modulus
Ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος ἐτίμησεν... → The Council and the People honored... (inscription in the Roman city of Aizonai)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mŏdŭlus: i, m.
dim. modus,
I a small measure, a measure (not in Cic. or Cæs.).
I Lit.: relinquitur de numero, quem faciunt alii majorem, alii minorem, nulli enim hujus moduli naturales, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 20: ab imo Ad summum moduli bipedalis, two feet high, Hor. S. 2, 3, 309.—Prov.: metiri se quemque suo modulo ac pede, i. e. to be content with his own condition, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 98.—
2 In archit., a module: si Dorici generis erunt columnae, dimetiantur earum altitudines cum capitulis in partes quindecim, et ex eis partibus una constituatur, et fiat modulus, Vitr. 5, 9, 3; 3, 3, 7; 4, 3, 3 sq.—
3 In aqueducts, a watermeter: est autem calix modulus aeneus, qui rivo, vel castello induitur: huic fistulae applicantur, Front. Aquaed. 36.—
4 Rhythmical measure, rhythm, music, time, metre, mode, melody: moduli Lydii, Dorii, Phrygii, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 204: verborum, Gell. 5, 1, 1: tibiarum modulis in proeliis uti, id. 1, 11, 1.—
II Trop.: cur non ponderibus modulisque suis ratio utitur? Hor. S. 1, 3, 78: ganeones, quibus modulus est vitae culina, measure, Varr. ap. Non. 119, 11.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mŏdŭlus,¹⁴ ī, m., dim. de modus,
1 mesure : Varro R. 2, 2, 20 ; [prov.] metiri se suo modulo ac pede Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 98, se mesurer à son aune et se chausser à son pied
2 module [t. d’archit.] : Vitr. Arch. 5, 9, 3
3 tuyau d’aqueduc : Frontin. Aqu. 36
4 mouvement réglé ; mesure [en t. de musique], mode, mélodie : Plin. 7, 204 ; Gell. 1, 11, 1
