modeste Latin · revision 32147

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *med-o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [mɔˈdɛs.teː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [moˈdɛs.te]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''modestē''' (comparative modestius, superlative modestissimē)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|modestus|-ē|t1=restrained, moderate]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives [[m|la|modestus]] from the s-stem beside [[m|la|modus|t=measure]], which he traces to [[itc-pro|*medo-|t=measure, judgement]] and [[ine-pro|*med-o-|t=measure]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[xum|mers|t=law]] and [[osc|meddíss|t=magistrate]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Plautus,^(Köbler 2010) who in the ''Menaechmi'' speaks of one whose heart is set in moderation, and in the ''Poenulus'' of a girl who spoke modestly.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means in a restrained manner, temperately or mildly, as Seneca speaks of receiving good fortune gratefully and with moderation and bearing bad fortune firmly.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Seneca also uses it of natural forces, of air that flows more gently.^(OLD 2012) A second sense is with respect for propriety, decorously or modestly.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of moderation and of modest speech.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca of bearing good fortune with moderation and of a gentle wind.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # In a restrained manner, [[m|en|temperately]], mildly, [[m|en|moderately]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # With respect for propriety, [[m|en|decorously]], [[m|en|modestly]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[modestus]]

+ * [[modus]]

+ * [[modestia]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}