are in supreme power: me Galatea tenebat, i. e. held my affections, V.: teneone te? i. e. are you restored to me? T.—Implying persistence, to hold fast, keep, occupy, watch, guard, defend, maintain, retain: legio locum non tenuit, Cs.: Capitolia celsa, V.: in manicis te sub custode, H.: Athenae tuae sempiternam in arce oleam tenere potuerunt.—Of a way or course, to hold, keep, maintain, follow up: secundissimo vento cursum, to hold one's course: vento intermisso cursum, Cs.: Quove tenetis iter? V.: tenuit tamen vestigia Bucar, L.: Aeneam... ab Siciliā classe ad Laurentem agrum tenuisse (sc. cursum), sailed, L.: medio tutissimus ibis... Inter utrumque tene, O.; cf. hic ventus adversum tenet Athenis proficiscentibus, blows the wrong way, N.—Fig., to hold fast, guard, preserve, uphold, keep, insist on: consuetudinem meam: non tenebat ornatum suum civitas: ius suum: haec duo in amicitiā, etc.: imperium in suos: silentium, L. — To hold fast, maintain, support, defend, uphold, insist: illud arcte tenent, voluptatem esse summum bonum: propositum, maintain, Cs.: suas leges: quo causae teste tenentur, H.: plebs tenuit, ne consules in proximum annum crearentur, L.: tenuere patres, ut Fabius consul crearetur, L.— Of the memory, to hold, keep: tui memoriam cum summā benevolentiā, preserve a recollection of: memoriā tenetis, res esse, etc., you remember numeros memini, si verba tenerem, recollect, V.: dicta tenere, H.—Of disposition or desire, to possess, occupy, control: quae te tanta pravitas mentis tenuerit, ut, etc., has had possession of you: magna me spes tenet: nisi forte quem perniciosa libido tenet, S.: neque irā neque gratiā teneri, to be controlled: pompā, ludis, to be fascinated: ab <*>ratore iam obsessus est ac tenetur.— To hold position, maintain oneself, stay, be posted: quā abscisae rupes erant, statio paucorum armatorum tenebat, L.: tenent Danai, quā deficit ignis, V.— To hold out, hold on, last, endure, continue, maintain itself, prevail: imber per noctem totam tenuit, L.: tenet fama, lupam, etc, L.: fama tenuit, haud plus fuisse modio, L.—Implying attainment, to reach, arrive at, attain, occupy: montes Sabini petebant et pauci tenuere, L.: portum, L.: Hesperiam, O.—Fig., to reach, gain, acquire, obtain, attain: per cursum rectum regnum tenere: virtute regnum, L.: teneri res aliter non potest: causam, O.—Implying restraint, to hold fast, hold back, hinder, restrain, detain, check, control, stay: naves, quae vento tenebantur, Cs.: classem ibi tenebat, L.: si id te non tenet, advola: Marcellum ab gerundis rebus: ne diutius teneam: tene linguam, O.: pecus omne tenendum, V.: manum, H.: quo me decet usque teneri? V.: lacrimas in morte miserā: exercitum in stativis, L.—With pron reflex., to keep back, remain, stay: castris sese, Cs.: castris se pavidus tenebat, L.: a conventu se remotum domi, N.: me ab accusando, refrain.— Fig., to hold, hold back, repress, restrain, bind, fetter: iracundiam: risum: iram, Cu.: ea, quae occurrunt, keep to themselves: Sed te, ne faceres, tenuit reverentia famae, O.—Implying constraint, to bind, hold, obligate, be binding on, control: quamquam leges eum non tenent: interdicto non teneri: ut plebi scita omnes Quirites tenerent, L.: teneri alienis foederibus, L.: poenā teneri, to be liable: testibus in re perspicuā teneri, to be convicted.— Implying comprehension, to take in, comprise, comprehend, include: haec magnos formula reges tenet. H.: ut homines deorum agnatione et gente teneantur: id quod (genus officiorum) teneatur hominum societate.
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    tenere, tenui, tentus V
    hold, keep; comprehend; possess; master; preserve; represent; support

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