im-moderātus

mŏdĭcus, a, um, adj. [modus], having or keeping a proper measure, moderate (cf. mediocris); esp. in behavior, modest, temperate; also, of size, moderate-sized; middling, ordinary, mean, bad (class.; syn.: moderatus, mediocris).

In a good sense:

modico gradu ire,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 19:

potiones,

Cic. Div. 1, 51, 115:

convivia,

id. Sen. 13, 44:

severitas,

id. ib. 18, 65:

industrios, supplices, modicos esse,

Sall. J. 85, 1:

domi modicus,

id. ib. 63, 2:

modicum quoddam corpus (historiae),

a book of a tolerable size, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 4:

amant (mala) modicas rigationes,

gentle, moderate, Pall. 3, 25, 14.—

In a disparaging sense, middling, ordinary, mean, scanty, small, etc.:

genus dicendi subtile in probando, modicum in delectando,

Cic. Or. 21, 69:

oculi,

middling-sized, Plin. 11, 37, 53, § 141:

ea, valde et modica, et illustria sunt,

few in number, Cic. de Or. 2, 32, 137:

Graecis hoc modicum est,

not frequent, id. Fin. 2, 19, 62:

pecunia,

little, scanty, id. Par. 6, 2, 47:

acervus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 190:

incrementa,

small, Just. 7, 1:

tempus,

short, Quint. 1, 2, 12:

rem pateris modicam,

a trifling affliction, Juv. 13, 143:

modici amici,

humble, poor, id. 5, 108.—With gen.:

Sabinus modicus originis,

Tac. A. 6, 39:

virium,

Vell. 1, 12, 4:

pecuniae,

Tac. A. 3, 72:

voluptatum,

id. ib. 2, 73. —As subst.: mŏdĭcum, i, n. (sc. spatium), a little way:

modicum progredi,

a little, App. M. 6, p. 180, 38: modico contentus. [p. 1155] Juv. 9, 9.—Also, in abl., modico adverbially:

modico deinde regressa,

i. e. after a short time, App. M. 1, p. 112, 20:

modico prius, quam Larissam accederem,

a short time before, id. ib. p. 105 med.:

modico secus progredi,

to go a little farther, id. ib. p. 112, 10.—Hence, adv.: mŏdĭcē, with moderation, moderately; modestly; in a proper manner; also, in an ordinary manner, meanly, poorly (class.).

Modice hoc faciam, Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 4:

dolorem modice ferre,

quietly, calmly, id. Tusc. 1, 46, 111; id. Phil. 11, 3, 7:

se recipere,

quietly, in good order, Liv. 28, 15: verecunde et modice, Enn. ap. Non. 342, 23 (Trag. v. 241 Vahl.):

modice et modeste vitam vivere,

Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 18:

dicere,

Cic. Sull. 29, 80:

modice et scienter uti re aliquā,

id. de Or. 1, 29, 132.—

Slightly, not very, not much:

minae Clodii modice me tangunt,

Cic. Att. 2, 19, 1:

modice vinosus,

Liv. 41, 4:

locuples,

id. 38, 14, 9:

modice instratus torus,

slightly, meanly, scantily, Suet. Aug. 73.

rĕ-vĕrĕor, ĭtus. 2, v. dep. a. ( act. collat. form rĕvĕrĕo, acc. to Prisc. p. 799 P.), to stand in awe or fear of; to regard, respect, honor; to fear, be afraid of; to reverence, revere (ante-class. and post-Aug.; syn. veneror): Ap. Quid est quod pudendum siet, genere natam bono pauperem Ducere uxorem? Pe. Revereor filium, Plaut. Ep. 2, 1, 5 (cf. infra, the passage, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 3): observantia, per quam aetate aut sapientiā aut honore... antecedentis reveremur et colimus, Cic. Inv. 2, 22, 66:

hos (sc. oratores) ituri in provincias magistratus reverebantur, hos reversi colebant,

Tac. Or. 36:

Nigidium Cicero summe reveritus est,

Gell. 11, 11, 1.—More freq. with inanim. or abstr. objects:

quasi ejus opulentitatem reverearis,

stood in awe of, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 35:

simultatem meam,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 3 (also quoted in Cic. Att. 2, 19, 1):

adventum tuom,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 10:

fulgorem ab auro,

Lucr. 2, 51:

dicam non reverens assentandi suspicionem,

Cic. de Or. 2, 28, 122:

multa adversa reverens,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 73:

virtutes,

Auct. Her. 4, 17, 24:

coetum virorum (Tullia),

Liv. 1, 48:

fortunam captivae,

Curt. 6, 2, 8:

auctoritatem illustrium scriptorum,

Col. 2, 1, 2:

reverearis occursum, non reformides,

Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 7:

ne revereatur, minus jam quo redeat domum,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 8:

ne quaestus quidem suos reveritus illos opimos, etc.,

i. e. did not spare, Plin. 10, 51, 72, § 142.—( *b) Impers. in analogy with pudet: non te tui saltem pudet, si nihil mei revereatur, Varr. ap. Non. 497, 1; cf. vereor. — Hence,

rĕvĕrens, entis, P. a., respectful, regardful, reverent:

sermo erga patrem imperatoremque reverens, de se moderatus,

Tac. H. 1, 17; cf.: responsum parum reverens, Massur. Sabin. ap. Gell. 4, 20, 11:

ora,

bashful, modest, Prop. 2, 30 (3, 28), 33:

puella parentum suorum reverens,

App. M. 8, p. 204, 21. — Comp.:

nihilo reverentior leniorve erga senatum,

Suet. Calig. 26:

quis reverentior senatus candidatus?

Plin. Pan. 69, 3; cf. id. Ep. 6, 17, 5:

sanctius ac reverentius visum de actis deorum credere quam scire,

Tac. G. 34:

illnd modestius ac fortasse reverentius,

Plin. Ep. 8, 21, 5; cf.:

nomen Augusti,

Flor. 4, 12, 66.— Sup.:

Gabium reverentissimum mei expertus,

Plin. Ep. 10, 86 (18), 1. — Adv.: rĕvĕrenter, respectfully:

aliquem adire,

Plin. Ep. 3, 21, 5:

amicos colere,

id. ib. 7, 31, 5. — Comp., Tac. H. 2, 27.— Sup., Suet. Aug. 93; id. Ner. 23; Plin. Ep. 10, 21 (32) init. —

rĕvĕ-rendus, a, um, P. a., inspiring awe, venerable, reverend (mostly poet.; cf.:

colen. dus, venerandus): nox,

Ov. Ib. 75:

facies,

Juv. 6, 513:

sacraria,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 599:

vetustas (libri),

Gell. 9, 14, 26; 18, 5, 11:

vultu,

Spart. Sev. 19:

epulae,

Amm. 30, 1, 22.— Sup.: Reverendissimus, most reverend, right reverend, a title of bishops, etc., Cod. Th 1, 55, 8; 1, 2, 6.

rĕ-vĕrĕor, ĭtus. 2, v. dep. a. ( act. collat. form rĕvĕrĕo, acc. to Prisc. p. 799 P.), to stand in awe or fear of; to regard, respect, honor; to fear, be afraid of; to reverence, revere (ante-class. and post-Aug.; syn. veneror): Ap. Quid est quod pudendum siet, genere natam bono pauperem Ducere uxorem? Pe. Revereor filium, Plaut. Ep. 2, 1, 5 (cf. infra, the passage, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 3): observantia, per quam aetate aut sapientiā aut honore... antecedentis reveremur et colimus, Cic. Inv. 2, 22, 66:

hos (sc. oratores) ituri in provincias magistratus reverebantur, hos reversi colebant,

Tac. Or. 36:

Nigidium Cicero summe reveritus est,

Gell. 11, 11, 1.—More freq. with inanim. or abstr. objects:

quasi ejus opulentitatem reverearis,

stood in awe of, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 35:

simultatem meam,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 3 (also quoted in Cic. Att. 2, 19, 1):

adventum tuom,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 10:

fulgorem ab auro,

Lucr. 2, 51:

dicam non reverens assentandi suspicionem,

Cic. de Or. 2, 28, 122:

multa adversa reverens,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 73:

virtutes,

Auct. Her. 4, 17, 24:

coetum virorum (Tullia),

Liv. 1, 48:

fortunam captivae,

Curt. 6, 2, 8:

auctoritatem illustrium scriptorum,

Col. 2, 1, 2:

reverearis occursum, non reformides,

Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 7:

ne revereatur, minus jam quo redeat domum,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 8:

ne quaestus quidem suos reveritus illos opimos, etc.,

i. e. did not spare, Plin. 10, 51, 72, § 142.—( *b) Impers. in analogy with pudet: non te tui saltem pudet, si nihil mei revereatur, Varr. ap. Non. 497, 1; cf. vereor. — Hence,

rĕvĕrens, entis, P. a., respectful, regardful, reverent:

sermo erga patrem imperatoremque reverens, de se moderatus,

Tac. H. 1, 17; cf.: responsum parum reverens, Massur. Sabin. ap. Gell. 4, 20, 11:

ora,

bashful, modest, Prop. 2, 30 (3, 28), 33:

puella parentum suorum reverens,

App. M. 8, p. 204, 21. — Comp.:

nihilo reverentior leniorve erga senatum,

Suet. Calig. 26:

quis reverentior senatus candidatus?

Plin. Pan. 69, 3; cf. id. Ep. 6, 17, 5:

sanctius ac reverentius visum de actis deorum credere quam scire,

Tac. G. 34:

illnd modestius ac fortasse reverentius,

Plin. Ep. 8, 21, 5; cf.:

nomen Augusti,

Flor. 4, 12, 66.— Sup.:

Gabium reverentissimum mei expertus,

Plin. Ep. 10, 86 (18), 1. — Adv.: rĕvĕrenter, respectfully:

aliquem adire,

Plin. Ep. 3, 21, 5:

amicos colere,

id. ib. 7, 31, 5. — Comp., Tac. H. 2, 27.— Sup., Suet. Aug. 93; id. Ner. 23; Plin. Ep. 10, 21 (32) init. —

rĕvĕ-rendus, a, um, P. a., inspiring awe, venerable, reverend (mostly poet.; cf.:

colen. dus, venerandus): nox,

Ov. Ib. 75:

facies,

Juv. 6, 513:

sacraria,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 599:

vetustas (libri),

Gell. 9, 14, 26; 18, 5, 11:

vultu,

Spart. Sev. 19:

epulae,

Amm. 30, 1, 22.— Sup.: Reverendissimus, most reverend, right reverend, a title of bishops, etc., Cod. Th 1, 55, 8; 1, 2, 6.

successus, a, um, Part. of succedo.

successus, ūs, m. [succedo].

(Acc. to succedo, I.) An advance, approach (very rare).

Lit.:

successus et incursus hostium,

Caes. B. G. 2, 20:

equorum,

Verg. A. 12, 616.—

Transf. (post-class.), a place which one goes down into, a cavern:

terrarum,

Arn. 5, 173; 7, 251.—

(Acc. to succedo, II.) A succession of time, continuance (post-class.):

continuo totius temporis successu,

Just. 1, 8, 14:

ex successu continuae felicitatis obliviscitur se hominem,

id. 16, 5, 8.—

Trop., a happy issue, good result, success (the usual signif.;

perh. not ante-Aug.): successu exsultans,

Verg. A. 2, 386:

Mnestheus successu acrior ipso,

id. ib. 5, 210:

hos successus alit,

id. ib. 5, 231:

successum dea dira negat,

id. ib. 12, 914; cf.:

multo successu Fabiis audaciam crescere,

Liv. 2, 50, 3:

contentus fortuito successu,

id. 42, 66, 2:

elatus successu,

id. ib. § 3: successumque artes non habuere meae, Ov. R. [p. 1788] Am. 624:

successu rerum ferocior,

Tac. H. 4, 28; Ov. M. 6, 130; 8, 384; 8, 495 al.:

successus improborum plures allicit,

Phaedr. 2, 3, 7; Quint. 1, 2, 24; 10, 7, 13; Plin. 7, 7, 5, § 44:

petitionum,

id. 28, 8, 27, § 106:

artis,

id. 35, 9, 36, § 67:

nec successum victoriae moderatus est,

Suet. Aug. 13:

tantusque rerum successu haberi coeptus est,

Just. 17, 3, 22:

successu rerum florentes opes,

id. 18, 6, 1; 21, 6, 1.— Plur.:

pleni successibus anni,

Ov. M. 8, 273:

successus prosperos dare, Liv. prooem. § 13: ne successibus deesset auctoritas,

Just. 2, 4, 13.—

Concr., posterity, issue (post-class.):

ferunt Graecorum commenta... feminam... suā manu suos exstinxisse successus, i. e. Medea,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 5.

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].

Act., to divide or proportion duly, mingle in due proportion; to combine or compound properly; to qualify, temper, etc. (class.; cf.: modifico, misceo).

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.—

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.—

Trop.

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.—

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.

Neutr., to observe proper measure; to moderate or restrain one ' s self; to forbear, abstain; to be moderate or temperate (class.; cf. moderor).

In gen., constr. with in aliquā re, alicui rei, ab aliquā re, a simple abl., an inf., or ne or quin with subj.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

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. —

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

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,

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.—

tempĕrātus, a, um, P. a.

Duly arranged or prepared:

prela,

Cato, R. R. 12.—

Limited, moderate, temperate.

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.—

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.

Lit.:

tepebit,

Cato, R. R. 69, 2:

arbores umoris temperate, parum terreni habentes,

Vitr. 2, 9 med. —

Trop.:

agere,

Cic. Att. 12, 32, 1:

temperatius scribere,

id. ib. 13, 1, 1:

temperatissime et castissime vivere,

Aug. Mus. 6, 15.

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].

Act., to divide or proportion duly, mingle in due proportion; to combine or compound properly; to qualify, temper, etc. (class.; cf.: modifico, misceo).

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.—

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.—

Trop.

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.—

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.

Neutr., to observe proper measure; to moderate or restrain one ' s self; to forbear, abstain; to be moderate or temperate (class.; cf. moderor).

In gen., constr. with in aliquā re, alicui rei, ab aliquā re, a simple abl., an inf., or ne or quin with subj.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

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. —

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

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,

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.—

tempĕrātus, a, um, P. a.

Duly arranged or prepared:

prela,

Cato, R. R. 12.—

Limited, moderate, temperate.

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.—

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.

Lit.:

tepebit,

Cato, R. R. 69, 2:

arbores umoris temperate, parum terreni habentes,

Vitr. 2, 9 med. —

Trop.:

agere,

Cic. Att. 12, 32, 1:

temperatius scribere,

id. ib. 13, 1, 1:

temperatissime et castissime vivere,

Aug. Mus. 6, 15.

vŏlĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. [2. volo], to fly to and fro, to fly or flit about, to flutter (class.).

Lit.:

aves volitare,

Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 23:

(volucris) propter humum volitat,

Ov. M. 8, 258:

volitant alii (scarabaei) magno cum murmure,

Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 98. —

Transf., to fly, hasten, or hover about; to flutter, float about:

volitans totā acie,

Liv. 4, 19, 2:

mediis in millibus ductores,

Verg. A. 12, 126:

volitabit et vagabitur in foro,

Auct. Her. 4, 39, 51; cf.:

totā Asiā vagatur, volitat ut rex,

Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 6:

volitare in foro,

id. de Or. 1, 38, 173:

volitat ante oculos istorum Jubae regis filius,

id. Agr. 2, 22, 59:

pacatum volitant per mare navitae,

Hor. C. 4, 5, 19:

tribuni praefectique cum terrore et armatorum catervis volitabant,

Tac. H. 2, 88 fin.; cf. Cic. Sest. 1, 1. —Of things concr. and abstr.:

quae (rerum simulacra) quasi membranae summo de corpore rerum Dereptae volitant ultro citroque per auras,

Lucr. 4, 32; cf. id. 4, 62:

solidissima materiaï Corpora perpetuo volitare,

hover, float about, id. 1, 952;

so of atoms,

id. 2, 380; 3, 33; Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54:

stellae,

id. Arat. 180:

atra favilla in nimbo,

Verg. A. 5, 666:

umbrae inter vivos,

Lucr. 4, 38:

circum litora,

Verg. A. 6, 329:

et tenues animae volitare silentum,

Ov. M. 14, 411:

voces per auras,

Lucr. 4, 221.—

Trop., to fly, fly or flutter about, fly to and fro, etc.: nemo me lacrimis decoret nec funera fletu Faxit. Cur? Volito vivu' per ora virūm, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34; cf. id. Sen. 20, 73 (Epigr. v. 4, p. 162 Vahl.):

speremus nostrum nomen volitare et vagari latissime,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 26:

si nostri animi... gestiant ac volitare cupiant vacui curā ac labore,

to wander about, id. de Or. 2, 6, 23:

valebis apud hominem volitantem gloriae cupiditate, vir moderatus et constans,

soaring, aspiring, id. Pis. 25, 59; cf.:

cupis volitare per auras,

Mart. 1, 4, 11: nec volitabo in hoc insolentius, fly into a passion, Cic. Fl. 16, 38:

(Clodius) volitat, furit,

id. Att. 2, 22, 1.