(verb) : mŏdĕror, ātus, 1 (
* Inf. moderarier for moderari, Lucr. 5, 1298), modus, to set a measure, set bounds to a thing (syn.: tempero, rego, guberno).
* Lit., to moderate, mitigate, restrain, allay, temper, qualify; with dat. (class.): moderari linguae,Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 25: moderare animo, ne sis cupidus,id. Mil. 4, 5, 16: dictis,id. Curc. 1, 3, 39: alicui,Cic. Att. 5, 20, 9; cf.: moderari uxoribus,id. Rep. 4, 6, 16 (also ap. Non. 499, 15): quis illi finem statuet aut quis moderabitur,Sall. C. 51, 36: irae,Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 59: fortunae suae,Liv. 37, 35, 5: animo et orationi,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13: cursui,to sail slowly,Tac. A. 2, 70.
* With acc. (post-Aug.): gaudium moderans,Tac. A. 2, 75: duritiam legum,Suet. Claud. 14: pretia,id. Dom. 7.
* Transf., to manage, regulate, rule, guide, govern, direct (class. with acc.): senatum servire populo, cui populus ipse moderandi et regendi sui potestatem tradidisset?Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226: deus, qui regit et moderatur et movet id corpus,id. Rep. 6, 24, 26: linguam,Sall. J. 82, 2: moderari equos ac flectere,Caes. B. G. 4, 33: habenas,Ov. M. 6, 223: hocine fieri, ut inmodestis te hic moderere moribus? i. e. immodeste te geras,Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 44: res rusticas,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227: officio consilia,id. Fin. 2, 25, 81: fidem blandius Orpheo,to strike more harmoniously,Hor. C. 1, 24, 14: mens quae omnia moderetur,Cic. Ac. 2, 37, 119: cantus numerosque,id. Tusc. 5, 36, 104.—With dat.: ego inscitus sum, qui ero me postulem moderarier,Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 88: non vinum hominibus moderari, sed homines vino solent,id. Truc. 4, 3, 57: pleni moderari frena theatri,Juv. 10, 128: funiculo navi moderari,Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 154.—Absol.: in utroque magis studia partium quam bona aut mala sua moderata (sunt),Sall. J. 73, 4: fortuna, cujus libido gentibus moderatur,id. C. 51, 25.

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