sobriety Copy link Outline I. Temperance in drink, sobrietyII. Freedom from inordinate passionsIII. Habitual s.IV. Calmness, equabilityV. Seriousness, gravityVI. Freedom from intoxication • sobriety: I. Temperance in drink, sobriety: sōbriĕtas Sen. Tranq. 15, fin. II. Freedom from inordinate passions: contĭnentia: compare the passions of the one with the s. of the other, conferte hujus libidines cum illius continentia, Cic. Verr. 4, 52, 115. III. Habitual s.: mŏdĕrātio, mŏdestia, frūgālĭtas, tempĕrantia (all more gen. terms than continentia): s. is that virtue which whether in coveting or shunning objects admonishes us to follow reason, temperantia est, quae in rebus aut expetendis aut fugiendis rationem ut sequamur monet, Cic. Fin. 1, 14, 47. IV. Calmness, equability: aequābĭlĭtas, constantia: noble indeed is s. in the whole of life, praeclara est aequabilitas in omni vita, Cic. Off. 1, 6, 90: in everything to observe s., in omni re servare constantiam, ib. 1, 34, 125. V. Seriousness, gravity: q. v. VI. Freedom from intoxication: sōbriĕtas, Val. Max. 6, 3, 9.
SOBRIETY Copy link • SOBRIETYAbstinence from excessive drinking. By circumlocution with sobrius. Moderation, sobrietas (Sen.): temperantia (Cic.).