I.to moderate a thing (in verb. fin. only anteand post-class.).
I. Lit.
(α).
With acc.: neque tuum te ingenium moderat, Pac. ap. Non. 471, 7.—
II. Transf., to regulate, Dig. 3, 5, 14: “ita res moderatur, ut, etc.,” ib. 23, 3, 39.—Hence, mŏdĕrātus , a, um, P. a., keeping within due bounds, observing moderation, moderate (Ciceron.).
A. Of persons: “moderati senes tolerabilem agunt senectutem,” Cic. Sen. 3, 7: “in omnibus vitae partibus moderatus ac temperans,” id. Font. 14, 40: “moderatum esse in re aliquā,” id. Phil. 2, 16, 40; cf.: “Gracchis cupidine victoriae haud satis moderatus animus,” Sall. J. 42, 2.—
B. Of things, moderated, kept within due measure or bounds, moderate: “convivium moderatum atque honestum,” Cic. Mur. 6, 13: “ventus,” Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 57: “mores,” Cic. Fam. 12, 27, 1: “otium,” id. Brut. 2, 8: “doctrina,” id. Mur. 29, 60: “oratio,” id. de Or. 2, 8, 34.—Comp.: quando annona moderatior? Vell. 2, 126, 3. —Sup.: moderatissimus sensus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 5.—Hence, adv.: mŏdĕ-rātē , with moderation, moderately (Ciceron.): “moderate dictum,” Cic. Font. 10, 31: “omnia humana placate et moderate feramus,” id. Fam. 6, 1, 4: “moderate et clementer jus dicere,” Caes. B. C. 3, 20.—Comp.: “moderatius id volunt fieri,” Cic. Fin. 1, 1, 2. —Sup.: “res moderatissime constituta,” Cic. Leg. 3, 5, 12.
