moderor

From the same root as modus m (“measure, manner”), but not directly derived from this noun, which declines in Latin as a masculine o-stem. The form moderor was presumably built on a neuter s-stem noun derived from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”) + *-os (noun-forming suffix), whose existence is also indirectly attested by the -es- found in modestus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.de.ror/, [ˈmɔd̪ɛrɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.de.ror/, [ˈmɔːd̪eror]

Verb

moderor (present infinitive moderārī or moderārier, perfect active moderātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to set a measure or bounds to; moderate, mitigate, allay, qualify. [+dative] [ synonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: molliō, sopiō, lēniō, mītigō, sileō, sedō, domō

2. to restrain [ synonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: fīniō, supprimō, refrēnō, obstō, arceō, intersaepiō, claudō, interclūdō, retineō, coerceō, delīmitō, līmitō, moror

3. (by extension) to manage, arrange, regulate, rule, guide, govern, direct, control. (dative or accusative) [ synonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: dominor, imperō, gerō, imperitō, rēgnō, regō, magistrō, ōrdinō, dispēnsō