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intempĕrantĭa , ae, f. intemperans,
I.want of mildness, intemperateness, inclemency.
I. Lit.: “caeli,” Sen. Const. Sap. 9; Col. prooem. 1, § 3.—
II. Trop.
A. Want of moderation, excess, extravagance, intemperance: “omnium perturbationum fontem esse dicunt intemperantiam,” Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 22: “menti inimica intemperantia,” id. ib. 4, 9, 22; id. Agr. 2, 36: “libidinum,” id. Off. 1, 34: “vini,” the immoderate use of wine, Liv. 44, 30: “morbo et intemperantiā perire,” Suet. Tib. 62: “risūs,” Plin. 11, 37, 80, § 205: “litterarum,” Sen. Ep. 106: “linguae,” Tac. A. 4, 18: “civitatis, donec unus eligatur, multos destinandi,” id. H. 2, 1: “legitima, said of a second marriage,” Val. Max. 2, 1, 3.—
B. In partic., want of moderation in one's conduct towards others; haughtiness, arrogance; insolence, impudence, insubordination: “Pausaniae,” Nep. Arist. 2, 3: “suā intemperantiā, nimiāque licentiā,” id. Eum. 8, 2.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, On the Agrarian Law, 2.36
    • Tacitus, Annales, 4.18
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 2.1
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 62
    • Cornelius Nepos, Aristides, 2.3
    • Cornelius Nepos, Eumenes, 8.2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 44, 30
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 4.9
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 1.34
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 106
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 2.1.3
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