mŏdĕror — Lewis & Short
mŏdĕror, ātus, 1 (
I inf. moderarier for moderari, Lucr. 5, 1298), v. dep. modus, to set a measure, set bounds to a thing (syn.: tempero, rego, guberno).
I Lit., to moderate, mitigate, restrain, allay, temper, qualify; with dat. (class.):
moderari linguae,Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 25:
moderare animo, ne sis cupidus,id. Mil. 4, 5, 16:
dictis,id. Curc. 1, 3, 39:
alicui,Cic. Att. 5, 20, 9; cf.:
moderari uxoribus,id. Rep. 4, 6, 16 (also ap. Non. 499, 15):
quis illi finem statuet aut quis moderabitur,Sall. C. 51, 36:
irae,Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 59:
fortunae suae,Liv. 37, 35, 5:
animo et orationi,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13:
cursui,to sail slowly, Tac. A. 2, 70.—
(b) With acc. (post-Aug.):
gaudium moderans,Tac. A. 2, 75:
duritiam legum,Suet. Claud. 14:
pretia,id. Dom. 7.—
II Transf., to manage, regulate, rule, guide, govern, direct (class. with acc.):
senatum servire populo, cui populus ipse moderandi et regendi sui potestatem tradidisset?Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226:
deus, qui regit et moderatur et movet id corpus,id. Rep. 6, 24, 26:
linguam,Sall. J. 82, 2:
moderari equos ac flectere,Caes. B. G. 4, 33:
habenas,Ov. M. 6, 223:
hocine fieri, ut inmodestis te hic moderere moribus? i. e. immodeste te geras,Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 44:
res rusticas,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:
officio consilia,id. Fin. 2, 25, 81:
fidem blandius Orpheo,to strike more harmoniously, Hor. C. 1, 24, 14:
mens quae omnia moderetur,Cic. Ac. 2, 37, 119:
cantus numerosque,id. Tusc. 5, 36, 104.—With dat.:
ego inscitus sum, qui ero me postulem moderarier,Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 88:
non vinum hominibus moderari, sed homines vino solent,id. Truc. 4, 3, 57:
pleni moderari frena theatri,Juv. 10, 128:
funiculo navi moderari,Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 154.—Absol.:
in utroque magis studia partium quam bona aut mala sua moderata (sunt),Sall. J. 73, 4:
fortuna, cujus libido gentibus moderatur,id. C. 51, 25.