moderate (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Kept within due measure, temperate1. mŏdĭcus2. mŏdĕrātus (brought under due restraint and control)3. tempĕrātus (like moderatus4. mŏdestus (having the passions duly in check; hence nearly = virtuous)II. Of a middle rate1. mĕdiocris, e2. mŏdĭcus3. tĕnuis, e (esp. with ref. to fortune; when it denotes a lower scale than mediocris or modicus) • moderate (adj.): I. Kept within due measure, temperate: 1. mŏdĭcus: by temperate eating and m. drinking, temperatis escis modicisque potionibus, Cic. Div. 1, 51, 115. m. strictness, m. severitas, id. Sen. 18, fin.: m. in dress, in cultu modicus, Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 4. (N.B.--Modicus is chiefly used of things, moderatus of persons and things.) 2. mŏdĕrātus (brought under due restraint and control): to be m. in both (respects), in utroque moderatum esse, Cic. Ph. 2, 16, 40: a m. style of habits and living, moderatus cultus atque victus, id. Div. 1, 29, 61: m. excitements of mind, moderatae perturbationes (strictly a contradiction in terms), id. Tusc. 4, 18, 42: m. prices, annona moderata, Vell. 3. tempĕrātus (like moderatus: under due control, well-regulated): Cic.: Hor.: v. temperate. Cf. also supr. (1). 4. mŏdestus (having the passions duly in check; hence nearly = virtuous): Join: frugi et modestus, Cic. Fam. 13, 70; modestus et prudens, ib. 13, 10, med.: v. modest, virtuous. II. Of a middle rate: 1. mĕdiocris, e: v. middling. 2. mŏdĭcus: (a person) of m. means, modicus facultatibus, Plin. Ep. 6, 32, 2: to walk at a m. pace, m. gradu ire, Pl. Poen. 3, 1, 19: a m.-sized body (of history), m. corpus, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 2. 3. tĕnuis, e (esp. with ref. to fortune; when it denotes a lower scale than mediocris or modicus): people of (but) m. means, tenuiores, Cic. Leg. 3, 10, 24.