modestus

Betekenis (Engels)

(adjective, declension-1, declension-2) moderate, calm, restrained, mild
(adjective, declension-1, declension-2) modest, reserved, discreet

bonus

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within bounds

διακριτικός

αγγελιαφόρος

Frekwensie

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[mɔˈdɛs.tʊs]

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 modestus is made up of components derived from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”) + *-os (noun-forming suffix) + *-tós (adjective-forming suffix) (Classical Latin -tus); this implies the existence at some point of a neuter s-stem noun (also indirectly attested by the -er- found in moderor). Compare scelestus, derived from the s-stem noun scelus n (or an ancestral form of it).