reprimo

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

reprimō pressī, pressus, ere

re-+premo, to press back, keep back, check, curb, restrain, hem in : si lacus repressus esset: retro pedem cum voce, V.: represso iam Lucterio et remoto, driven back , Cs.—Fig., to check, curb, restrain, limit, confine, repress : furorem: memoria repressa vetustate, suppressed : impetūs hostium repressos esse intellegunt: iis spiritūs, N.: animi incitationem, Cs.: itinera: hostium fugam, Cs.: iracundiam, T.: illius conatūs: gemitum, O.: famam: impetum: alqm, T.: a supplicio tuo se, refrain : me in ipso cursu orationis: me reprimam, ne, etc., will control myself , T.