cohibens
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cohibeo, cohibere, cohibui, cohibitus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
hold together, contain; hold back, restrain, curb, hinder; confine; repress;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...hostilia fluit, Danuuius ac Rhenus, alter Sarmaticos impetus cohibens et Europam Asiamque disterminans, alter Germanos, auidam belli gentem..."Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...perpetuum coma, tigres pampinea cuspide temperans ac mitra cohibens cornigerum caput, non uinces rigidas Hippolyti comas. ne uultus..."
Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...plausu fovet hanc et pectora mulcet Iuno renidenti cohibens suspiria vultu. mox ita adorta Iovem: "da quam modo..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...dilecta cervice monilia transfert; et picturato cohibens vestigia limbo incessum motumque docet fandique pudorem. qualiter artifici victurae pollice..."