frēnum (frae-) ī, n plur. frēnī, ōrum, m, or frēna, ōrum, n
3 FER-,
a bridle, curb, bit
: frenumque (equus) recepit, H.:
non frenum depulit ore, H.—Prov.:
frenum mordere,
take the bit in one's teeth
, i.e.
resist.—Plur.
: sonipes frena mandit, V.: frenos audire, V.: inhibuit
frenos, L.: asellum docere currere
frenis, H.: frenos pati, Ph.: ea frena furenti
(Sibyllae) Concutit Apollo, V.—Fig.,
a bridle, curb, means of governing, restraint, check, limit
: Ni frenum accipere et victi parere fatentur,
V.: furoris: date frenos naturae,
give the reins to
, L.: pinus, cui victa remisit Frena
rector,
the helm
, O.: frena licentiae Inicere,
H.: calcaribus in Ephoro, in Theopompo frenis uti:
prosiliet frenis natura remotis, H.
