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frēnātor , ōris, m. id.,
I.a curber, tamer, controller (post-Aug.).
I. Lit.: “(sol) ignipedum frenator equorum,Stat. Th. 1, 27.— Poet. transf.: “ingentis frenator Sarmata conti,” i. e. a hurler, Val. Fl. 6, 162.—
II. Trop.: “infinitae potestatis domitor ac frenator animus,Plin. Pan. 55, 9.
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    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 6.162
    • Statius, Thebias, 1
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