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mŏdĭfĭcor

mŏdĭfĭcor · v. dep

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What it meant

mŏdĭfĭcor — Lewis & Short

mŏdĭfĭcor, ātus, 1, v. dep. (

I act. collat. form, v. modifico), a. and n. modificus, to measure off, measure a thing (post-class. in verb. finit.).

I Lit.: comprehensa mensura Herculani pedis, quanta longinquitas corporis ei mensurae conveniret ... modificatus est, Gell. 1, 1, 3.—

II Trop., to set a measure, set bounds to, to moderate; with dat.: immaturis liberorum desideriis, App. M. 11, p. 267, 1: orationi, id. Flor. p. 365, 8: desideriis omnibus, Front. ad Ver. Imp. 6.

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