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  • 1 tempero

    tempĕro, āvi, ātum, 1 (old pres. subj. temperint, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 41; collat. dep. form tempĕror, Lact. 7, 5, 12), v. a. and n. [tempus].
    I.
    Act., to divide or proportion duly, mingle in due proportion; to combine or compound properly; to qualify, temper, etc. (class.; cf.: modifico, misceo).
    A.
    Lit.:

    nec vero qui simplex esse debet, ex dissimilibus rebus misceri et temperari potest,

    Cic. Off. 3, 33, 119:

    qui (orbium motus) acuta cum gravibus temperans varios aequabiliter concentus efficit,

    id. Rep. 6, 18, 18:

    ea cum tria sumpsisset, unam in speciem temperavit,

    id. Univ. 7:

    tale quiddam esse animum, ut sit ex igni atque animă temperatum,

    id. N. D. 3, 14, 36:

    aes conflare et temperare,

    Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 197:

    ferrum,

    id. 34, 14, 41, § 145:

    herbas,

    Ov. F. 5, 402:

    acetum melle,

    Plin. 14, 17, 21, § 114:

    vinum,

    id. 29, 3, 11, § 50: pocula, to flavor, i. e. to fill, Hor. C. 1, 20, 11; id. Epod. 17, 80; Mart. 9, 12, 7:

    venenum,

    Suet. Ner. 2 fin.:

    unguentum,

    Plin. 13, 2, 2, § 18:

    collyrium,

    id. 27, 10, 59, § 83:

    colores,

    id. 2, 18, 16, § 79 et saep.:

    ejusdem solis tum accessus modici tum recessus et frigoris et caloris modum temperant,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

    Etesiarum flatu nimii temperantur calores,

    id. ib. 2, 53, 131; cf.:

    vitis solem umbra temperans,

    Plin. 17, 12, 18, § 91: quis aquam (i. e. balneum) temperet ignibus, who shall temper, i. e. warm, Hor. C. 3, 19, 6; so, balneum, Mart. 3, 25, 1:

    scatebrisque arentia temperat arva,

    i. e. waters, Verg. G. 1, 110; so,

    arva (Galesus),

    Claud. Cons. Prob. 260.—
    2.
    Transf., to rule, regulate, govern, manage, arrange, order:

    rem publicam institutis et legibus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; cf.:

    constituere et temperare civitates,

    id. Ac. 2, 1, 3:

    Lycurgus, qui Lacedaemoniorum rem publicam temperavit,

    id. Div. 1, 43, 96; cf.:

    qui (Juppiter) res hominum ac deorum, Qui mare ac terras variisque mundum Temperat horis,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 16:

    terram, mare, urbes, etc. (corresp. to regere),

    id. ib. 3, 4, 45:

    mare,

    id. ib. 4, 12, 1:

    aequor,

    Verg. A. 1, 146:

    orbem,

    Ov. M. 1, 770; 15, 869:

    arces aetherias,

    id. ib. 15, 859:

    undas,

    id. ib. 12, 580:

    ratem,

    id. ib. 13, 366:

    solus id navigii genus temperans,

    Vell. 2, 107:

    omnia pretio temperata,

    id. 2, 60:

    senem delirum,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 71:

    ora frenis,

    id. C. 1, 8, 7 et saep.:

    genius qui natale temperat astrum,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 187:

    annum,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 16; Plin. 2, 6, 4, § 13:

    caeli fulgura,

    Cic. Leg. 8, 21:

    fortunam suo arbitrio,

    Petr. 137.— Poet.:

    carmen impositis articulis,

    i. e. to tune, Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 80; cf.:

    testudinis aureae strepitum,

    Hor. C. 4, 3, 18:

    Musam pede Archilochi,

    id. Ep. 1, 19, 28 sq.:

    citharam nervis,

    i. e. to string, Ov. M. 10, 108.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To regulate, rule, etc.:

    non modice temperatam sed nimis meracam libertatem sitiens haurire,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 96; cf.:

    cujus acerbitas morum immanitasque naturae ne vino quidem permixta temperari solet,

    id. Phil. 12, 11, 26:

    quod (genus) erit aequatum et temperatum ex tribus optimis rerum publicarum modis,

    id. Rep. 1, 45, 69; cf. id. ib. 2, 39, 65:

    ita in variā et perpetuā oratione hi (numeri) sunt inter se miscendi et temperandi,

    id. Or. 58, 197; so,

    joined with miscere,

    id. Off. 3, 33, 119 (on the contrary, opp. miscere, id. Rep. 2, 23, 42); cf.:

    at haec interdum temperanda et varianda sunt,

    id. Or. 29, 103; 18, 60; 52, 176:

    iracundiam cohibere, victoriam temperare,

    id. Marcell. 3, 8:

    amara lento Temperet risu,

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 27: annonam macelli quotannis temperandam censuit, to be regulated, i. e. fixed at moderate prices, Suet. Tib. 34:

    (Aeolus) Sceptra tenens mollitque animos et temperat iras,

    soothes, allays, Verg. A. 1, 57:

    sumptus,

    Ov. Am. 1, 3, 10:

    Mercurius temperat astra,

    Stat. Th. 1, 305.—
    2.
    Se temperare ab aliquā re, to refrain from, abstain from, forbear, etc. (late Lat.): temperare se a rectorum suorum reprehensione, Greg. M. in Job, 25, 38 init.; 18, 3: ab utro se temperat, Aug. c. Faust. 6, 5 fin.; id. Trin. 3 prooem.
    II.
    Neutr., to observe proper measure; to moderate or restrain one ' s self; to forbear, abstain; to be moderate or temperate (class.; cf. moderor).
    A.
    In gen., constr. with in aliquā re, alicui rei, ab aliquā re, a simple abl., an inf., or ne or quin with subj.
    (α).
    With in and abl.:

    jam istoc probior es, cum in amore temperes,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 8:

    in multa temperarunt tribuni,

    Liv. 2, 52, 5; Sall. J. 85, 9.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    linguae tempera,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 28; so,

    linguae,

    Liv. 28, 44, 18:

    linguae,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 2:

    manibus,

    Liv. 2, 23, 9; 4, 3, 6; 32, 20, 3; Curt. 7, 2, 24:

    oculis,

    Liv. 21, 22, 7:

    irae,

    id. 33, 20, 7:

    victoriae,

    Sall. C. 11, 8:

    gulae,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 5:

    lacrimis,

    Curt. 7, 2, 7.—
    (γ).
    With ab and abl.:

    temperare ab injuriā et maleficio,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

    a maleficio,

    Auct. Her. 2, 19, 29:

    a lacrimis,

    Verg. A. 2, 8:

    precibus ducis mitigati ab excidio civitatis temperavere,

    Tac. H. 1, 63.—Rarely with sibi, etc.:

    cum sibi in contionibus credas a mendacio temperaturum?

    Auct. Her. 4, 18, 25:

    ne a necessariis quidem sibi rabies temperat,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 26, 4.—
    (δ).
    With abl. alone:

    lacrimis,

    Liv. 30, 20; Tac. A. 15, 16:

    a venatibus,

    Claud. III. Laud. Stil. 270:

    risu,

    Liv. 32, 34, 3: neque verbis adversus principem neque factis, Suet. Vit. Lucan.—
    (ε).
    With inf.:

    matronae Canorā hic voce suā tinnire temperent,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 33:

    dormire,

    id. ib. 22:

    maledicere huic,

    id. ib. 5, 2, 76: tollere puerum, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42 (Trag. v. 67 Vahl.):

    exordiri rem novam,

    Gell. 4, 9, 5. —
    (ζ).
    With ne and subj.:

    quoi male faciundi est potestas, quom ne id faciat temperat,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 60:

    quod in pluribus libris ne facerem temperavi,

    Lact. 4, 3, 5.—
    (η).
    With quin (post-Aug.):

    non temperante Tiberio quin premeret,

    Tac. A. 3, 67: ne sedato quidem tumultu temperare potuit, quin, etc., Suet. Claud. 41; id. Calig. 54:

    vix temperabat, quin diceret,

    Sen. Contr. 10, 1 (30), 7:

    Arruntius non temperavit, quin, etc.,

    id. Ep. 114, 19.—
    b.
    With sibi or animis (so not in Cicero):

    neque sibi homines feros temperaturos existimabat, quin, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 33:

    vix sibi temperant quin, etc.,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 29, 2; Vell. 1, 16, 1: usque mihi temperavi, dum perducerem eo rem, ut, etc., Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 7, 2:

    nequeo mihi temperare, quominus, etc.,

    Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 41; 1, praef. §

    30: non quivit temperare sibi in eo (signo), etc.,

    id. 34, 8, 19, § 62; Plin. Ep. 6, 17, 1:

    vix temperavere animis, quin, etc.,

    Liv. 5, 45, 7.—
    c.
    Impers. pass.:

    aegre temperatum est, quin, etc.,

    they with difficulty refrained, Liv. 32, 10, 8:

    nec temperatum manibus foret, ni, etc.,

    id. 2, 23, 10:

    jam superfundenti se laetitiae vix temperatum est,

    id. 5, 7, 8:

    ab oppugnatione urbium temperatum,

    id. 7, 20, 9:

    a caedibus,

    id. 25, 25, 9.—
    B.
    In partic., pregn., to forbear, abstain, or refrain from; to spare, be indulgent to any thing (cf.: parco, abstineo); constr. with dat. or ab:

    ut si cuiquam ullā in re umquam temperaverit, ut vos quoque ei temperetis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 6, § 17:

    superatis hostibus (shortly after, parcere),

    id. ib. 2, 2, 2, §

    4: sociis,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 59, §

    154: alicui in aliquā re,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 6, §

    17: amicis,

    id. Balb. 27, 60:

    privignis,

    Hor. C. 3, 24, 18:

    ingenio suo,

    Quint. 10, 1, 98 al.:

    in quo ab sociis temperaverant,

    Liv. 6, 17, 8:

    ab his sacris,

    id. 39, 10, 9:

    quamvis a plerisque cibis singuli temperemus,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 8; cf.:

    a mulso sibi temperare,

    Cels. 4, 31.— Impers. pass.:

    templis deum temperatum est,

    Liv. 1, 29, 6 Drak. N. cr.:

    nec ab ullo temperatum foret,

    id. 24, 31, 11.—Hence,
    A.
    tempĕ-rans, antis, P. a., observing moderation, sober, moderate, temperate (syn.:

    modestus, abstinens): aut temperantem (dices), qui se in aliquā libidine continuerit, in aliquā effuderit?

    Cic. Par. 3, 1, 21:

    homo in omnibus vitae partibus moderatus ac temperans, etc.,

    id. Font. 18, 40; so,

    homo,

    id. Att. 15, 1, 1.— Sup.:

    homo sanctissimus et temperantissimus,

    Cic. Font. 17, 38:

    principes graviores temperantioresque a cupidine imperii,

    refraining, abstaining, Liv. 26, 22, 14 Drak. N. cr. —With gen.:

    famae temperans,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 41:

    temperans gaudii seraeque laetitiae,

    Plin. Pan. 52, 5:

    potestatis temperantior,

    Tac. A. 13, 46.—Hence, adv.: tempĕranter, with moderation, moderately, Tac. A. 4, 33; 15, 29. — Comp., Cic. Att. 9, 2, A, 2.— Sup. seems not to occur.—
    B.
    tempĕrātus, a, um, P. a.
    * 1.
    Duly arranged or prepared:

    prela,

    Cato, R. R. 12.—
    2.
    Limited, moderate, temperate.
    (α).
    Lit.:

    temperatae escae modicaeque potiones,

    Cic. Div. 1, 51, 115:

    regiones caeli neque aestuosae neque frigidae sed temperatae,

    Vitr. 1, 4; cf. Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 26.— Comp.:

    loca temperatiora,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 12:

    o temperatae dulce Formiae litus,

    Mart. 10, 30, 1:

    mitis ac temperatus annus,

    Col. 3, 20, 1; cf. in sup.:

    temperatissimum anni tempus,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 14.—
    (β).
    Trop., of moral character, of speech, etc., moderate, sober, calm, steady, temperate:

    est autem ita temperatis moderatisque moribus, ut summa severitas summā cum humanitate jungatur,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 27:

    justi, temperati, sapientes,

    id. N. D. 3, 36, 87: in victoriā tem, peratior, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 1:

    mens in bonis Ab insolenti temperata Laetitiā,

    Hor. C. 2, 3, 3:

    vim temperatam di provehunt In majus,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 66:

    animum temperatum virtutibus fuisse,

    Liv. 1, 18, 4:

    hoc multo fortius est... illud temperatius,

    Sen. Ep. 18, 3:

    aequabile et temperatum orationis genus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 1, 3:

    oratio modica ac temperata,

    id. Or. 27, 95.— Comp.:

    temperatior oratio,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 212.— Sup.:

    temperatissimi sanctissimique viri monumentum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 38, § 83. — Adv.: tempĕrātē, in due proportion, with moderation, moderately, temperately.
    a.
    Lit.:

    tepebit,

    Cato, R. R. 69, 2:

    arbores umoris temperate, parum terreni habentes,

    Vitr. 2, 9 med. —
    b.
    Trop.:

    agere,

    Cic. Att. 12, 32, 1:

    temperatius scribere,

    id. ib. 13, 1, 1:

    temperatissime et castissime vivere,

    Aug. Mus. 6, 15.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > tempero

  • 2 temperor

    tempĕro, āvi, ātum, 1 (old pres. subj. temperint, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 41; collat. dep. form tempĕror, Lact. 7, 5, 12), v. a. and n. [tempus].
    I.
    Act., to divide or proportion duly, mingle in due proportion; to combine or compound properly; to qualify, temper, etc. (class.; cf.: modifico, misceo).
    A.
    Lit.:

    nec vero qui simplex esse debet, ex dissimilibus rebus misceri et temperari potest,

    Cic. Off. 3, 33, 119:

    qui (orbium motus) acuta cum gravibus temperans varios aequabiliter concentus efficit,

    id. Rep. 6, 18, 18:

    ea cum tria sumpsisset, unam in speciem temperavit,

    id. Univ. 7:

    tale quiddam esse animum, ut sit ex igni atque animă temperatum,

    id. N. D. 3, 14, 36:

    aes conflare et temperare,

    Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 197:

    ferrum,

    id. 34, 14, 41, § 145:

    herbas,

    Ov. F. 5, 402:

    acetum melle,

    Plin. 14, 17, 21, § 114:

    vinum,

    id. 29, 3, 11, § 50: pocula, to flavor, i. e. to fill, Hor. C. 1, 20, 11; id. Epod. 17, 80; Mart. 9, 12, 7:

    venenum,

    Suet. Ner. 2 fin.:

    unguentum,

    Plin. 13, 2, 2, § 18:

    collyrium,

    id. 27, 10, 59, § 83:

    colores,

    id. 2, 18, 16, § 79 et saep.:

    ejusdem solis tum accessus modici tum recessus et frigoris et caloris modum temperant,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

    Etesiarum flatu nimii temperantur calores,

    id. ib. 2, 53, 131; cf.:

    vitis solem umbra temperans,

    Plin. 17, 12, 18, § 91: quis aquam (i. e. balneum) temperet ignibus, who shall temper, i. e. warm, Hor. C. 3, 19, 6; so, balneum, Mart. 3, 25, 1:

    scatebrisque arentia temperat arva,

    i. e. waters, Verg. G. 1, 110; so,

    arva (Galesus),

    Claud. Cons. Prob. 260.—
    2.
    Transf., to rule, regulate, govern, manage, arrange, order:

    rem publicam institutis et legibus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; cf.:

    constituere et temperare civitates,

    id. Ac. 2, 1, 3:

    Lycurgus, qui Lacedaemoniorum rem publicam temperavit,

    id. Div. 1, 43, 96; cf.:

    qui (Juppiter) res hominum ac deorum, Qui mare ac terras variisque mundum Temperat horis,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 16:

    terram, mare, urbes, etc. (corresp. to regere),

    id. ib. 3, 4, 45:

    mare,

    id. ib. 4, 12, 1:

    aequor,

    Verg. A. 1, 146:

    orbem,

    Ov. M. 1, 770; 15, 869:

    arces aetherias,

    id. ib. 15, 859:

    undas,

    id. ib. 12, 580:

    ratem,

    id. ib. 13, 366:

    solus id navigii genus temperans,

    Vell. 2, 107:

    omnia pretio temperata,

    id. 2, 60:

    senem delirum,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 71:

    ora frenis,

    id. C. 1, 8, 7 et saep.:

    genius qui natale temperat astrum,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 187:

    annum,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 16; Plin. 2, 6, 4, § 13:

    caeli fulgura,

    Cic. Leg. 8, 21:

    fortunam suo arbitrio,

    Petr. 137.— Poet.:

    carmen impositis articulis,

    i. e. to tune, Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 80; cf.:

    testudinis aureae strepitum,

    Hor. C. 4, 3, 18:

    Musam pede Archilochi,

    id. Ep. 1, 19, 28 sq.:

    citharam nervis,

    i. e. to string, Ov. M. 10, 108.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To regulate, rule, etc.:

    non modice temperatam sed nimis meracam libertatem sitiens haurire,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 96; cf.:

    cujus acerbitas morum immanitasque naturae ne vino quidem permixta temperari solet,

    id. Phil. 12, 11, 26:

    quod (genus) erit aequatum et temperatum ex tribus optimis rerum publicarum modis,

    id. Rep. 1, 45, 69; cf. id. ib. 2, 39, 65:

    ita in variā et perpetuā oratione hi (numeri) sunt inter se miscendi et temperandi,

    id. Or. 58, 197; so,

    joined with miscere,

    id. Off. 3, 33, 119 (on the contrary, opp. miscere, id. Rep. 2, 23, 42); cf.:

    at haec interdum temperanda et varianda sunt,

    id. Or. 29, 103; 18, 60; 52, 176:

    iracundiam cohibere, victoriam temperare,

    id. Marcell. 3, 8:

    amara lento Temperet risu,

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 27: annonam macelli quotannis temperandam censuit, to be regulated, i. e. fixed at moderate prices, Suet. Tib. 34:

    (Aeolus) Sceptra tenens mollitque animos et temperat iras,

    soothes, allays, Verg. A. 1, 57:

    sumptus,

    Ov. Am. 1, 3, 10:

    Mercurius temperat astra,

    Stat. Th. 1, 305.—
    2.
    Se temperare ab aliquā re, to refrain from, abstain from, forbear, etc. (late Lat.): temperare se a rectorum suorum reprehensione, Greg. M. in Job, 25, 38 init.; 18, 3: ab utro se temperat, Aug. c. Faust. 6, 5 fin.; id. Trin. 3 prooem.
    II.
    Neutr., to observe proper measure; to moderate or restrain one ' s self; to forbear, abstain; to be moderate or temperate (class.; cf. moderor).
    A.
    In gen., constr. with in aliquā re, alicui rei, ab aliquā re, a simple abl., an inf., or ne or quin with subj.
    (α).
    With in and abl.:

    jam istoc probior es, cum in amore temperes,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 8:

    in multa temperarunt tribuni,

    Liv. 2, 52, 5; Sall. J. 85, 9.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    linguae tempera,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 28; so,

    linguae,

    Liv. 28, 44, 18:

    linguae,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 2:

    manibus,

    Liv. 2, 23, 9; 4, 3, 6; 32, 20, 3; Curt. 7, 2, 24:

    oculis,

    Liv. 21, 22, 7:

    irae,

    id. 33, 20, 7:

    victoriae,

    Sall. C. 11, 8:

    gulae,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 5:

    lacrimis,

    Curt. 7, 2, 7.—
    (γ).
    With ab and abl.:

    temperare ab injuriā et maleficio,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

    a maleficio,

    Auct. Her. 2, 19, 29:

    a lacrimis,

    Verg. A. 2, 8:

    precibus ducis mitigati ab excidio civitatis temperavere,

    Tac. H. 1, 63.—Rarely with sibi, etc.:

    cum sibi in contionibus credas a mendacio temperaturum?

    Auct. Her. 4, 18, 25:

    ne a necessariis quidem sibi rabies temperat,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 26, 4.—
    (δ).
    With abl. alone:

    lacrimis,

    Liv. 30, 20; Tac. A. 15, 16:

    a venatibus,

    Claud. III. Laud. Stil. 270:

    risu,

    Liv. 32, 34, 3: neque verbis adversus principem neque factis, Suet. Vit. Lucan.—
    (ε).
    With inf.:

    matronae Canorā hic voce suā tinnire temperent,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 33:

    dormire,

    id. ib. 22:

    maledicere huic,

    id. ib. 5, 2, 76: tollere puerum, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42 (Trag. v. 67 Vahl.):

    exordiri rem novam,

    Gell. 4, 9, 5. —
    (ζ).
    With ne and subj.:

    quoi male faciundi est potestas, quom ne id faciat temperat,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 60:

    quod in pluribus libris ne facerem temperavi,

    Lact. 4, 3, 5.—
    (η).
    With quin (post-Aug.):

    non temperante Tiberio quin premeret,

    Tac. A. 3, 67: ne sedato quidem tumultu temperare potuit, quin, etc., Suet. Claud. 41; id. Calig. 54:

    vix temperabat, quin diceret,

    Sen. Contr. 10, 1 (30), 7:

    Arruntius non temperavit, quin, etc.,

    id. Ep. 114, 19.—
    b.
    With sibi or animis (so not in Cicero):

    neque sibi homines feros temperaturos existimabat, quin, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 33:

    vix sibi temperant quin, etc.,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 29, 2; Vell. 1, 16, 1: usque mihi temperavi, dum perducerem eo rem, ut, etc., Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 7, 2:

    nequeo mihi temperare, quominus, etc.,

    Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 41; 1, praef. §

    30: non quivit temperare sibi in eo (signo), etc.,

    id. 34, 8, 19, § 62; Plin. Ep. 6, 17, 1:

    vix temperavere animis, quin, etc.,

    Liv. 5, 45, 7.—
    c.
    Impers. pass.:

    aegre temperatum est, quin, etc.,

    they with difficulty refrained, Liv. 32, 10, 8:

    nec temperatum manibus foret, ni, etc.,

    id. 2, 23, 10:

    jam superfundenti se laetitiae vix temperatum est,

    id. 5, 7, 8:

    ab oppugnatione urbium temperatum,

    id. 7, 20, 9:

    a caedibus,

    id. 25, 25, 9.—
    B.
    In partic., pregn., to forbear, abstain, or refrain from; to spare, be indulgent to any thing (cf.: parco, abstineo); constr. with dat. or ab:

    ut si cuiquam ullā in re umquam temperaverit, ut vos quoque ei temperetis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 6, § 17:

    superatis hostibus (shortly after, parcere),

    id. ib. 2, 2, 2, §

    4: sociis,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 59, §

    154: alicui in aliquā re,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 6, §

    17: amicis,

    id. Balb. 27, 60:

    privignis,

    Hor. C. 3, 24, 18:

    ingenio suo,

    Quint. 10, 1, 98 al.:

    in quo ab sociis temperaverant,

    Liv. 6, 17, 8:

    ab his sacris,

    id. 39, 10, 9:

    quamvis a plerisque cibis singuli temperemus,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 8; cf.:

    a mulso sibi temperare,

    Cels. 4, 31.— Impers. pass.:

    templis deum temperatum est,

    Liv. 1, 29, 6 Drak. N. cr.:

    nec ab ullo temperatum foret,

    id. 24, 31, 11.—Hence,
    A.
    tempĕ-rans, antis, P. a., observing moderation, sober, moderate, temperate (syn.:

    modestus, abstinens): aut temperantem (dices), qui se in aliquā libidine continuerit, in aliquā effuderit?

    Cic. Par. 3, 1, 21:

    homo in omnibus vitae partibus moderatus ac temperans, etc.,

    id. Font. 18, 40; so,

    homo,

    id. Att. 15, 1, 1.— Sup.:

    homo sanctissimus et temperantissimus,

    Cic. Font. 17, 38:

    principes graviores temperantioresque a cupidine imperii,

    refraining, abstaining, Liv. 26, 22, 14 Drak. N. cr. —With gen.:

    famae temperans,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 41:

    temperans gaudii seraeque laetitiae,

    Plin. Pan. 52, 5:

    potestatis temperantior,

    Tac. A. 13, 46.—Hence, adv.: tempĕranter, with moderation, moderately, Tac. A. 4, 33; 15, 29. — Comp., Cic. Att. 9, 2, A, 2.— Sup. seems not to occur.—
    B.
    tempĕrātus, a, um, P. a.
    * 1.
    Duly arranged or prepared:

    prela,

    Cato, R. R. 12.—
    2.
    Limited, moderate, temperate.
    (α).
    Lit.:

    temperatae escae modicaeque potiones,

    Cic. Div. 1, 51, 115:

    regiones caeli neque aestuosae neque frigidae sed temperatae,

    Vitr. 1, 4; cf. Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 26.— Comp.:

    loca temperatiora,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 12:

    o temperatae dulce Formiae litus,

    Mart. 10, 30, 1:

    mitis ac temperatus annus,

    Col. 3, 20, 1; cf. in sup.:

    temperatissimum anni tempus,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 14.—
    (β).
    Trop., of moral character, of speech, etc., moderate, sober, calm, steady, temperate:

    est autem ita temperatis moderatisque moribus, ut summa severitas summā cum humanitate jungatur,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 27:

    justi, temperati, sapientes,

    id. N. D. 3, 36, 87: in victoriā tem, peratior, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 1:

    mens in bonis Ab insolenti temperata Laetitiā,

    Hor. C. 2, 3, 3:

    vim temperatam di provehunt In majus,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 66:

    animum temperatum virtutibus fuisse,

    Liv. 1, 18, 4:

    hoc multo fortius est... illud temperatius,

    Sen. Ep. 18, 3:

    aequabile et temperatum orationis genus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 1, 3:

    oratio modica ac temperata,

    id. Or. 27, 95.— Comp.:

    temperatior oratio,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 212.— Sup.:

    temperatissimi sanctissimique viri monumentum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 38, § 83. — Adv.: tempĕrātē, in due proportion, with moderation, moderately, temperately.
    a.
    Lit.:

    tepebit,

    Cato, R. R. 69, 2:

    arbores umoris temperate, parum terreni habentes,

    Vitr. 2, 9 med. —
    b.
    Trop.:

    agere,

    Cic. Att. 12, 32, 1:

    temperatius scribere,

    id. ib. 13, 1, 1:

    temperatissime et castissime vivere,

    Aug. Mus. 6, 15.

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  • 3 commensus

    proportion, relative measurements; in due proportion (L+S); symmetry

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  • 4 symmetria

    symmetry; due proportion between parts; relative measure of parts/proportion

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  • 5 temperamentum

    tempĕrāmentum, i, n. [id.], a mixing in due proportion, a proper measure, disposition, or constitution; a measure, mean, moderation; temperament, temperature (mostly post-Aug.; cf. on the other hand, temperatio): inventum est temperamentum, quo tenuiores cum principibus aequari se putarunt, * Cic. Leg. 3, 10, 24; cf.:

    tanto temperamento inter plebem senatumque egit, ut, etc.,

    Just. 2, 7, 5; 44, 4, 3:

    egregium principatus temperamentum, si demptis utriusque vitiis solae virtutes miscerentur,

    Tac. H. 2, 5:

    fortitudinis,

    id. ib. 1, 83:

    senatus Caesar orationem habuit meditato temperamento,

    with studied moderation, strictness, id. A. 3, 12:

    quod temperamentum omnes in illo subito pietatis calore servavimus,

    Plin. Pan. 3, 1:

    opus est inter has tam diversas inaequalitates magno temperamento,

    Col. 3, 12, 3 sq. eruca jungitur lactucae fere in cibis, ut nimio frigori par fervor immixtus temperamentum aequet, Plin. 19, 8, 44, § 155 eadem est materia, sed distat temperamento, proportion, combination, id. 9, 36, 61, § 130, 12, 25, 54, § 115 caeli, temperateness, Just. 2, 1, 10:

    linistis absque temperamento,

    without having tempered the mortar, Vulg. Ezech. 13, 14; 22, 28.

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  • 6 temperies

    tempĕrĭes, ēi, f. [tempero], a due mingling, mixture, or tempering, temperature, temper ( poet. and in post - Aug. prose for the class. temperatio):

    in quo (aere) aequalis omnium temperies fuit,

    Plin. 34, 2, 3, § 8:

    magna et in colore temperies,

    id. 2, 78, 80, § 190; 16, 11, 22, § 54:

    ubi temperiem sumpsere umorque calorque,

    Ov. M. 1, 430:

    nix tegit alta duas (caeli zonas): totidem inter utramque locavit, Temperiemque dedit, mixtā cum frigore flammā,

    i. e. temperateness, moderate temperature, id. ib. 1, 51:

    caeli,

    id. P. 2, 7, 71; Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 3:

    caeli mira temperies, verno tepori maxime similis,

    Curt. 4, 7, 17; 9, 1, 11; cf.:

    auctumnus mitis inter juvenemque senemque Temperie medius,

    Ov. M. 15, 211:

    temperie blandarum captus aquarum,

    id. ib. 4, 344:

    temperiem servant oculi,

    a due proportion, Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 217:

    tranquilla morum,

    Stat. S. 2. 6, 48:

    temperies (docet), ut casta petas,

    moderation, temperance, Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 103.

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  • 7 temperō

        temperō āvī, ātus, āre    [tempus], to observe proper measure, be moderate, restrain oneself, forbear, abstain, be temperate, act temperately: in potestatibus, S.: in multā temperarunt tribuni, L.: linguae, L.: oculis, to keep from looking, L.: temperare oculis, refrain from tears, Cu.: risu (dat.), L.: victoriae, S.: nec nos temperamus imperiis, quo minus illi auxili egeant, L.: sibi, quin exirent, Cs.: vix temperavere animis, quin, etc., L.: temperare ab iniuri<*> et maleficio, refrain, Cs.: a lacrimis, V.: tollere puerum: temperatum agere est, quin, etc., they with difficulty refrained, L.: nec temperatum manibus foret, ni, etc., L.— To forbear, abstain, refrain, spare, be indulgent: si cuiquam ullā in re umquam temperaverit: Privignis, H.: templis deum temperatum est, L.: in quo ab sociis temperaverant, L.— To divide duly, mingle in due proportion, combine suitably, compound properly, qualify, temper: ex dissimillimis rebus misceri et temperari: alqd ex igni atque animā temperatum: Pocula, to mix, i. e. fill, H.: Etesiarum flatu nimii temperantur calores: aquam (i. e. balneum) ignibus, i. e. warm, H.: scatebris arva, i. e. water, V.— To rule, regulate, govern, manage, arrange, order: rem p. institutis et legibus: aequor, V.: arces aetherias, O.: ora frenis, H.: testudinis aureae strepitum, H.: citharam nervis, i. e. to string, O.: temperata frumenti subvectio, facilitated, Ta.—Fig., to regulate, rule, control, govern, sway, moderate: cuius acerbitas morum ne vino quidem permixta temperari solet: haec interdum temperanda sunt: amara lento Temperet risu, H.: iras, soothe, V.: sumptūs, O.
    * * *
    temperare, temperavi, temperatus V
    combine, blend, temper; make mild; refrain from; control oneself

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  • 8 commensus

    1.
    commensus, a, um, Part., v. commetior.
    2.
    commensus, ūs, m. [commetior], a due proportion or measure, symmetry (a word of Vitr., as transl. of the Gr. summetria), Vitr. 1, 3, 2; 6 praef.; 6, 2.

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  • 9 misceo

    miscĕo, miscŭi, mixtum (mistum is found in many MSS. and edd., but is probably a corruption of copyists, representing the weakened sound of x in later times; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 556), 2, v. a. [root mik-, mig-; Sanscr. micras, mixed; Gr. misgô, mignumi; cf. miscellus], to mix, mingle, to intermingle, blend (for the difference between this word and temperare, v. below, II. A.; cf. confundo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.; with abl.:

    (sortes) pueri manu miscentur,

    Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86:

    toxicum antidoto,

    Phaedr. 1, 14, 8:

    mella Falerno,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 24:

    vina Surrentina faece Falernā,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 55:

    pabula sale,

    Col. 6, 4:

    nectare aquas,

    Ov. H. 16, 198.— With dat.:

    dulce amarumque mihi,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 61:

    fletum cruori,

    Ov. M. 4, 140; Col. 7, 5:

    inter curalium virides miscere smaragdos,

    Lucr. 2, 805:

    cumque meis lacrimis miscuit usque suas,

    Ov. P. 1, 9, 20. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To join one's self to, have carnal intercourse with one:

    corpus cum aliquā,

    Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60.—With dat.:

    sic se tibi misceat,

    Ov. M. 13, 866:

    cum aliquo misceri in Venerem,

    App. M. 9, p. 228, 16:

    sanguinem et genus,

    to intermarry, Liv. 1, 9, 4.—
    2.
    To mix, prepare a drink:

    alteri miscere mulsum,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 17; Ov. Am. 1, 4, 29:

    Veientana mihi misces,

    Mart. 3, 49, 1:

    pocula alicui,

    Ov. M. 10, 160:

    lurida terribiles miscent aconita novercae,

    id. ib. 1, 147; cf.: miscenda Cum Styge vina bibas, = you shall die, id. ib. 12, 321:

    nullis aconita propinquis miscuit (Orestes),

    Juv. 8, 219.—
    3.
    Miscere se, or misceri, to mingle with others, to unite, assemble:

    miscet (se) viris,

    Verg. A. 1, 440:

    se partibus alicujus,

    Vell. 2, 86, 3:

    ipsa ad praetoria densae Miscentur,

    assemble, Verg. G. 4, 75.—
    4.
    Miscere manus or proelia, to join battle, engage ( poet.):

    miscere manus,

    Prop. 2, 20, 66:

    proelia dura,

    id. 4, 1, 28;

    hence, vulnera,

    to inflict wounds on each other, Verg. A. 12, 720.—
    5.
    Of storms, to throw into confusion, to disturb, confound, embroil ( poet.):

    caelum terramque,

    Verg. A. 1, 134:

    magno misceri murmure pontum,

    id. ib. 1, 124:

    miscent se maria,

    id. ib. 9, 714.—Hence, of persons, to raise a great commotion, make a prodigious disturbance, to move heaven and earth:

    caelum ac terras,

    Liv. 4, 3, 6:

    quis caelum terris non misceat et mare caelo,

    Juv. 2, 25; cf.:

    mare caelo confundere,

    id. 6, 282. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to mix, mingle, unite, etc.:

    dulce amarumque una nunc misces mihi,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 63: miscent inter sese inimicitiam agitantes, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 275 Vahl.):

    animum alicujus cum suo miscere,

    Cic. Lael. 21, 81:

    gravitate mixtus lepos,

    id. Rep. 2, 1, 1:

    misce Ergo aliquid de nostris moribus,

    Juv. 14, 322:

    ex dissimillimis rebus misceri et temperari,

    Cic. Off. 3, 33, 119; cf.

    , joined with temperare,

    id. Or. 58, 197;

    also opp. to temperare, since miscere signifies merely to mix, but temperare to mix in due proportion: haec ita mixta fuerunt, ut temperata nullo fuerint modo,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 42.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To share with, impart to another; to take part in, share in a thing (rare and perhaps not ante-Aug.):

    cum amico omnes curas, omnes cogitationes tuas misce,

    share, Sen. Ep. 3, 3:

    se negotiis,

    to take part in, engage in, Dig. 26, 7, 39, § 11:

    administrationi,

    ib. 27, 1, 17, § 5:

    paternae hereditati,

    ib. 29, 2, 42, § 3. —
    2.
    (Acc. to I. B. 5.).
    a.
    To throw into confusion, to embroil, disturb (class.): om [p. 1150] nia infima summis paria fecit, turbavit, miscuit, Cic. Leg. 3, 9, 19:

    rem publicam malis concionibus,

    id. Agr. 2, 33, 91:

    coetus,

    Tac. A. 1, 16:

    animorum motus dicendo,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 51, 220:

    anima, quae res humanas miscuit olim,

    Juv. 10, 163.—
    b.
    To stir up, occasion, excite, rouse:

    ego nova quaedam misceri et concitari mala jam pridem videbam,

    stirred up, devised, Cic. Cat. 4, 3, 6:

    seditiones,

    Tac. H. 4, 68 fin. —
    3.
    Misceri aliquo, to be changed into:

    mixtus Enipeo Taenarius deus,

    Prop. 1, 13, 21.

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  • 10 commoditās

        commoditās ātis, f    [commodus], fitness, convenience, a fit occasion, advantage, benefit: si corrigitur, quot commoditates vide, T.: ad faciendum idonea: maximas commoditates amicitia continet: cum commoditas iuvaret, L. — Of persons, complaisance, courtesy, forbearance: magnam mi inicit suā commoditate curam, T.: viri, O.—Of discourse, fitness, adequacy, appropriateness: commoditati ingenium (est) impedimento.— Dexterity: corporis aliqua commoditas.—Convenience, ease: ob commoditatem itineris, L.
    * * *
    timeliness; fitness, aptness; convenience; advantage, utility; complaisance; due measure, just proportion; suitable (oratorical expression); symmetry

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  • 11 temperāmentum

        temperāmentum ī, n    [tempero], a proportionate admixture ; fig., a right mean: inventum est temperamentum, quo tenuiores cum principibus aequari se putarent, i. e. a due balance of classes: vestrae fortitudinis, moderation, limit, Ta.: orationem habuit meditato temperamento, Ta.
    * * *
    right proportion, middle way, mean, moderation

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  • 12 temperātiō

        temperātiō ōnis, f    [tempero], a due mingling, fit proportion, proper combination, symmetry, constitution, temperament: corporis, animi: aeris, temper: civitatis, organization: ordinum, L.: iuris. — A regulating power, organizing principle: sol mens mundi et temperatio.
    * * *

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  • 13 aequitas

    aequĭtas, ātis, f. [aequus], the quality of being aequus (syn.: aequalitas, jus, justitia, fas).
    I.
    The uniform relation of one thing to others, equality, conformity, symmetry; portionum aequitate turbatā, Sen. Q. N. 3, 10: commoditas et aequitas ( proportion, symmetry) membrorum, Suet. Aug. 79.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Just or equitable conduct toward others, justice, equity, fairness, epieikeia (governed by benevolence, while justitia yields to another only what is strictly due):

    pro aequitate contra jus dicere,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 240:

    belli aequitas sanctissime fetiali jure perscripta est,

    id. Off. 1, 11, 36:

    a verbis recedere et aequitate uti,

    id. Caecin. 13; Nep. Arist. 2, 2 Br.; cf. id. Milt. 2, Suet. Claud. 15. But it is sometimes used for justitia:

    summa bonitas et aequitas causae,

    Cic. Att. 16, 16:

    quam habet aequitatem, ut agrum qui nullum habuit, habeat?

    id. Off. 2, 22 fin. —Eccl., righteousness,
    (α).
    of men, Vulg. Deut. 9, 5; ib. Mal. 2, 6.—
    (β).
    Of God, Vulg. Psa. 9, 9; ib. Act. 17, 31.—
    B.
    A quiet, tranquil state of mind, evenness of temper, moderation, calmness, tranquillity, repose, equanimity; often with animus:

    quis hanc animi maximi aequitatem in ipsā morte laudaret, si? etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 97:

    novi moderationem animi tui et aequitatem,

    id. de Sen. 1; so id. Agr. 1, 5:

    ut animi aequitate plebem contineant,

    Caes. B. G 6, 22; so Nep. Thras. 4:

    ubi pax evenerat aequitate,

    Sall. C. 9, 3.

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  • 14 commoditas

    commŏdĭtas, ātis, f. [commodus].
    I.
    Due measure, just proportion, symmetry (so very rare): commoditas et aequitas membrorum, * Suet. Aug. 79.—
    B.
    Of discourse, fitness, a suitable oratorical expression, Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 9; id. Inv. 1, 2, 3;

    corresp. to commode dicere,

    Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1.—
    II.
    (Acc. to commodus, II.) Easy, unrestrained, free action:

    corporis aliqua commoditas non naturā data, sed studio et industriā parta,

    i. e. dexterity, skill, Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 36.—
    2.
    Convenience, ease:

    id, ob commoditatem itineris ponte sublicio... conjungi urbi placuit,

    Liv. 1, 33, 6.—
    B.
    Of things, fitness, convenience, a fit occasion, advantage, benefit (class.):

    commoditatis omnes articulos scio,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 31:

    in loco opportunitas, in occasione commoditas ad faciendum idonea (consideranda est),

    Cic. Inv. 2, 12, 40; id. Off. 1, 39, 138; Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 94; Ter. And. 3, 3, 37:

    o Fors Fortuna, quantis commoditatibus hunc onerastis diem!

    id. Phorm. 5, 6, 1:

    plurimas et maximas commoditates amicitia continet,

    Cic. Lael. 7, 23; cf. id. N. D. 3, 36, 86; id. Fin. 4, 12, 29:

    percipere fructum aut commoditatem ex re,

    id. Off. 2, 4, 14:

    cum commoditas juvaret,

    Liv. 4, 60, 2.—
    2.
    Of persons, pleasantness, complaisance, courteousness, forbearance, lenity (only ante-class. and in Ov.):

    vir lepidissime, Cumulate commoditate,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 9, 6; Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 76: patris, Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 73:

    viri,

    Ov. H. 17, 176; 16, 310.—
    b.
    Meton. in Plaut.:

    commoditas mea, as a term of endearment,

    Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 8; id. Men. 1, 2, 28; id. Poen. 1, 3, 12.

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  • 15 temperatio

    tempĕrātĭo, ōnis, f. [tempero].
    I.
    Lit., a due mingling or tempering of ingredients, fit proportion or combination, symmetry, constitution, temperament (class.; esp. freq. in Cic.);

    ut enim corporis temperatio cum ea congruunt inter se, e quibus constamus, sanitas: sic animi dicitur, cum ejus judicia opinionesque concordant: eaque animi est virtus, quam alii ipsam temperantiam dicunt esse, alii obtemperantem temperantiae praeceptis,

    Cic. Tusc 4, 13, 30:

    corporum,

    id. ib. 1, 28, 68;

    1, 10, 21: aeris temperatio,

    composition, temper, id. Verr 2, 4, 44, § 98; cf. id. Ac. 2, 26, 85:

    caerulei temperationes Alexandriae primum sunt inventae,

    Vitr. 7, 11; quae a luna ceterisque [p. 1849] sideribus caeli temperatio fit, Cic. Div. 2, 45, 94; so,

    caeli,

    id. N. D. 2, 5, 13:

    temperatio lunae caelique moderatio efficit hoc,

    id. Div. 2, 45, 94:

    semina temperatione caloris et oriri et augescere,

    id. N. D. 2, 10, 26:

    mensium temperatio,

    id. Leg. 2, 7, 16:

    disciplina ac temperatio civitatis,

    organization, constitution. id. Tusc. 4, 1, 1:

    rei publicae,

    id. Leg. 3, 5, 12:

    ordinum,

    Liv. 9, 46, 15:

    temperatio juris, cum potestas in populo, auctoritas in senatu sit,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 12, 28: sed praesto est hujus vitii temperatio, quod senatus lege nostra confirmatur auctoritas, a means of moderating, qualifying, or tempering, id. ib. § 27.—
    II.
    Transf.: sol dux et princeps et moderator luminum reliquorum, mens mundi et temperatio, the organizing or ordering principle, Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17 (Somn. Scip. 4, 10).

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  • 16 temperatura

    tempĕrātūra, ae, f. [id.], due measure, proportion, composition, or quality; temper, temperament, temperature (anteclass. and post-Aug. for the class. temperatio): caeli temperatura, Varr. ap. Non. 179, 12:

    corporis,

    Sen. Ep. 11, 6:

    minii,

    Vitr. 7, 9:

    aeris,

    Plin. 34, 9, 20, § 97; cf. id. 34, 2, 5, § 10; 34, 8, 19, § 75:

    utilis ac salubris (in balneis),

    Sen. Ep. 86, 10:

    linire absque temperatura,

    with untempered mortar, Vulg. Ezech. 13, 11.

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  • proportion — /prəˈpɔʃən / (say pruh pawshuhn) noun 1. comparative relation between things or magnitudes as to size, quantity, number, etc.; ratio: a house tall in proportion to its width. 2. proper relation between things or parts. 3. relative size or extent …  

  • Constant proportion portfolio insurance — (CPPI) is a capital guarantee derivative security that embeds a dynamic trading strategy in order to provide participation to the performance of a certain underlying asset. See also dynamic asset allocation. The intuition behind CPPI was adopted… …   Wikipedia

  • Reciprocal proportion — Reciprocal Re*cip ro*cal (r[ e]*s[i^]p r[ o]*kal), a. [L. reciprocus; of unknown origin.] 1. Recurring in vicissitude; alternate. [1913 Webster] 2. Done by each to the other; interchanging or interchanged; given and received; due from each to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Constant Proportion Debt Obligation — A Constant Proportion Debt Obligation (or CPDO) is a type of credit derivative sold to investors looking for long term exposure to credit risk on a highly rated note. They employ dynamic leveraging in a similar (but opposite) way to Credit CPPI… …   Wikipedia

  • Mortalité animale due aux véhicules — La mortalité animale sur les routes est la conséquence de collisions de la faune avec des véhicules et concerne de nombreuses espèces souvent, grands et petits mammifères, oiseaux, batraciens, insectes, etc. Ils sont souvent tués alors qu ils… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • symmetry — Due proportion of several parts of a body to each other; adaptation of the form or dimensions of the several parts of a thing to each other; harmonious relation of parts; conformance; consistency; congruity; correspondence or similarity of form,… …   Black's law dictionary

  • Labour and Labour Legislation — • Labour is work done by mind or body either partly or wholly for the purpose of producing utilities Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Labour and Labour Legislation     Labour and Labour Legislation …   Catholic encyclopedia

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