mŏdestĭa — Lewis & Short
moderateness, moderation
The corpus record — Latin
modestia
modestia · f
moderateness, moderation
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited Latin corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- De Exhortatione Castitatis Liber 4 · 10.24/10k
- De Oratione 4 · 8.91/10k
- Miltiades 1 · 7.5/10k
- Agesilaus 1 · 7.2/10k
- Divus Titus 1 · 6.72/10k
- Ad Scapulam 1 · 6.7/10k
- De Virginibus Velandis 3 · 5.38/10k
- De Consolatione ad Polybium 3 · 5.29/10k
- Catilina 5 · 4.69/10k
- Panegyricus dictus Manlio Theodoro consuli 1 · 4.65/10k
- Antoninus Pius 1 · 4.46/10k
- De Vita Iulii Agricolae 3 · 4.45/10k
Densest 12 of 82 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
Attestations
- modestiae Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 14.10.15
- modestia Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 17.5.14
- modestiae Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 27.3.3
- modestia Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 28.1.2
- modestiam Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 28.1.45
- modestia Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 29.1.8
6 of 240 attestations shown.
Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
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- scan p. 433; entry #6976 Review: Under source audit
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