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|lshtext=<b>mŏdĭcus</b>: a, um, adj. [[modus]],<br /><b>I</b> 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]]).<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.

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