immodice Latin · revision 34669

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=59 BC–17 AD, Livy|origins=la modus}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''immodicē'''; adverb^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ It is also spelled ''inmodicē''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|immodicus|-ē]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) The adjective is a compound of [[m|la|in-|t=not]] and [[m|la|modicus|t=moderate]], from [[m|la|modus|t=measure, limit]],^(Wiktionary) which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*medo-|t=measure, judgement]] and [[ine-pro|*med-o-|t=measure]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler records it first in Livy,^(Köbler 2010) who uses it of boasting and of speech without restraint, as in ''lingua acerba et immodicē lībera'', a bitter and immoderately free tongue.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the 1st century AD it is used literally of things flowing beyond measure: Pomponius Mela of the sea, Pliny the Elder of blood from a wound.^(Georges 1913) Seneca writes ''immodicē flēre'', to weep without measure, and Quintilian of claiming eloquence for oneself excessively.^(Conte 2010)^(Georges 1913)

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+ In the Medieval Latin of Britain it meant excessively, and also with excessive severity.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of unrestrained speech and boasting.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43/44 AD – Pomponius Mela uses it of the sea flowing beyond measure.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca writes of weeping without measure.^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|immoderately|alt=Immoderately]], [[m|en|excessively]], without restraint.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' With excessive [[m|en|severity]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[immodicus]]

+ * [[modicē]]

+ * [[immodestē]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}