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|lshtext=<b>cătēna</b>: ae, f. ([[once]] [[with]]<br /><b>I</b> num. distrib. as piur. [[tantum]]: trinis catenis [[vinctus]], Caes. B. G. 1, 53) [Sanscr. kat, to [[fall]] [[away]]; cf. [[catax]].<br /><b>I</b> A [[wooden]] bracket, [[brace]], etc., for holding [[two]] beams [[together]], [[Cato]], R. R. 18, 9; Vitr. 7, 3; Pall. 1, 3, 1.—<br /><b>II</b> A [[chain]],<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Used as a [[fetter]], [[shackle]], etc.; usu. in plur. (syn. vincula): catenis vincire aliquem, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 3; Ov. M. 15, 601 al.: catenas indere alicui, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 3: in catenas conicere aliquem, Caes. B. G. 1, 47; Liv. 29, 21, 2: catenas inicere alicui, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 41, § 106: in catenis aliquem Romam mittere, Liv. 29, 21, 12: in catenis aliquem per urbem ducere, id. 45, 40, 6: eximere se ex catenis, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 8: rumpere catenas, Hor. S. 2, 7, 71: catenas alicui exsolvere, Tac. H. 3, 31 al.—In <[[number]] opt="n">[[sing]].</[[number]]>, Liv. 24, 34, 10; Cat. 64, 297; Verg. A. 6, 558; Hor. S. 1, 5, 65; Curt. 4, 3, 22; 7, 5, 36; Tac. A. 4, 28; 6, 14; Suet. Aug. 94; Sen. Ep. 9, 8; Plin. 34, 15, 43, § 150.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of a [[chain]] stopping the [[entrance]] of a harbor: [[catena]] [[ferrea]] [[valde]] robusta, Amm. 26, 8, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trop., a [[constraint]], [[fetter]], [[barrier]], [[bond]]: taetra [[belua]], constricta legum sacratarum catenis, Cic. Sest. 7, 16: compesce animum frenis, catenā, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 63: validā teneamur catenā, Tib. 4, 5, 15; 4, 1, 117: splendidiore [[nunc]] eos catenā sed [[multo]] graviore vinctos esse, [[quam]] cum, etc., Liv. 35, 38, 10: qui ad superiora [[progressus]] est.. laxam catenam trahit [[nondum]] [[liber]], Sen. Vit. Beat. 16, 3; id. Tranq. 10, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[chain]] of [[gold]] or [[silver]] [[worn]] by women as an [[ornament]], Plin. 33, 3, 12, § 40; Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 84.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> A [[series]] of things [[connected]] [[together]], a [[chain]], [[series]], Lucr. 6, 910 ([[but]] id. 2, 630, is a false [[reading]] for [[quod]] armis; v. Lachm.).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Trop.: (praecepta oratoria) in catenas ligare, Quint. 5, 14, 32.