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mŏdĭfĭcātus, a, um, v. modificor fin. b.
mŏdĭfĭco, āre, 1, v. n. and a. [modusfacio].
- I. Neutr., to limit, set limits to: alicui in aliquā re intercedere aut modificare, Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 4, 3 Mai.
- 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: corpora … modificata utriusque rei participatione, App. de Deo Socr. p. 47, 7.
- B. Melodious: luseiniarum querelae, Sid. Ep. 9, 2.
mŏdĭfĭcor, ātus, 1, v. dep. (act. collat. form, v. modifico), a. and n. [modificus], to measure off, measure a thing (post-class. in verb. finit.).
- I. Lit.: comprehensa mensura Herculani pedis, quanta longinquitas corporis ei mensurae conveniret … modificatus est, Gell. 1, 1, 3.
- II. Trop., to set a measure, set bounds to, to moderate; with dat.: immaturis liberorum desideriis, App. M. 11, p. 267, 1: orationi, id. Flor. p. 365, 8: desideriis omnibus, Front. ad Ver. Imp. 6.