moderatio Latin · revision 9235

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=la modus}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''moderātiō''' ''f'' (genitive moderātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[moderor]] “to moderate, control” with the suffix [[-tiō]], from [[modus]] “measure”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', of controlling.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates it 86/82 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the action of controlling or managing, as in the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', and in Cicero conduct that avoids extremes, moderation, self-control, temperateness, and the restraining or checking of something.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short add the temperateness of weather.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for conduct that avoids extremes.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''moderazione'' and Spanish ''moderación'', and through Old French ''moderacion'' it gave [[en|moderation]] in the early 15th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86/82 BC – The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of moderation.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English ''moderation'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|moderation|alt=Moderation]], restraint.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Self-control, temperateness.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Control, management.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Restraining, checking.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[immoderātiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[moderor]]

+ * [[modus]]

+ * [[moderātus]]

+ * [[en|moderation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}