English → Latin
“bridle” in Latin
frēnōto fit a bridle; to curb, restrain, check or brakerefrēnōto bridle, check, curb, restrain, refrain (from)coërceōto enclose on all sides, hold together; surround, encompass; to curb, restrain, tame, correct, appease; to restrain, keecontineōto hold, keep, connect, contain, maintain; to hold or keep together/close; connect, surround; to keep in, enclose, boundcomprimōto compress (squeeze together); to restrain, contain, repress or curb, hinder, check; to withhold or conceal evidences oreprimōto repress; to check, prevent or restrainfrēnumbridle, harness, curb, bit; means of guiding or governing; restraint, check, limit; horse, steed, chargerhabēnathong, strap; shoestrings, shoelaces; reins of a bridle; lash, whip, scourge
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
bridle v.
(PROP.) frenare, infrenare equum; frenos equo injicere. A bridled horse, equus frenatus.
FIG., frenare, refrenare, coercere, continere, comprimere, reprimere. To bridle one’s passions, refrenare, coercere or reprimere cupiditates (libidines); moderari cupiditatibus; frangere cuipiditates.
bridle
frenum; habenae (reins). To let him have the bridle, habenas remittere, frenos dare (PROP. and figuratively). You must bite the bridle, decoquenda est tibi amimi aegritudo.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for bridle?
- The usual Latin words for “bridle” are frēnō, refrēnō, coërceō; also contineō, comprimō, reprimō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.