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immoderatus

immoderatus · adj

without measure

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Where it lives

Timaeus 3 · 7.11/10k
Alcibiades 1 · 4.95/10k
Catilina 3 · 2.81/10k
Pro Rege Deiotaro 1 · 2.56/10k
Severus 1 · 2.37/10k
De Patientia 1 · 2.21/10k
Academica 1 · 2.05/10k
Divus Julius 2 · 2.05/10k
De Cultu Feminarum 1 · 1.95/10k
De Bello Africo 2 · 1.54/10k
De Consolatione ad Helviam 1 · 1.48/10k
Nero 1 · 1.28/10k

Densest 12 of 43 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

immŏdĕrātus — Lewis & Short

immŏdĕrātus (inm-), a, um, adj.in-moderatus,

I without measure, measureless, immeasurable.

I Lit. (only poet.): vides sublime, fusum, immoderatum aethera, unbounded (= immensum), Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 25, 65; Lucr. 1, 1013.—

II Trop., unrestrained, unbridled, excessive, immoderate (freq. and class.): ipsum illum Aristotelis discipulum, superbum, crudelem, immoderatum fuisse, Cic. Att. 13, 28, 3: homo et turbulentus, id. Phil. 10, 11, 23: mulier, id. Cael. 21, 53: immensae cupiditates, infinitae et immoderatae sunt, Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34: intemperantia, Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 39: quippe duos pro uno dominos acceptos, inmoderata, infinita potestate, Liv. 3, 9, 4: res immoderata cupido est, Ov. P. 4, 15, 31: motus animi, cum immoderatiores sunt, vitia fiunt, Gell. 19, 12, 4: immoderatissimae luxuriae esse, Suet. Ner. 51: immoderato potu et pastu pars animi obstupefacta, Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60: ne immoderata aut angusta sit oratio, id. Or. 58, 198: vox immoderatior, Cael. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 51: tam immoderatae linguae fuit, unbridled, Suet. Vit. Luc.: tempestates, Cic. Rosc. Am. 45, 131.—Hence, adv.: immŏdĕrātē.

1 Lit.: without measure or rule: moveri immoderate et fortuitu, Cic. Univ. 13: vox immoderate profusa, id. N. D. 2, 59, 149: effunditur spiritus, Quint. 11, 3, 63.—

2 Trop., immoderately, extravagantly: vivere, Cic. Univ. 12: jactari, id. Div. 1, 29, 60: abuti nostra facilitate, id. Fam. 12, 1, 2.—Comp.: ferre casum incommodorum tuorum, Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 5.—Sup.: laetari, Spart. Sev. 20.

In the wild

immoderate Livy, Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 37 p44
immoderatus Tacitus, Historiae 1.68
inmoderata Seneca, Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 11_13.85.10
immoderate Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 6.3.9
immoderatum Cicero, de Natura Deorum 2.65
immoderatam Cicero, Academica 1.39.p1

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