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Latin
Etymology
From con- + arceō (“enclose; keep off”).
Pronunciation
Verb
coerceō (present infinitive coercēre, perfect active coercuī, supine coercitum); second conjugation
- to enclose on all sides, hold together; surround, encompass
- to restrain, keep back, confine, shut up or in, hold in confinement, repress
- Synonyms: inclūdō, moderor, supprimō, refrēnō, arceō, intersaepiō, claudō, interclūdō, comprimō, reprimō, premō, urgeō, sustentō, retineō
- Antonyms: līberō, eximō, vindicō, servō, exonerō, absolvō, excipiō, ēmittō
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 1.715:
- sōla gerat mīles, quibus arma coerceat, arma
- May the soldier bear arms only to restrain arms.
- (figuratively, of discourse) to keep within limits, control, limit
- Synonyms: līmitō, delīmitō, inclūdō, claudō, minuō, moderor, fīniō
- (figuratively, of a passion) to curb, restrain, tame, correct, appease
- Synonyms: molliō, sopiō, lēniō, mītigō, commītigō, levō, sileō, sedō, domō, ēlevō, allevō, alleviō
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References
- “coerceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “coerceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- coerceo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to have self-control; to restrain oneself, master one's inclinations: sibi imperare or continere et coercere se ipsum
- to have self-control; to restrain oneself, master one's inclinations: animum regere, coercere, cohibere
- to overcome one's passions: coercere, cohibere, continere, domitas habere cupiditates
- to keep good discipline amongst one's men: milites disciplina coercere
- to keep good discipline amongst one's men: milites coercere et in officio continere (B. C. 1. 67. 4)