freno

frēnō or fraenō āvī, ātus, āre

frenum, to furnish with a bridle, curb, bridle : equos, V.: equi frenato est auris in ore, H.: ora cervi capistris, O.: Frenato delphine sedens Thetis, O.— To bridle, curb, restrain, check : ventos, V.: cum hiems glacie cursūs frenaret aquarum, V.—Fig., to bridle, curb, check, restrain, govern : furores legibus: impetum (scribendi), Ph.: Iustitiā gentīs, V.: timore frenari, quo minus, etc., L.