mŏdĕrātor (noun M) : id.
* A manager, ruler, governor, director.
* Lit. (class.): rector et moderator tanti operis,Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 90: dierum,id. Tusc. 1, 28, 70: equorum,Ov. M. 4, 245: arundinis,an angler,id. ib. 8, 856: pectinis unci, a wool-comber, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 381: juventae,a tutor,Mart. 2, 90, 1: vitae,Nazar. Pan. ad Const. 15.
* He who moderates: nec moderator adest,i. e. who could moderate, put a limit to the evil,Ov. M. 7, 561; Tac. A. 1, 49.

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