modestus

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

discret

loyauté

modéré

modeste

ordonné

réservé

loyalisme

Synonymes

bonus

👍

cautus

prudens

verecundus

Traductions

restrained

within bounds

orderly

moderate

διακριτικός

cautious

Loyalität

αγγελιαφόρος

loyalty

modest

discreet

quiet

umsichtig

sober

diskret

Prononcé comme (IPA)

[mɔˈdɛs.tʊs]

Étymologie (Anglais)

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).