modeste

modeste is a Latin form of modestus, meaning “modest, restrained, moderate”. It is the adjective or vocative singular neuter adjective or vocative singular masculine adjective.

Found 53 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.4.18: … usa fuerunt non requirit; tibi habe Canephoros, deorum simulacra restitue. quae quia dixit, quia tempore dato modeste apud vos socius amicusque populi Romani questus est, quia religioni suae non modo in dis patriis repetendis s …

Plautus, Menaechmi 5.6.971: potióra esse, cuí cor modéste sitúmst.

Plautus, Stichus 5.4.692: Sat est: servo homini módeste melius facere sumptum quam ampliter.

All forms of modestus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.