compesco

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.