moderatio (the act of setting measure or limit): temperantia (an observing of moderation in one’s course of action), continentia (self-control): modestia (moral unwillingness to exceed due measure): sedatio alicujus rei (act of calming or appeasing). (The words are found in this connection and order.) temperantia et moderatio; moderatio et continentia; continentia et temperantia; moderatio continentiae et temperantiae (Cic., Off., 3, 26, extr.): moderation in desires, moderatio cupiditatum: moderation in our discourses and actions, moderatio dictorum omnium et factorum: to show moderation, moderatum se praebere (in anything), moderationem adhibere in aliqua re; moderate temperare aliquid: to show equal moderation, eadem temperantia uti: they thought that I had almost gone further than the moderation of a wise and sober man allowed, me longius prope progressum arbitrabantur, quam sapientis hominis cogitata ratio postularet (Cic., Harusp., 2, 3): with moderation, moderate; modeste; temperanter; clementer (with indulgence): without moderation, immoderate; intemperanter; effrenate (unrestrainedly): to write with moderation, temperantius scribere: to use a victory with moderation, victoria clementer uti.