(adj.adv.) : mŏdestus, a, um, adj.modus
* Keeping due measure, moderate; esp. in behavior, modest; as respects anger, calm, gentle, dispassionate; towards others, kind, forbearing, temperate, mild; in morals, honest, virtuous, sober, discreet, moral (class.): vir modestus et frugi,unassuming, modest,Cic. Att. 13, 29, 1: adulescentuli modestissimi pudor,id. Planc. 11, 27: plebs modestissima (opp. seditiosa),id. Agr. 2, 31, 84: epistula ut adversus magistrum morum modestior,id. Fam. 3, 13, 2: oculi,Ov. Am. 2, 4, 11: vultus,id. ib. 1, 4, 15: lingua,id. H. 18 (19), 63: verba,id. Am. 3, 14, 16: o modestum ordinem,kind, gentle, mild,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 124: in ea (urbe) isti vestri satellites modesti insolentiam suam continebunt,id. Agr. 1, 6, 18: mendicis modesti,kind, friendly,Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 12: mulier proba et modesta,modest,Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 7; cf.: videas, dolere rebus flagitiosis modestos,Cic. Lael. 13, 47: modestissimi mores,id. Planc. 1, 3: ingenui parum modesti,Quint. 1, 2, 4: servitia,Tac. A. 4, 7: vultus modesto sanguine fervens,Juv. 10, 300.—Hence, adv.: mŏdestē, with moderation, moderately, temperately, discreetly, modestly (class.): modice et modeste vitam vivere,Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 18: ea quae, etiam ... cum modeste fiunt, tamen ipsa per se molesta sunt,Cic. Att. 9, 19, 1: rebus secundis modeste ac moderate uti,Liv. 30, 42: hosti intrepide modesteque obviam ire,quietly,Gell. 9, 11, 6: modestissime vivere, Varr. ap. Non. 1, 274: qui modeste paret,Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5: intueri,Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 32: parcius et modestius praetentare misericordiam judicis,Quint. 4, 1, 28: si ille Romam modeste venturus est,without hostile violence,Cic. Fam. 14, 14, 1.

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