compesco
καὶ ἤδη γε ἄπειμι παρὰ τὸν ἑταῖρον Κλεινίαν, ὅτι πυνθάνομαι χρόνου ἤδη ἀκάθαρτον εἶναι αὐτῷ τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ ταύτην νοσεῖν, ὅτι μὴ ῥεῖ. ὥστε οὐκέτι οὐδ' ἀναβαίνει αὐτήν, ἀλλ' ἄβατος καὶ ἀνήροτός ἐστιν → and now I depart for my companion, Cleinias since I have learned that for some time now his wife is unclean and she is ill because she does not flow, therefore he no longer sleeps with her but she is unavailable and untilled
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
compesco: pescui (pescitum, Prisc. p. 887 P.), 3, v. a. compes,
I to fasten together, to confine, hold in check, to repress, curb, restrain (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.; the words quoted as from Cic. by Quint. 11, 3, 169: quin compescitis vocem istam? ap. Cic. himself, Rab. Perd. 8, 18, are: quin continetis vocem).
I Lit.: ramos fluentes, i. e. to clip, prune, Verg. G. 2, 370; Col. 5, 6, 11: spatiantia bracchia, Ov. M. 14, 630: ignibus ignes, id. ib. 2, 313: incendia, Plin. Ep. 10, 33 (43), 2: mare, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 16: luxuriosam vitem fructu, Col. 4, 21, 2; cf. Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 124: harundinem, Col. 4, 32, 5; cf.: coërceo cretam, to tread, stamp, Titin. ap. Non. p. 245, 32: equum angustis habenis, Tib. 1, 4, 11: suos ocellos, Prop. 1, 16, 31: seditiosum civem, Quint. 11, 1, 40; cf. legiones, Suet. Calig. 1: multitudinem, id. Caes. 16.—
II Trop., to suppress, repress, restrain, check, etc.: seditionem exercitūs verbo uno, Tac. A. 1, 42: hostiles motus per legatos, Suet. Tib. 37: sitim multā undā, Ov. M. 4, 102: maledicta hinc aufer; linguam compescas face, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 75; cf. querellas. * Lucr. 3, 954 Lachm.: tristitiam, Ov. M. 9, 396: clamorem, Hor. C. 2, 20, 23: risum, id. S. 2, 8, 63; and: vino dolores, Tib. 1, 2, 1: animam frenis et catenā, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 63: mentem, id. C. 1, 16, 22: scelera, Quint. 12, 1, 26: ardorem (together with temperavit vim suam), Tac. Agr. 8: mores dissolutos vi, Phaedr. 1, 2, 12.—
(b) With inf.: cave malum et compesce in illum dicere injuste, cease, forbear, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 59.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
compescō,¹⁰ cŭī, ĕre (de *comperc-sco, cum et parco ), tr., retenir, arrêter, réprimer, ramos compesce fluentes Virg. G. 2, 370, arrête le débordement des rameaux ; compescere Istrum Sil. 3, 617, tenir en respect les riverains du Danube ; vitem Col. Rust. 4, 21, 2, élaguer la vigne, compescere linguam Pl. Pœn. 1035, retenir sa langue || [av. inf.] compesce in illum dicere Pl. Bacch. 463, cesse de l’attaquer. sup. -citum Prisc. Gramm. 10, 19.
Latin > German (Georges)
compēsco, pēscuī, ere (verwandt mit comparco), einzwängen, eig. u. übtr. = in Fesseln-, in Schranken-, im Zaume halten, beschränken, bezähmen, unterdrücken, ter amplum Geryonem Tityonque tristi undā, Hor.: equum celerem artato freno, Tibull.: infantium fletum infuso lacte, Sen.: e diverso crapulā conpesci feritatem nimiam (musti), Plin.: linguam, Plaut.: incendia, Plin. ep.: ramos, Verg.: vitem, beschneiden, Col.: cretam, zertreten, Titin. com. fr. – clamorem, Hor.: (animum) hunc frenis, hunc catenā, Hor.: alcis furorem armis, Vell.: hostilem terrorem, Plin. pan.: tumentes populos, Plin. pan.: c. se ab alqo decipiendo, Augustin. ep. 157, 2: compesce in illum dicere iniuste, höre auf zu usw., Plaut. Bacch. 463. – / Supin. compescitum ohne Beleg bei Prisc. 10, 19.
Latin > English
compesco compescere, compescui, - V TRANS :: restrain, check; quench; curb, confine, imprison; hold in check; block, close
