immodestia

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ἢ λέγε τι σιγῆς κρεῖττον ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε → either say something better than silence or keep silence (Menander)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

immŏdestĭa: (inm-), ae, f. immodestus,
I intemperate conduct, immodesty, licentiousness (very rare; not in Cic.): heri haec immodestia me coëgit, qui, etc., Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 9: publicanorum, avarice, extortion, Tac. A. 13, 50: histrionum, id. ib. 4, 14.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

immŏdestĭa,¹³ æ, f. (immodestus), manque de retenue, excès, dérèglement : Pl. Amph. 163 ; Tac. Ann. 13, 50