moderor

Latin

Alternative forms

• moderō

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.de.ror/, [ˈmɔd̪ɛrɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.de.ror/, [ˈmɔːd̪eror]

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. [with 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

• moderābilis
• moderāmen
• moderāmentum
• moderanter
• moderātē
• moderātim
• moderātiō
• moderātor
• moderātus

Related terms

• moderātrīx

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^[1], 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