modest Copy link Outline I. ModerateII. Having a proper sense of shame1. vĕrēcundus2. pŭdens, ntis (not to be distinguished from preced.)3. mŏdestus (properly in wider sense, v. MODERATE, I., 4)4. pŭdīcus (only with ref. to sexual purity)5. dēmissus • modest: I. Moderate: mĕdiocris, mŏdĭcus: v. moderate. Phr.: my m. abilities, mediocritas nostra, Vell. 2, 111. II. Having a proper sense of shame: 1. vĕrēcundus: a young man ought to be m., decet v. esse adolescentem, Pl. As. 5, 1, 6: not over m., non nimis v., Cic. de Or. 2, 88, 361: Hor. 2. pŭdens, ntis (not to be distinguished from preced.): a m. and virtuous son, p. et probus filius, Cic. Verr. 3, 69, 161: the mark of a m. mind, animi p. signum, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 68: Hor. Also pudibundus (intensive): the m. (and blushing) matron, p. matrona, Hor. A. P. 233. 3. mŏdestus (properly in wider sense, v. moderate, I., 4): the sense of shame proper to a most m. (and virtuous) youth, modestissimi adolescentuli pudor, Cic. Pl. 11, 27. Join: (mulier) pudens, modesta (modest and virtuous), Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 90. 4. pŭdīcus (only with ref. to sexual purity): v. chaste. 5. dēmissus: v. unassuming. (N.B.--Of the above, pudens alone is capable of being used in bad sense: cf. pudens prave, Hor. A. P. 88.)
MODEST Copy link • MODESTBashful, modestus (opposed to immodestus): pudens (full of a sense of shame or honor; opposed to impudens): verecundus (full of a sense of propriety, well-behaved; opposed to superbus, insolens): probus (unassuming; opposed to improbus): demissus (meek; opposed to acerbus). (The words are found in this connection and order.) probus et modestus; probus et demissus: modest in one’s demands, verecundus in postulando: to make a modest use of anything, modeste ac moderate aliqua re uti. Moderate, moderatus; modestus; temperatus; temperans. SYN. in MODERATE.