mŏdĕrātĭo (noun F) : moderor.
* A moderating, moderation in any thing; moderateness, temperateness of the weather (Ciceron.): dummodo illa praescriptio moderatioque teneatur,Cic. Cael. 18, 42: moderatio et continentia,id. Att. 6, 2, 4: animi,id. Sen. 1, 1: dicendi,in speaking,id. Agr. 2, 1, 2: moderatio modestiaque in dicendo,id. Phil. 2, 5, 10: in cibo,Cels. 3, 18: effrenati populi,a moderating, restraining,Cic. de Or. 2, 9, 35: conflagrare terras necesse est a tantis ardoribus, moderatione et temperatione sublatā,temperate state,id. N. D. 2, 36, 92.— In gen., regular arrangement, regularity: moderatio et conformatio continentiae et temperantiae,Cic. Off. 3, 25, 96.
* Guidance, government: mundi,Cic. N. D. 3, 35, 185: rei publicae,id. Leg. 3, 2, 5.

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