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mŏdĭfĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. [modificor], a measuring, measure (post-Aug.): versuum lex ac modificatio, Sen. Ep. 88, 3: verborum, Gell. 10, 3, 15; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 160, 10 Müll.
mŏdĭfĭcātor, ōris, m. [modificor], one who gives the proper measure to a thing, a moderator, manager (post-class.): tibicen omnis modi peritus modificator, App. Flor. p. 341.
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.