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1 modestia
mŏdestĭa, ae, f. [modestus], moderateness, moderation; esp. in one's behavior, unassuming conduct, modesty (opp. immodestia, superbia, licentia; class.).I.In gen.: eam virtutem Graeci sôphrosunên vocant:II.quam soleo equidem tum temperantiam, tum moderationem appellare, nonnumquam etiam modestiam,
Cic. Tusc. 3, 8, 16; cf.:modestia est in animo continens moderatio cupiditatum,
Auct. Her. 3, 2, 3:rectum dividitur in prudentiam, justitiam, fortitudinem, modestiam,
id. ib.:disserebat de suā modestiā,
want of confidence in himself, Tac. A. 1, 11 init. —In partic.A.Unassuming conduct, discretion, moderation, sobriety of behavior (the predom. signif. of the word):B. 1.sarta tecta tua precepta usque habui mea modestia,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 36:sine modo et modestia,
id. Bacch. 4, 3, 2:temperantiae partes sunt continentia, clementia, modestia,
Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 164; cf.:modestia est, per quam pudor honestus claram et stabilem comparat auctoritatem,
id. ib.:non minus se in milite modestiam et continentiam, quam virtutem et animi magnitudinem desiderare,
Caes. B. G. 7, 52:in dicendo,
Cic. Phil. 2, 5, 10:modestia et humanitas,
id. Att. 7, 5, 2:neque modum, neque modestiam victores habent,
Sall. C. 11, 4.—Shame, shamefacedness, modesty:2.et sententiarum et compositionis et vocis et vultūs modestia,
Quint. 4, 1, 55: virginalis, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66; cf.:primaeque modestia culpae Confundit vultus,
Stat. Th. 2, 232; poet.: vacui lecti, i. e. (chaste) celibacy, id. Silv. 1, 2, 162.—Sense of honor, honor, dignity:C.neque sumptui, neque modestiae suae parcere,
Sall. C. 14, 6.—As a transl. of the Gr. eutaxia, in the lang. of the Stoics, the quality of saying and doing everything in the proper place and at the proper time, correctness of conduct, propriety: sic fit, ut modestia haec, quam ita interpretamur, ut dixi, scientia sit opportunitatis idoneo rum ad agendum temporum, Cic. Off. 1, 40, 142 (v. the entire context).—D.(Post-Aug)1. 2.
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