moderor
Latin
Alternative forms
- moderō
Etymology
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 moderor was presumably built on a neuter s-stem noun derived from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”) + *-os (noun-forming suffix), whose existence is also indirectly attested by the -es- found in modestus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.de.ror/, [ˈmɔd̪ɛrɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.de.ror/, [ˈmɔːd̪eror]
Verb
moderor (present infinitive moderārī or moderārier, perfect active moderātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- (with dative) I set a measure or bounds to; moderate, mitigate, allay, qualify.
- Synonyms: molliō, sopiō, lēniō, mītigō, sileō, sedō, domō
- I restrain
- Synonyms: fīniō, supprimō, refrēnō, obstō, arceō, intersaepiō, claudō, interclūdō, retineō, coerceō, delīmitō, līmitō, moror
- (by extension) I manage, arrange, regulate, rule, guide, govern, direct, control. (dative or accusative)
- Synonyms: dominor, imperō, gerō, imperitō, rēgnō, regō, magistrō, ōrdinō, dispēnsō
Conjugation
| Conjugation of moderor (first conjugation, deponent) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | moderor | moderāris, moderāre | moderātur | moderāmur | moderāminī | moderantur |
| imperfect | moderābar | moderābāris, moderābāre | moderābātur | moderābāmur | moderābāminī | moderābantur | |
| future | moderābor | moderāberis, moderābere | moderābitur | moderābimur | moderābiminī | moderābuntur | |
| perfect | moderātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | moderātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | moderātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | moderer | moderēris, moderēre | moderētur | moderēmur | moderēminī | moderentur |
| imperfect | moderārer | moderārēris, moderārēre | moderārētur | moderārēmur | moderārēminī | moderārentur | |
| perfect | moderātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | moderātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | moderāre | — | — | moderāminī | — |
| future | — | moderātor | moderātor | — | — | moderantor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | moderārī, moderārier1 | moderātum esse | moderātūrum esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | moderāns | moderātus | moderātūrus | — | — | moderandus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| moderandī | moderandō | moderandum | moderandō | moderātum | moderātū | ||
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
Derived terms
- moderābilis
- moderāmen
- moderāmentum
- moderanter
- moderātē
- moderātim
- moderātiō
- moderātor
- moderātus
Related terms
- moderātrīx
Descendants
- Catalan: moderar
- English: moderate
- French: modérer
- Italian: moderare
- Portuguese: moderar
- Romanian: modera
- Spanish: moderar
References
- “moderor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “moderor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- moderor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to manage a horse: moderari equum
- to show moderation in a matter: moderari aliquid (Flacc. 5. 12)
- to manage a horse: moderari equum
- “moderare” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN