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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• moderate (v.):
    1. I. To render less severe:
      1. 1. tempĕro, 1: the excess of heat is m.d by the Etesian winds, Etesiarum flatu nimii temperantur calores, Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 131: also, t. modum alicujus rei, ib. 2, 19, 49: Plin.
      2. 2. mītĭgo, 1: v. to mitigate. Phr.: as the cold became more m., mitescente hieme, frigore: v. mild (I.).
    2. II. To keep under check and control: mŏdĕror, tempĕro, 1 (usu. with dat.), coerceo, 2 (with acc.): v. to control, restrain. Phr.: carefully to m. one's pleasures, diligenter tenere modum fruendae voluptatis, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106: so, m. retinere, ib. 29, extr.: also, moderationem in aliqua re adhibere, Cels. 3, 18, med.: Cic.: v. moderation.
    3. III. To preside over a meeting: praesum, irr.: v. to preside.