in-frēno
āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
I.
to put on a bridle.
I.
Lit., to furnish with a bridle, to bridle: equos, Liv. 37, 20, 12; cf.: non stratos, non infrenatos equos habere, ib. § 4: currus, Verg. A. 12, 287: infrenati manipli, Sil. 4, 316.—
II.
Transf., to curb, restrain: horum (ducum) alterum sic fuisse infrenatum conscientia scelerum, Cic. Pis. 19, 44: navigia ancoris, Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 100: infrenat impetus et domat mundi rabiem, id. 32, 1, 1, § 2: lascivias carnis, Ambros. in Luc. 9, § 8.