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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		moderārī, moderārier1			—			moderāns			—
future		moderātūrum esse			—			moderātūrus			moderandus
perfect		moderātum esse			—			moderātus			—
future perfect		moderātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		moderātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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
• Galician: moderar
• 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