inmodicus

immŏdĭcus ( inm- ), a, um, adj. [in modicus], beyond bounds, beyond measure, excessive, unrestrained, unruly, immoderate (perh. not ante-Aug.).

I.

Lit. (very rare):

prominet immodicum pro longa cuspide rostrum,

Ov. M. 6, 673:

tuber,

id. ib. 8, 808:

fluctus,

id. H. 18, 137:

frigus,

id. P. 3, 1, 14; cf.:

continuae et immodicae tempestates,

Suet. Aug. 47.—Far more freq.,

II.

Trop., excessive, unrestrained, extravagant, immoderate, etc.:

immodicus in numero augendo esse solet,

is in the habit of exaggerating numbers, Liv. 38, 23, 8:

in appetendis honoribus immodicus,

Vell. 2, 33, 3:

immodicus linguā,

Liv. 22, 12, 11:

animi,

Sall. H. 1, 114 Dietsch:

tum verbis tum rebus immodicus,

extravagant in words and deeds, Suet. Dom. 12:

Gracchi legibus (ferendis),

Luc. 6, 796:

assiduus potius quam immodicus (praeceptor),

Quint. 2, 2, 5:

imperia,

Liv. 21, 3, 5; so,

licentia crudelitatis,

Vell. 2, 28, 2:

decreta ad honores sociorum,

Liv. 31, 45, 2:

libido possidendi,

Col. 1, 3, 11:

fastus,

Ov. A. A. 3, 511:

populi acclamationes,

Suet. Caes. 79:

oratio,

too long, Plin. Ep. 9, 4, 1:

periodus,

Quint. 9, 4, 125.—

(β).

With gen.:

gloriae,

Vell. 2, 11:

irae,

Stat. Th. 1, 41:

libidinis,

Col. 7, 6, 3:

laetitiae et maeroris,

Tac. A. 15, 23:

fugae,

Sil. 12, 268:

animi,

Tac. H. 1, 53.—As subst.:

immodica cupere,

Sen. Ben. 1, 9, 2.—Hence, adv.: immŏ-dĭcē, beyond measure, excessively, immoderately:

si sanguis ex vulnere immodice fluat,

Plin. 30, 13, 38, § 112:

fucata formam,

Luc. 10, 137:

frequenter id potius quam immodice facere,

Col. 2, 16, 2:

opportunae positae (figurae) cum immodice petantur,

Quint. 9, 3, 100:

immodesteque gloriari,

Liv. 22, 27, 2:

sibi arrogare eloquentiam,

Quint. 11, 1, 19:

ferocire,

Gell. 1, 11, 2:

capere voluptatem ex aliqua re,

id. 19, 2, 1.