reasonable Copy link Outline I. Having reason, rationis particeps, Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 47II. JudiciousIII. Fair, equitable1. justus2. aequus3. pār, păris4. mŏdĭcus5. mŏdestusIV. Of moderate size or amount1. mŏdĭcus2. mĕdiocris, e3. tŏlĕrābĭlis, e • reasonable: I. Having reason, rationis particeps, Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 47: v. rational. II. Judicious: prūdens: r. in judging, prudens in existimando, Cic. Brut. 68, 239: plans of r. men, consilia prudentium, id. de Or. 1, 9, 36. III. Fair, equitable: 1. justus: more than r., plus justo, Hor. Od. 3, 7, 24. 2. aequus: more than r., plus aequo, id. S. 1, 3, 52: taking more than r. pains to pamper their appetite, in cute curanda plus aequo operata (juventus), id. Ep. 1, 2, 29: if you think it r., si ita aequum censes, Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 10: to judge by what is r., ex aequo et bono judicare, Cic. Caecin. 23, 65. 3. pār, păris: it is r. we should believe you, tibi nos accredere par est, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 25: as was r., ut par fuit, Cic. Verr. 5, 4, 10: it does not seem r., non par videtur, Pl. Bacch. 1, 2, 31. 4. mŏdĭcus: let all transactions be r., quae cum populo, quaeque in patribus aguntur, modica sunto: id est, modesta atque sedata, Cic. Leg. 3, 18, 40. 5. mŏdestus: a most r. population, plebs modestissima, Cic. Agr. 2, 31, 84: a most r. man, homo modestissimus, id. Arch. 5, 9. IV. Of moderate size or amount: 1. mŏdĭcus: a r. sum of money, pecunia modica, Cic. Par. 6, 2: r. intervals, modica intervalla, Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 358. 2. mĕdiocris, e: a r. stoutness, (of body), corpori mediocris habitus accesserat, Cic. Brut. 91, 316. 3. tŏlĕrābĭlis, e: at a r. interest (of money) tolerabili foenore, Cic. Att. 6, 1: post med. Phr.: to buy at a r. price, bene emere, Cic. Att. 1, 13, extr.: what r. and consistent agreement is there among augurs? quae est inter augures conveniens et conjuncta constantia? Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82.
REASONABLE Copy link • REASONABLEEndowed with reason, ratione praeditus or utens; rationis particeps: ☞ rationalis is not found before Sen., Ep., 113, 14. That manifests reason, sanus (betraying good sense; opposed to insanus, insaniens): prudens (prudent, showing natural good sense): modestus (that does not transgress the limits of what is proper and becoming). Agreeable to reason, *rationi conveniens, consentaneus. Not immoderate, aequus (according to principles of equity): justus (according to natural law; both of things and persons): modicus (moderate, not too little and not too much; e.g., price, etc.): meritus (that which is owing or due to our deserts; e.g., praise): it is reasonable, aequum, verum (Vid: Liv., 3, 49, fin.), par, jus, fas est, with infinitive, or accusative and infinitive (Vid: Grotef., § 236, 5, 6; Zumpt, 600 and 623): I consider it reasonable, aequum esse censeo: more than reasonable, plus aequo (†): as is reasonable, ex aequo; sicut aequum est; ut par est: against or contrary to what is reasonable, contra quam fas est; contra fas: against what is reasonable and right, contra jus fasque: to make reasonable demands, aequa postulare: in a reasonable manner; Vid: REASONABLY.