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l have written to him. Id. ud Din. 1, B. 
Til me hoc libi mandasse existimas, nt 
milii vadimonia dilata, Chresti compila- 
tinnem, mitteres,/i. e. thou shnuldst write 
me an account of. Ncp. Nunquam ad 
suorum quemquam l.teras misit, qum 
Attico initteret, quid ageret, h. e. without 
writini to Atticiis, &c. Odd. Mittere 
alicui salutein. Cic. Brutus ad me 
misit, h. e. wrote or sent word to me. 
_ ft Also, to cause , occasion, make. 
Virg. funera Teucris-If Also, to 
throw east, hurl, discharge, shoot. Ctcs. 
pita. Id. tormenta. Ovid, liastam. 
Pluedr. panein, li. c. to give bread. Horat. 
talus. — Also, to throw, cast, precipitate. 
Ovid, se in aquas. Id. aliquem ex arce. 
Lin. in foveam.-IT Also, figur. to 
put, place, lay. Sene.c. manum ad arma. 
Pallad. pira'in vasculo. Ovid. Fertmis- 
sos patella c.ibos, h. e. brought, or, put 
upon. -II Also, figur. to let fall. 
Odd. rosam.- If Catu.ll. Misti, for 
misisti. Plant. Minin’ for Mittisne. 
MtTOLUS. See Mytilus. 
HITyLeNe, and MyTILeNk, es, and 
MITyLeAXE (Uirvhftvy), arum, f. the 
capital of the island of Lesbos. — Hence, 
Mitvlemeus, a. urn, adj. of or belonging 
to Mitylene. Liv. Mitylenan, the inhab¬ 
itants 'of Mitylene. Ncp. — Mitylenensis, 
e, adj. same as Mitylcmeus. — ’J ins 
word is more correctly written Mytil. 
MITYLUS. See Mytilus. 
MIORuS VeRSOS {pdovpo; arixos), a 
3 hexameter, having at the end an iambus in¬ 
stead of a spondee. Terent. Maur. 
MJXTARIUS, | gee jypistarius, &c. 
MtxTro, &c. \ 
MX a (pvd, Si), f. same as Mina. Phn. 
MXeMoN (pvfipuov), onis, adj. havmjr a 
irood memory. Hence, Artaxerxes Mne- 
lnon, the name of a king of Persia 
Nep. , , 
MA T EM3XTDK3, um, f. the Muses, daugh- 
3 ters of Mnemosyne. Odd. 
MNkMOSyNe {bivypoofvy), es, f. memory. 
Hence, the mother of the Muses. Anson 
Nat.-e Mnemosynes, h. e. Muss. 
MA t f.M3SyN 6N, or MNeMOSyNUM (pyn 
3 poavvov), i, n. a token, pledge, memorial 
Catull. 
MNkSTeR {pvaaryp), Gris, m. same as 
3 Prucus ; a wooer, suitor. Hygin. 
MNeVIS (MwCif), idis, m. an ox to 
which the Egyptians paid divine honors. 
Plin. 
M6BILIS (for movibilis, from moveo), e. 
adj. easy to be moved, movable, light, 
rolling, cvKivyroi. Cic. turris. Id. 
oculi. Id. Mobilior fervor. Id. Mobi- 
lissimus ardor. — Hence, with jurists, 
Res mobiles, h. e. chattels, movable prop¬ 
erty, movables. Pandect. — Hence, 
loose, not firm. Plin. dens. p A1- 
so, movable, flexible, easily to be excited. 
Virg. stas. Liv. gens. Id. Populus 
mobilior ad cupiditatem agri.-IT Al¬ 
so, rapid, quick, nimble. Vitruv. mge- 
niuin, h. e. versatile, acute. Plant. Sum 
pedibus mobilis, h. e. agile, nimble , ac 
live, quick. Ilorat. rivi. Odd. venti. 
_IV Also, fickle, inconstant, change¬ 
able, variable. Sallust, ingenium. Css. 
homo. Ilorat. Quirites. Cic. animus. 
Ncp. populus. Cic. Caduca et mobilia 
esse duxi. Calp. Mobilior ventis. 
MoBILITaS (mobilis), atis, f. mobility, 
movableness, cvKiaqaia. Cic Animal 
mobilitate celerrima, activity, agility, 
quickness. Id. lingus, volubility, fluency. 
Cces. equitum, h. e. quickness, agility, abil- 
ity of fighting at different places. Quintal. 
animi,/t. e. versatility of mind. Hence, 
looseness. Plin. dentium.-IT Also, in¬ 
constancy, fickleness, levity, imitalnlity, va- 
riableness, changeableness. Cic. nominis. 
Ncp. fortuns. Sallust, ingenii, h. e. in¬ 
constancy. Tacit, vulgi. 
MoBTLITER (Id.), adv. movably, quickly. 
I Cic. palpitare. 
MoBIIiITS (Id.), as, a. 1. to make mova 
3 ble, evKivyrov noioi. Lucret. "I Al¬ 
so, to render quick. Cwcil. Lstitia me 
mobilitat, I am ready to leap with joy. 
MODERaBHAS (moderor), e, adj. that 
3 can be moderated, governable, moderate. 
M 3 DERAMEN (Id.), Inis, n. that by which 
3 any thin a- is governed or managed. Ovid. 
[nni xus moderatnine navis, h. e lean¬ 
ing upon the helm. — Hence, govern¬ 
ment, management, guidance, conduct, 
direction. Ovid, equorum. Id. rerum, 
h. c. of the state. -II Also, a means of 
moderating or mitigating. Cod. Theod. 
MSDERaMeNTLTM (Id.), i, n. same as 
3 Modrramen. Gull. 
M5DERANTER (moderans), adv. with 
3 moderation. Lucret. 
MODERATE (moderatus), adv. moderately, 
with moderation, discreetly, perpiios, 
y,p6 V o) S . Cic. Moderate dictum. Id. 
Moderatius. Id. Moderatissime. Stat. 
Moderatius, oro, ducite, show a little 
more compassion in dragging him. Cic. 
Moderate adrepere, with caution, slowly, 
gradually. 
M5DERATIM (moderatus), adv. same 
3 as Moderate; moderately, gradually. 
Lucret. 
M0DERATI5 (moderor), onis, f. a mod 
crating, moderation, pcrpibrys, Kocrpi 
6rys, in anger and other passions, in 
eating and drinking, &c. Cic. etfrena- 
ti populi. Id. animi. Id. dicendi, h. c. 
in speaking. — Also, of the weather, 
heat or cold. Cic. Nat. D. 2, 36. Con- 
flagrare terras necesse est a tantis ardo- 
ribus, moderatione et temperantia sub- 
lata, h. e. temperateness, moderateness. 
-H Also, regular arrangement, regu¬ 
larity. Cic. numerorum. Id. rei fa- 
miliaris. Id. continentim. —— IT Also, 
rule, direction, government. Cic. mundi. 
MODERATOR (Id.), oris, m. a moderator, 
one who observes or teaches others to observe 
a proper measure. Tacit. Neqtie mode¬ 
rator affuit.-If Also, a governor, ruler, 
director, moderator, iiriorarys, aoxppoiu- 
arris. Cic. Sol moderator dierum, noc- 
tium, temporum. Sallust. Populus R. 
genCum moderator. Martial, juventre. 
Flor. pads bellique, the arbiter or umpire. 
■ Ovid. Vincitur ars vento, nec jam mo¬ 
derator habenis utitur, the pilot, steers¬ 
man. Id. equorum, a charioteer. Id. 
arundinis, an angler, fisherman. Lucret. 
aratri, a ploughman , liind. Stat. lyrii 
ahenl, a dyer of purple. Claudi.an. artis 
lanificEe, a wool-comber, carder or comber 
of wool. Plin. Paneg. ineuntium certa- 
mina virorum, the president, director. 
MODERATRIX (moderator), icis, f. she 
that moderates. Plant. Illffic anus sibi 
moderatrix fuit, h. e. has set a pattern oj 
moderation. Cic. commotionum.- 
IT Also, a governess, directress, mistress 
ImoTans. Cic. materia;. Id. facto- 
rum. Id. officii. 
MODERATES, a, um, particip. from mo 
deror. _ IT Adj. moderate, discreet, 
keeping within due bounds, temperate, gen 
tie, not presumptuous or arrogant, unas¬ 
suming, modest, perpios, cvtixktos , troj- 
<bpoiv° Cic. senes. Id. homines. Id. 
mores. Id. convivium. Id. otium. 
Id. oratio. Id. doctrina. Id. ventus. 
Id. Moderatior. Plane, in Cic. Ep. Mo- 
deratissimus sensus. — When used of 
men, it may sometimes be rendered 
virtuous. 
M0DER3 (modus), as, a. 1. same as Mo¬ 
deror; to moderate. Plaut. voct. Pacuv. 
aliquem.-IT Also, to regulate. Pan¬ 
dect. Ita res moderetur. 
MODEROR (Id.), 5ris, atus sum. dep. 1. 
to fix a measure for a thing. Plaut. Aon 
vinum homini, sed vino homines mo- 
derari solent.-- IT Also, to set a meas¬ 
ure to, to moderate, restrain ,_ mitigate, 
allay, soften, evdvvio, fivioxcm. Liv. 
ira>. Id. odio. Plaut. lingua;. Cic. 
animo et orationi. Liv. fortunas sua;. 
Id. animos in secundis. Tacit, gaudi- 
um. Sueton. duritiam legum. Id. 
pretia. Tacit, cursui, h. e. to sail slowly. 
_Hence, to spare. Cic. Moderatus est 
religioni suae in testimonio dicendo. 
_ 1 j Also, to manage any thing prop¬ 
erly, to regulate, govern, rule, guide, 
iiuorareo), yvioxLv. Lucret. and Cces. 
equum, Cic. se. Id. Oratio sibi ipsa mo¬ 
deretur. Id. consilia officio. Id. om¬ 
nia. Id. res rusticas. Id. navim, h. e. 
to pilot, steer. Id. maria. 
MODeSTe (modestus), adv. moderately, 
with moderation, temperately, discreetly , 
iierplto?, <rco<pp6v(os. Cic. aliquo uti. Liv. 
Rebussecundis modesteac moderate uti. 
Horat. Modeste munificum esse. Ovid. 
Lingua non modeste uti. Qcll Hosti 
= 542 
modeste obviam ire, h. c. moderato gra 
du. Tacit. Partes modeste distraxerat 
h. e. with moderation; or. gradually. 
Harr. Modestissime vivere. Terent. 
Palam beatus, ni iinum hoc desit, ani 
mus, qui modeste istiec ferat, happy in¬ 
deed in his good fortune, did he but know 
how to make use of it discreetly. - 
IT Also, modestly, not arrogantly or pre¬ 
sumptuously, humbly. Cic. Qui modesto 
paret, videtur, qui aliquando imperet, 
dignus esse. Terent. Terrain intuens 
modeste. Ovid. Si tarn certus eras 
hinc ire. modestius isses, h. e. with 
some little show of courtesy. 
MODeSTIX (Id.), le, f. moderation in one’s 
desires and passions, perptSryi. Cic. — 
Figur. Tacit, hiemis, li. e. mildness. 
-—- IT Also, moderation in one’s behavior, 
modesty, decency, discretion, discreetness, 
sobriety, backwardness in asserting one’s 
worth, lowliness, humility, an unassuming 
behavior, making no pretensions. Cic. 
Earn virtutem Grteci o-onppoainriv va¬ 
cant : quam soleo equidem turn tempe- 
rantiam, turn moderationem appellare, 
nonnunquam etiam modestiam. Id. Si 
meam cum in omni vita, turn in dicen¬ 
do moderationem modestiamque cog- 
nostis. - Id. Severitas censoria, magis- 
tra pudoris et modestise. Liv. Exani- 
mati tain atroci imperio, metu magis, 
quam modestia quievere. Nepos. Tan- 
ta modestia dicto audiens fuit jussis ab- 
sentium magistratuum, ut si privatus in 
comitio esset Spartte. — Modestia is ap¬ 
plied to persons, who do not assume to 
themselves more than what is due 
to them ; opp. to licentia. Pudor implies 
an aversion to doing any thing against 
principles of honor. Verecundia signifies 
a paying such a respect to others as 
they are supposed to have a right to de¬ 
mand. - IT Also, the art or skill of 
saying or doing every thing at the proper 
time and place, according to the ideas of 
the stoics, ehragia. Cic. Off. I, 40. 
IT Also, shame, shamefacedness, modesty. 
Stat. culp®. — Hence, love of honor; 
or, honor, dignity, character. Sallust. 
Neque sumtui, neque modestia; sme 
parcere. -IT Also, mediocrity, mode¬ 
rate or mean ability. Tacit. Et ille (Ti¬ 
berius) varie differebat de magnitudme 
imperii, sua modestia, h. e. of his ina¬ 
bility, weakness. 
MODeSTCS (modus), a, um, adj. moderate 
in one’s desires, modest., temperate, koct- 
uio{, acbebp'jJV. Cic. homo. Omd. ocu¬ 
li. Cic. mores. Id. Modestior episto- 
la. Id. Homo modestissimus. Sallust. 
sermo, li. e. a decent conversation. —— 
H Also, temperate, dispassionate, ca m, 
oentle. Cic. ordo. Id. Non modestior 
Iro.-IT Also, kind to others. PmU 
mendicis. - IT Also, sober, discreet, 
decent, virtuous, leading an wj A 
modest. Cic. Videas dolere modes os. 
Quintil. lngenui parum modesti. 
servitia.-If Also, unable, weak. Sd. 
Modestior armis. 
MODIALIS (modius), e, adj. contmmg 
3 modius. Plaut. 
M5DIATI5 (Id.), onis, f. a measurn, 
3 with modii. Cod. Just. m .mer 
M5DICE (modicus), adv. v 
measure or moderation, ' Id 
Cic. ferre, 
rpuog. Cic. facere. 
dicere. Liv. sP er " erc . - pcr 
h. e. patiently U utantur . 
manner. Cic. ui ns 
- IT Also, moderately, little, ^ 
not much. Cic. Minse mo U p| es 
gunt. Liv. vinosus. /^ U A P, S0 ; 
h. e. in good ^cumsianxes. ^ 
reduced to a small scale, 
Vitruv. pictus. 
M 5 DICeET-ES (dimin. ot 
keeping a proper 
homo. °‘ :J 
—• severitas. Id - V mod eraU ^ 
Andromache, / moderatejn h- 
Sallust. Domi modicu* 
modicus), a 
Sueton- 
est., 
Cic. 
Cic. 
not too large 
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Cic 
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