(verb) : mŏdĭfĭcor, ātus, 1, (
* Act. collat. form, v. modifico), a. and n. modificus, to measure off, measure a thing (post-class. in verb. finit.).
* Lit.: comprehensa mensura Herculani pedis, quanta longinquitas corporis ei mensurae conveniret ... modificatus est,Gell. 1, 1, 3.
* Trop., to set a measure, set bounds to, to moderate; with dat.: immaturis liberorum desideriis,App. M. 11, p. 267, 1: orationi,id. Flor. p. 365, 8: desideriis omnibus,Front. ad Ver. Imp. 6.