modestus

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Latin

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Etymology

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From the same root as modus m (measure, manner), but not directly derived from this noun, which declines in Latin as a masculine o-stem. The form modestus is made up of components derived from Proto-Indo-European *med- (to measure) + *-os (noun-forming suffix) + *-tós (adjective-forming suffix) (Classical Latin -tus); this implies the existence at some point of a neuter s-stem noun (also indirectly attested by the -er- found in moderor). Compare scelestus, derived from the s-stem noun scelus n (or an ancestral form of it).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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modestus (feminine modesta, neuter modestum, comparative modestior, superlative modestissimus, adverb modestē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. moderate, calm, restrained, mild
  2. modest, reserved, discreet

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative modestus modesta modestum modestī modestae modesta
Genitive modestī modestae modestī modestōrum modestārum modestōrum
Dative modestō modestō modestīs
Accusative modestum modestam modestum modestōs modestās modesta
Ablative modestō modestā modestō modestīs
Vocative modeste modesta modestum modestī modestae modesta

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • modestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • modestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • modestus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • modestus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • modestus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray