Lewis & Short

mŏdĭfĭco, āre, 1, v. n. and a. [modusfacio].

  1. I. Neutr., to limit, set limits to: alicui in aliquā re intercedere aut modificare, Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 4, 3 Mai.
  2. II. Act., to control, regulate: vitalis motus, Aug. de Music. 6, 17, 58.
    Pass. reflex., to observe due measure, keep within bounds, to be moderate: modificari in sumptibus, App. Doctr. Plat. p. 18, 37.
    Class. only in part. perf. mŏdĭfĭcātus, a, um, measured off, measured: verba modificata, Cic. Part. Or. 5, 17: membra modificata, id. de Or. 3, 48, 186: corporamodificata utriusque rei participatione, App. de Deo Socr. p. 47, 7.
    1. B. Melodious: luseiniarum querelae, Sid. Ep. 9, 2.