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modica

modica is a Latin form of modicus, meaning “moderate, small, ordinary”. It is the nominative plural neuter adjective or vocative plural neuter adjective or accusative plural neuter adjective or ablative singular feminine adjective.

Found 90 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.4.109: … more et in altero templo Liberae. sunt ea perampla atque praeclara, sed non ita antiqua. ex aere fuit quoddam modica amplitudine ac singulari opere cum facibus perantiquum, omnium illorum quae sunt in eo fano multo antiquissim …

Plautus, Curculio 1.2.110c: Modica ést, capit quadrántal.

All forms of modicus (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.