The corpus record — Latin

immodestia

immodestia · f

intemperate conduct

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Where it lives

Lysander 1 · 18.52/10k
Alcibiades 1 · 4.95/10k
Amphitruo 1 · 1.02/10k
Annales 3 · 0.34/10k

What it meant

immŏdestĭa — Lewis & Short

immŏdestĭa (inm-), ae, f.immodestus,

I intemperate conduct, immodesty, licentiousness (very rare; not in Cic.): heri haec immodestia me coëgit, qui, etc., Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 9: publicanorum, avarice, extortion, Tac. A. 13, 50: histrionum, id. ib. 4, 14.

In the wild

immodestia Cornelius Nepos, Lysander 1
immodéstia Plautus, Amphitruo 1.1
immodestia Cornelius Nepos, Alcibiades 8
immodestia Tacitus, Annales 4.p14
immodestiam Tacitus, Annales 13.p51
immodestiam Tacitus, Annales 1.p78

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. immodestia (scan p. 433; entry #6978).

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