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modifico

modifico · v. n

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Where it lives

Florida 1 · 1.27/10k
De Partitione Oratoria 1 · 1.02/10k
De Oratore 1 · 0.17/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

mŏdĭfĭco — Lewis & Short

mŏdĭfĭco, āre, 1, v. n. and

I a. [modusfacio].

I Neutr., to limit, set limits to: alicui in aliquā re intercedere aut modificare, Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 4, 3 Mai.—

II Act., to control, regulate: vitalis motus, Aug. de Music. 6, 17, 58.—Pass. reflex., to observe due measure, keep within bounds, to be moderate: modificari in sumptibus, App. Doctr. Plat. p. 18, 37.—Class. only in part. perf. mŏdĭfĭcātus, a, um, measured off, measured: verba modificata, Cic. Part. Or. 5, 17: membra modificata, id. de Or. 3, 48, 186: corpora ... modificata utriusque rei participatione, App. de Deo Socr. p. 47, 7.—

B Melodious: luseiniarum querelae, Sid. Ep. 9, 2.

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