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Etymology: Middle English, from Latin moderatus, from past participle of moderare to moderate; akin to Latin modus measure
The Volokh Conspiracy » Jonathan Rauch on David Frum on the Conservative Movement 2010
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For the rather pathetic species known as Canadian neo-conservatives, the scariest thing in the whole wide world is the bicycle-riding moderate liberal urbanitus liberalus moderatus.
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Etymology: Middle English, from Latin moderatus, from past participle of moderare to moderate; akin to Latin modus measure
The Volokh Conspiracy » Jonathan Rauch on David Frum on the Conservative Movement 2010
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According to the Oxford English Dictionary our adjective "moderate" comes from moderatus, the past participle of the Latin verb moderari: to manage, regulate, rule, guide, govern, direct.
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Influit vobis arte moderatus, ubicunque necessarius judicatur et hortis vestris sufficiens et molendinis ....
The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator Senator Cassiodorus 1872
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---- Symmachus joins with Themistius in praising the clemency of Valens dic victoriae moderatus est, quasi contra se nemo pugnavit.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 Edward Gibbon 1765
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Theodore Beza, Tractatus pius et moderatus de vera excommunicatione et christiano Presbyterio
Latest Articles Law and History Review 2009
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Themistius in praising the clemency of Valens dic victoriae moderatus est, quasi contra se nemo pugnavit.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Sermo erga patrem Imperatoremque reverens, dc fe moderatus, nihil in vultu habituque mutatum: quafi imperare poflTet magis, quam vellet.
C. Cornelii Taciti opera omnia. ... Cornelius Tacitus , Melchior Freinsheim 1790
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He gave the command of the legions in Germany to Galba.] [Footnote 658: "Scuto moderatus;" another reading in the parallel passage of Tacitus is scuto immodice oneratus, burdened with the heavy weight of a shield.] [Footnote 659: It would appear that Galba was to have accompanied
De vita Caesarum Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
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