mŏdestus — Lewis & Short
mŏdestus, a, um, adj.modus,
I keeping due measure, moderate; esp. in behavior, modest; as respects anger, calm, gentle, dispassionate; towards others, kind, forbearing, temperate, mild; in morals, honest, virtuous, sober, discreet, moral (class.):
vir modestus et frugi,unassuming, modest, Cic. Att. 13, 29, 1:
adulescentuli modestissimi pudor,id. Planc. 11, 27:
plebs modestissima (opp. seditiosa),id. Agr. 2, 31, 84:
epistula ut adversus magistrum morum modestior,id. Fam. 3, 13, 2:
oculi,Ov. Am. 2, 4, 11:
vultus,id. ib. 1, 4, 15:
lingua,id. H. 18 (19), 63:
verba,id. Am. 3, 14, 16:
o modestum ordinem,kind, gentle, mild, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 124:
in ea (urbe) isti vestri satellites modesti insolentiam suam continebunt,id. Agr. 1, 6, 18:
mendicis modesti,kind, friendly, Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 12:
mulier proba et modesta,modest, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 7; cf.:
videas, dolere rebus flagitiosis modestos,Cic. Lael. 13, 47:
modestissimi mores,id. Planc. 1, 3:
ingenui parum modesti,Quint. 1, 2, 4:
servitia,Tac. A. 4, 7:
vultus modesto sanguine fervens,Juv. 10, 300.—Hence, adv.: mŏdestē, with moderation, moderately, temperately, discreetly, modestly (class.):
modice et modeste vitam vivere,Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 18:
ea quae, etiam ... cum modeste fiunt, tamen ipsa per se molesta sunt,Cic. Att. 9, 19, 1:
rebus secundis modeste ac moderate uti,Liv. 30, 42:
hosti intrepide modesteque obviam ire,quietly, Gell. 9, 11, 6: modestissime vivere, Varr. ap. Non. 1, 274:
qui modeste paret,Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5:
intueri,Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 32:
parcius et modestius praetentare misericordiam judicis,Quint. 4, 1, 28:
si ille Romam modeste venturus est,without hostile violence, Cic. Fam. 14, 14, 1.