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moderatio

moderatio · f

A moderating, moderation

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Where it lives

Divus Claudius 2 · 6.74/10k
Otho 1 · 6.34/10k
Marcus Antoninus Philosophus 3 · 5.45/10k
Florida 3 · 3.81/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 27 · 3.4/10k
Tacitus 1 · 3.24/10k
Maximus et Balbinus 1 · 3.18/10k
De Vita Iulii Agricolae 2 · 2.97/10k
De Officiis 10 · 2.95/10k
Domitianus 1 · 2.91/10k
Atticus 1 · 2.83/10k
De Senectute 2 · 2.42/10k

Densest 12 of 69 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

mŏdĕrātĭo — Lewis & Short

mŏdĕrātĭo, ōnis, f.moderor.

I A moderating, moderation in any thing; moderateness, temperateness of the weather (Ciceron.): dummodo illa praescriptio moderatioque teneatur, Cic. Cael. 18, 42: moderatio et continentia, id. Att. 6, 2, 4: animi, id. Sen. 1, 1: dicendi, in speaking, id. Agr. 2, 1, 2: moderatio modestiaque in dicendo, id. Phil. 2, 5, 10: in cibo, Cels. 3, 18: effrenati populi, a moderating, restraining, Cic. de Or. 2, 9, 35: conflagrare terras necesse est a tantis ardoribus, moderatione et temperatione sublatā, temperate state, id. N. D. 2, 36, 92.— In gen., regular arrangement, regularity: moderatio et conformatio continentiae et temperantiae, Cic. Off. 3, 25, 96.—

II Guidance, government: mundi, Cic. N. D. 3, 35, 185: rei publicae, id. Leg. 3, 2, 5.

Where it came from

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