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(adj.adv.) : mŏdĭcus, a, um, adj.modus
* Having or keeping a proper measure, moderate (cf. mediocris); esp. in behavior, modest, temperate; also, of size, moderate-sized; middling, ordinary, mean, bad (class.; syn.: moderatus, mediocris).
* In a good sense: modico gradu ire,Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 19: potiones,Cic. Div. 1, 51, 115: convivia,id. Sen. 13, 44: severitas,id. ib. 18, 65: industrios, supplices, modicos esse,Sall. J. 85, 1: domi modicus,id. ib. 63, 2: modicum quoddam corpus (historiae),a book of a tolerable size,Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 4: amant (mala) modicas rigationes,gentle, moderate,Pall. 3, 25, 14.
* In a disparaging sense, middling, ordinary, mean, scanty, small, etc.: genus dicendi subtile in probando, modicum in delectando,Cic. Or. 21, 69: oculi,middling-sized,Plin. 11, 37, 53, § 141: ea, valde et modica, et illustria sunt,few in number,Cic. de Or. 2, 32, 137: Graecis hoc modicum est,not frequent,id. Fin. 2, 19, 62: pecunia,little, scanty,id. Par. 6, 2, 47: acervus,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 190: incrementa,small,Just. 7, 1: tempus,short,Quint. 1, 2, 12: rem pateris modicam,a trifling affliction,Juv. 13, 143: modici amici,humble, poor,id. 5, 108.—With gen.: Sabinus modicus originis,Tac. A. 6, 39: virium,Vell. 1, 12, 4: pecuniae,Tac. A. 3, 72: voluptatum,id. ib. 2, 73. —As subst.: mŏdĭcum, i, n. (sc. spatium), a little way: modicum progredi,a little,App. M. 6, p. 180, 38: modico contentus. Juv. 9, 9.—Also, in abl., modico adverbially: modico deinde regressa,i. e. after a short time,App. M. 1, p. 112, 20: modico prius, quam Larissam accederem,a short time before,id. ib. p. 105 med.: modico secus progredi,to go a little farther,id. ib. p. 112, 10.—Hence, adv.: mŏdĭcē, with moderation, moderately; modestly; in a proper manner; also, in an ordinary manner, meanly, poorly (class.).
* Modice hoc faciam, Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 4: dolorem modice ferre,quietly, calmly,id. Tusc. 1, 46, 111; id. Phil. 11, 3, 7: se recipere,quietly, in good order,Liv. 28, 15: verecunde et modice, Enn. ap. Non. 342, 23 (Trag. v. 241 Vahl.): modice et modeste vitam vivere,Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 18: dicere,Cic. Sull. 29, 80: modice et scienter uti re aliquā,id. de Or. 1, 29, 132.
* Slightly, not very, not much: minae Clodii modice me tangunt,Cic. Att. 2, 19, 1: modice vinosus,Liv. 41, 4: locuples,id. 38, 14, 9: modice instratus torus,slightly, meanly, scantily,Suet. Aug. 73.
* Having or keeping a proper measure, moderate (cf. mediocris); esp. in behavior, modest, temperate; also, of size, moderate-sized; middling, ordinary, mean, bad (class.; syn.: moderatus, mediocris).
* In a good sense: modico gradu ire,Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 19: potiones,Cic. Div. 1, 51, 115: convivia,id. Sen. 13, 44: severitas,id. ib. 18, 65: industrios, supplices, modicos esse,Sall. J. 85, 1: domi modicus,id. ib. 63, 2: modicum quoddam corpus (historiae),a book of a tolerable size,Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 4: amant (mala) modicas rigationes,gentle, moderate,Pall. 3, 25, 14.
* In a disparaging sense, middling, ordinary, mean, scanty, small, etc.: genus dicendi subtile in probando, modicum in delectando,Cic. Or. 21, 69: oculi,middling-sized,Plin. 11, 37, 53, § 141: ea, valde et modica, et illustria sunt,few in number,Cic. de Or. 2, 32, 137: Graecis hoc modicum est,not frequent,id. Fin. 2, 19, 62: pecunia,little, scanty,id. Par. 6, 2, 47: acervus,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 190: incrementa,small,Just. 7, 1: tempus,short,Quint. 1, 2, 12: rem pateris modicam,a trifling affliction,Juv. 13, 143: modici amici,humble, poor,id. 5, 108.—With gen.: Sabinus modicus originis,Tac. A. 6, 39: virium,Vell. 1, 12, 4: pecuniae,Tac. A. 3, 72: voluptatum,id. ib. 2, 73. —As subst.: mŏdĭcum, i, n. (sc. spatium), a little way: modicum progredi,a little,App. M. 6, p. 180, 38: modico contentus. Juv. 9, 9.—Also, in abl., modico adverbially: modico deinde regressa,i. e. after a short time,App. M. 1, p. 112, 20: modico prius, quam Larissam accederem,a short time before,id. ib. p. 105 med.: modico secus progredi,to go a little farther,id. ib. p. 112, 10.—Hence, adv.: mŏdĭcē, with moderation, moderately; modestly; in a proper manner; also, in an ordinary manner, meanly, poorly (class.).
* Modice hoc faciam, Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 4: dolorem modice ferre,quietly, calmly,id. Tusc. 1, 46, 111; id. Phil. 11, 3, 7: se recipere,quietly, in good order,Liv. 28, 15: verecunde et modice, Enn. ap. Non. 342, 23 (Trag. v. 241 Vahl.): modice et modeste vitam vivere,Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 18: dicere,Cic. Sull. 29, 80: modice et scienter uti re aliquā,id. de Or. 1, 29, 132.
* Slightly, not very, not much: minae Clodii modice me tangunt,Cic. Att. 2, 19, 1: modice vinosus,Liv. 41, 4: locuples,id. 38, 14, 9: modice instratus torus,slightly, meanly, scantily,Suet. Aug. 73.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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