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

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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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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• moderateness ; moderation
      1. 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. 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. 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. 4. tempĕrantia (self-control): v. temperance.
      5. 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).
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• MODERATION
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.