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|lshtext=<b>cŏ-hĭbĕo</b>: ui (<br /><b>I</b> perf. subj. cohibessit, Lucr. 3, 444 Lachm.), ĭtum, 2, v. a. [[habeo]].<br /><b>I</b> To [[hold]] [[together]], to [[hold]], [[contain]], [[confine]], [[embrace]], [[comprise]] ([[class]].; syn. [[contineo]]): omnes naturas ipsa (universa [[natura]]) cohibet et continet, Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 35; Lucr. 3, 441 sq.; 1, 517; 1, 536: ([[nubes]]) ut [[fumus]] constare nequirent, Nec cohibere nives gelidas et grandinis imbres, id. 6, 107: aliquid in se, id. 2, 1031; cf. Cic. Fat. 9, 19: at Scyllam caecis cohibet [[spelunca]] latebris, Verg. A. 3, 424: [[semen]] occaecatum, Cic. de Sen. 15, 51: [[nodo]] crinem, Hor. C. 3, 14, 22: [[namque]] marem cohibent callosa (ova) [[vitellum]], id. S. 2, 4, 14: [[auro]] lacertos, to [[encircle]], Ov. H. 9, 59: [[bracchium]] togā, Cic. Cael. 5, 11: deos parietibus, Tac. G. 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop. ([[very]] [[rare]]): sed [[interest]] [[inter]] causas [[fortuito]] antegressas, et [[inter]] causas cohibentis in se efficientiam naturalem, Cic. Fat. 9, 19.—<br /><b>II</b> With the [[access]]. [[idea]] of hindering [[free]] [[motion]], to [[hold]], [[keep]], [[keep]] [[back]], [[hinder]], [[stay]], [[restrain]], [[stop]], etc. (in a lit. [[sense]] in [[prose]] [[rare]], [[but]] trop. [[very]] freq.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Prop.: cohibete [[intra]] [[limen]] [[etiam]] vos [[parumper]], Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 1: nec muris cohibet patriis media [[Ardea]] Turnum, Verg. A. 9, 738: carcere ventos, Ov. M. 14, 224: ventos in antris, id. ib. 15, 346: cervos arcu, to [[stop]], [[poet]]. for to [[kill]], Hor. C. 4, 6, 34: nec Stygiā cohibebor undā, id. ib. 2, 20, 8: tempestatibus in portibus cohiberi, Auct. B. Afr. 98: cohiberi in vinculis, Curt. 6, 2, 11: Pirithoum cohibent catenae, Hor. C. 3, 4, 80: [[claustra]] cohibentia Janum, id. Ep. 2, 1, 255: ab aliquā re, Liv. 22, 3, 9; Tac. A. 1, 56: [[sanguis]] spongiā in [[aceto]] tinctā cohibendus est, Cels. 8, 4; cf. Plin. 27, 11, 69, § 93: alvum, id. 29, 3, 11, § 49: milites [[intra]] [[castra]], Curt. 10, 3, 6: aquilones jugis montium, id. 8, 9, 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cohibere aliquid or cohibere se, to [[stop]] [[something]] (or one's [[self]]), to [[hold]] in [[check]], to [[restrain]], [[limit]], [[confine]], [[keep]] [[back]], [[repress]], [[tame]], [[subdue]] (syn.: [[contineo]], [[refreno]], [[arceo]], [[coerceo]]): [[motus]] animi perturbatos, Cic. Off. 2, 5, 18: furentis [[impetus]] crudelissimosque [[conatus]], id. Phil. 3, 2, 5; cf.: furorem alicujus, id. ib. 5, 13, 37: temeritatem, id. Ac. 1, 12, 45: gaudia clausa in sinu [[tacito]], Prop. 2 (3), 25, 30: iras, Verg. A. 12, 314: pravas aliorum [[spes]], Tac. A. 3, 56: ac premeret [[sensus]] suos, id. ib. 3, 11: [[bellum]], Liv. 9, 29, 5: [[malum]], Tac. A. 6, 16: [[sumptus]], Arn. 2, p. 91: violentias effrenati doloris, Gell. 12, 5, 3: altitudinem aedificiorum, Tac. A. 15, 43: (provinciae) quae procuratoribus cohibentur, i. e. are ruled, id. H. 1, 11: non tu te cohibes? be [[moderate]] in [[grief]], * Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 46; so Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4; Gell. 4, 9, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[quominus]]: vix cohibuere amici, [[quominus]] [[eodem]] mari oppeteret, Tac. A. 2, 24.—Pass.: ne flumine [[quidem]] interjecto, cohiberi [[quominus]], etc., Tac. A. 2, 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With inf., Calp. Ecl. 4, 20 ([[but]] in Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 60; id. Caecin. 23, 66; Auct. B. G. 8, 23, prohibere is the true [[reading]]).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Aliquid ab aliquā re or [[aliquo]], to [[keep]] [[something]] from [[something]] (or [[somebody]]), to [[ward]] [[off]]: [[manus]] ab [[alieno]], Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 12: [[manus]], oculos, animum ab [[auro]] gazāque regiā, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 66: effrenatas suas libidines a liberis et a conjugibus vestris, id. Mil. 28, 76: adsensionem a rebus incertis, id. N. D. 1, 1, 1.—Hence, cŏhĭbĭtus, a, um, P. a., confined, [[limited]], [[moderate]]: dicendi [[genus]], Gell. 7, 14, 7.—Comp.: [[habitudo]] cohibitior, Aus. Grat. Act. 27, 2.
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|gf=<b>cŏhĭbeō</b>,⁹ buī, bĭtum, ēre (cum, [[habeo]]), tr., tenir ensemble ;<br /><b>1</b> contenir, renfermer : universa [[natura]] omnes naturas cohibet et continet Cic. Nat. 2, 35, la nature universelle embrasse et renferme en elle toutes les natures particulières ; [[bracchium]] [[toga]] Cic. Cæl. 11, tenir son bras sous sa toge ; [[auro]] lacertos Ov. H. 9, 59, entourer ses bras d’or [bracelets]<br /><b>2</b> maintenir, retenir : aliquem in vinculis Curt. 6, 2, 11 ; [[intra]] [[castra]] Curt. 10, 3, 6, retenir qqn dans les [[fers]], au camp ; carcere Ov. M. 14, 224, en prison ; Pirithoum cohibent catenæ Hor. O. 3, 4, 80, des chaînes retiennent captif Pirithoüs<br /><b>3</b> retenir, contenir, empêcher : [[conatus]] alicujus Cic. Phil. 3, 5, arrêter les efforts de qqn ; cohibita ædificiorum altitudine Tac. Ann. 15, 43, en limitant (réduisant) la hauteur des maisons ; (provinciæ) quæ procuratoribus cohibentur Tac. H. 1, 11, (provinces) qui sont soumises à des procurateurs || [[manus]], oculos, animum ab [[aliqua]] re Cic. Pomp. 66, maintenir ses mains, ses regards, ses pensées écartés de qqch. || [[non]] cohibere ([[vix]] cohibere) [[quominus]] et subj., ne pas empêcher (empêcher à peine) que : Tac. Ann. 2, 10 ; 2, 24 || [avec inf.] empêcher de : Calp. Ecl. 4, 20. inf. pass. cohiberier Lucr. 3, 443.
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