restrainer

restrainer:

1. repressor: the r. of slaughter, r. caedis, Cic. Sest. 69, 144.

2. coercĭtor: Eutr. 7, 20.

3. frēnātor: Plin. Pan. 55.

4. mŏdĕrātor: (f. -trix), Cic.: v. CONTROLLER, RULER. * restraint } restraining } */

I. The act of keeping in check:

1. coercĭtio: the r. of anybody who interrupts a speech, c. interpellantis, Quint. 9, 2, 2: the right of exercising r. over stage-players, c. in histriones, Suet. Aug. 45.

2. refrēnātio: the r. of grief, r. doloris, Sen. Ira 3, 15, 3.

3. mŏdĕrātio: (a limiting, controlling): the r. of an unruly people, effrenati populi m., Cic. de Or. 2, 9, 35. Join: m. et temperatio, id. N. D. 2, 36, 92.

4. contĭnentia: rare in lit. sense: e. g. Suet. Claud. 32: usu. a r. of one's desires, self.-r., v. CONTINENCE.

5. expr. more freq. by a verb: ought you not to be put under r.? tu non constringendus? Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 97: putting less r. on his desires, minus imperans cupiditatibus suis, Curt. 8, 4, 24.

II. A check, barrier:

1. rĕpāgŭla, n. pl.: to burst through all the r.s of justice, omnia r. juris perfringere, Cic. Verr. 5, 15, 39.

2. claustra, n. pl.: v. BARRIER.

3. cătēna (a chain): bound by the r. of the laws, legum catena constrictus, Cic. Sest. 7, 16.

4. mŏdus: v. RESTRICTION. Phr.: excessive toil overcoming the r.s of discipline, pudorem immodico labore vincente, Curt. 8, 2, 34: to impose more r.s, plures imponere nodos, Ov. H. 20, 39.