modestus
See also: Modestus
Latin
Etymology
From modus (“measure, manner”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /moˈdes.tus/, [mɔˈdɛs.tʊs]
Adjective
modestus (feminine modesta, neuter modestum); first/second declension
- moderate, calm, restrained, mild
- modest, reserved, discreet
Inflection
First/second declension.
| 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 | modestae | modestō | modestīs | modestīs | modestīs | |
| Accusative | modestum | modestam | modestum | modestōs | modestās | modesta | |
| Ablative | modestō | modestā | modestō | modestīs | modestīs | modestīs | |
| Vocative | modeste | modesta | modestum | modestī | modestae | modesta | |
Derived terms
- modestē
- modestia
Related terms
- moderō
- moderor
- modus
- Modestus
Descendants
- Albanian: modest
- Catalan: modest
- English: modest
- French: modeste
- Italian: modesto
- Portuguese: modesto
- Romanian: modest
- Spanish: modesto
References
- 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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray