moderor

Latin

Alternative forms

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

Verb

moderor (present infinitive moderārī or moderārier, perfect active moderātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to set a measure or bounds to; moderate, mitigate, allay, qualify. [+dative]
    Synonyms: molliō, sopiō, lēniō, mītigō, sileō, sedō, domō
  2. to restrain
    Synonyms: fīniō, supprimō, refrēnō, obstō, arceō, intersaepiō, claudō, interclūdō, retineō, coerceō, delīmitō, līmitō, moror
  3. (by extension) to 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

Descendants
  • Catalan: moderar
  • English: moderate
  • French: modérer
  • Italian: moderare
  • Portuguese: moderar
  • Romanian: modera
  • Sicilian: mudirari
  • 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)
  • “moderare” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN
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