moderateness Copy link Outline 1. mŏdus (measure or limit)2. mŏdĕrātio (the observance of due limits)3. mŏdestia (sobriety)4. tempĕrantia (self-control)5. mĕdiocrĭtas (the mean between too much and too little) • moderateness ; moderation 1. mŏdus (measure or limit): to observe m. in anything, m. alicujus rei tenere, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59, 144: to keep within m., m. retinere, Cic. Off. 1, 29, extr.: to exceed it, finem et m. transire, ib. § 102. 2. mŏdĕrātio (the observance of due limits): to use m. in diet, m. in cibo adhibere, Cels. 3, 18, med.: m. in speech, in dicendo m. modestiaque, Cic. Ph. 2, 5, init. Join: moderatio animi et aequitas, ib. Sen. init. 3. mŏdestia (sobriety): cf. Auct. Her. 3, 2, extr., modestia est in animo continens moderatio cupiditatum, i. e. moderation in the exercise of the passions. Join: neque modum neque modestiam [habere], Sall. Cat. 11. 4. tempĕrantia (self-control): v. temperance. 5. mĕdiocrĭtas (the mean between too much and too little): cf. Cic. Off. 1, 39, 140, est adhibendus modus, ad mediocritatemque revocandus: v. mean. Phr.: in m., mediocriter, modice, moderate (v. moderately): without m., immoderate, etc. (v. immoderately).