(adj.adv.) : immŏdĭcus (inm-), a, um, adj. in modicus
* Beyond bounds, beyond measure, excessive, unrestrained, unruly, immoderate (perh. not ante-Aug.).
* Lit. (very rare): prominet immodicum pro longa cuspide rostrum,Ov. M. 6, 673: tuber,id. ib. 8, 808: fluctus,id. H. 18, 137: frigus,id. P. 3, 1, 14; cf.: continuae et immodicae tempestates,Suet. Aug. 47.—Far more freq.
* Trop., excessive, unrestrained, extravagant, immoderate, etc.: immodicus in numero augendo esse solet,is in the habit of exaggerating numbers,Liv. 38, 23, 8: in appetendis honoribus immodicus,Vell. 2, 33, 3: immodicus linguā,Liv. 22, 12, 11: animi,Sall. H. 1, 114 Dietsch: tum verbis tum rebus immodicus,extravagant in words and deeds,Suet. Dom. 12: Gracchi legibus (ferendis),Luc. 6, 796: assiduus potius quam immodicus (praeceptor),Quint. 2, 2, 5: imperia,Liv. 21, 3, 5; so, licentia crudelitatis,Vell. 2, 28, 2: decreta ad honores sociorum,Liv. 31, 45, 2: libido possidendi,Col. 1, 3, 11: fastus,Ov. A. A. 3, 511: populi acclamationes,Suet. Caes. 79: oratio,too long,Plin. Ep. 9, 4, 1: periodus,Quint. 9, 4, 125.
* With gen.: gloriae,Vell. 2, 11: irae,Stat. Th. 1, 41: libidinis,Col. 7, 6, 3: laetitiae et maeroris,Tac. A. 15, 23: fugae,Sil. 12, 268: animi,Tac. H. 1, 53.—As subst.: immodica cupere,Sen. Ben. 1, 9, 2.—Hence, adv.: immŏ-dĭcē, beyond measure, excessively, immoderately: si sanguis ex vulnere immodice fluat,Plin. 30, 13, 38, § 112: fucata formam,Luc. 10, 137: frequenter id potius quam immodice facere,Col. 2, 16, 2: opportunae positae (figurae) cum immodice petantur,Quint. 9, 3, 100: immodesteque gloriari,Liv. 22, 27, 2: sibi arrogare eloquentiam,Quint. 11, 1, 19: ferocire,Gell. 1, 11, 2: capere voluptatem ex aliqua re,id. 19, 2, 1.

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