immŏdĭcus — Lewis & Short
immŏdĭcus (inm-), a, um, adj.in modicus,
I beyond bounds, beyond measure, excessive, unrestrained, unruly, immoderate (perh. not ante-Aug.).
I Lit. (very rare):
prominet immodicum pro longa cuspide rostrum,Ov. M. 6, 673:
tuber,id. ib. 8, 808:
fluctus,id. H. 18, 137:
frigus,id. P. 3, 1, 14; cf.:
continuae et immodicae tempestates,Suet. Aug. 47.—Far more freq.,
II Trop., excessive, unrestrained, extravagant, immoderate, etc.:
immodicus in numero augendo esse solet,is in the habit of exaggerating numbers, Liv. 38, 23, 8:
in appetendis honoribus immodicus,Vell. 2, 33, 3:
immodicus linguā,Liv. 22, 12, 11:
animi,Sall. H. 1, 114 Dietsch:
tum verbis tum rebus immodicus,extravagant in words and deeds, Suet. Dom. 12:
Gracchi legibus (ferendis),Luc. 6, 796:
assiduus potius quam immodicus (praeceptor),Quint. 2, 2, 5:
imperia,Liv. 21, 3, 5; so,
licentia crudelitatis,Vell. 2, 28, 2:
decreta ad honores sociorum,Liv. 31, 45, 2:
libido possidendi,Col. 1, 3, 11:
fastus,Ov. A. A. 3, 511:
populi acclamationes,Suet. Caes. 79:
oratio,too long, Plin. Ep. 9, 4, 1:
periodus,Quint. 9, 4, 125.—
(b) With gen.:
gloriae,Vell. 2, 11:
irae,Stat. Th. 1, 41:
libidinis,Col. 7, 6, 3:
laetitiae et maeroris,Tac. A. 15, 23:
fugae,Sil. 12, 268:
animi,Tac. H. 1, 53.—As subst.:
immodica cupere,Sen. Ben. 1, 9, 2.—Hence, adv.: immŏ-dĭcē, beyond measure, excessively, immoderately:
si sanguis ex vulnere immodice fluat,Plin. 30, 13, 38, § 112:
fucata formam,Luc. 10, 137:
frequenter id potius quam immodice facere,Col. 2, 16, 2:
opportunae positae (figurae) cum immodice petantur,Quint. 9, 3, 100:
immodesteque gloriari,Liv. 22, 27, 2:
sibi arrogare eloquentiam,Quint. 11, 1, 19:
ferocire,Gell. 1, 11, 2:
capere voluptatem ex aliqua re,id. 19, 2, 1.