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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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• temperance:
      1. 1. temperantia (the most gen. term, answering pretty closely to the Eng.): t. is the firm and moderate control of reason over the sensual desires and over the other non-virtuous desires of the soul, t. est rationis in libidinem atque in alios non rectos impetus animi firma ac moderata dominatio, Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 164: t. brings peace to the mind, t. pacem animis affert, id. Fin. 1, 14, 47: t. in food, t. in victu, id. Tusc. 5, 20, 57. Join: modestia et t., id. Off. 1, 5, 14: moderatio et t., id. de Or. 2, 60, 247.
      2. 2. contĭnentia (t. which restrains one's lusts: a special term, as opp. to the preced., which is general): t. is that whereby desires are controlled by the guidance of reflection, c. est per quam cupiditas consilii gubernatione regitur, Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 164: t. in every branch of living and style, c. in victu omni atque cultu, id. Off. 2, 24, 86. Join: c. et temperantia, id. Off. 3, 25, 96: modestia et c., Caes. B. G. 7, 52.
      3. 3. frūgālĭtas (moderation in enjoyment, thriftiness): t. embraces every kind of abstinence and harmlessness, together with all other virtues, omnem abstinentiam, omnem innocentiam reliquas etiam virtutes f. continet, Cic. Tusc. 3, 8, 16 (q. v.: he mentions temperantia, moderatio, and sometimes even modestia as equiv. for σωφροσύνη, and then proposes f. as the best equiv.): remarkable and admirable t., singularis et admiranda f., id. Deiot. 9, 26: good health, and that which chiefly produces it, t., bona valetudo, quaeque eam maxime praestat, f., Quint. 10, 3, 26.
      4. 4. mŏdestia: v. moderation, sobriety.
      5. 5. abstĭnentia: v. abstinence. Join: a. et continentia, Cic. Off. 2, 22, 77.
      6. 6. tempĕries, ei (poet. and late): peaceful t. of character, t. tranquilla morum, Stat. S. 2, 6, 48. Claud. Phr.: a t.-society, perh. *siccorum sodalitas: v. water-drinker.
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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• TEMPERANCE
temperantia (general and habitual self-government): moderatio (the avoiding of excess, as an action): continentia (opposed to libido; command over all sensual desires): modestia (is an habitual preference of the modus, or true mean; the last three words are qualities): abstinentia (abstaining from desire for what is another’s). (The words are found in this connection and order.) temperantia et moderatio; moderatio et continentia; continentia et temperantia. Cic., Off., 3, 26, has moderatio continentiae et temperantiae.