modice Latin · revision 32185

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=ine-pro *med-o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈmɔ.dɪ.kɛ]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈmɔː.di.t͡ʃe]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''modicē''' (comparative modicius, superlative modicissimē)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|modicus|-ē|t1=moderate]], the adverb of the adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) [[m|la|modicus]] is from [[m|la|modus|t=measure]], which de Vaan 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==

+ The OLD's first example is Ennius' tragedy, of one who obeys modestly and with restraint.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates it from Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means in a restrained way, moderately or soberly, and ''modice ferre'' is to bear something with restraint;^(OLD 2012) Varro uses it of night and day coming and going in measure.^(OLD 2012) It is also moderately in size, as Columella's trunk split a little, and to a moderate extent, as Cicero's place fairly damp, or only slightly, as Clodius' threats that touch him only a little.^(OLD 2012) Suetonius uses it of a couch meanly spread, and Varro of words arranged according to a rule in poetry.^(OLD 2012) In medieval Latin it means a little.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of modest obedience.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of night and day in measure.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of slight concern.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius of a plain couch.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # With restraint, [[m|en|moderately]], soberly.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Moderately in size or extent.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Reasonably, fairly; only slightly.^(OLD 2012)^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Wiktionary)

+ # In a rather poor manner, [[m|en|meanly]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # According to a rule, regularly.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[modus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}