moderor ātus, ārī, dep. modus, to set a measure, set bounds, put restraint upon, moderate, mitigate, restrain, allay, temper, qualify: moderari uxoribus: quis illi finem statuet aut quis moderabitur? S.: orationi: irae, H.: fortunae suae, L.: amori, O.: cursui, to sail slowly, Ta.

—To manage, regulate, rule, guide, govern, direct: Ex suā libidine, T.: in utroque magis studia partium quam bona aut mala sua moderata (sunt), were controlling, S.: recitat, ita moderans, ne, etc., controlling (his voice), Ta.: corpus: equos, Cs.: habenas, O.: fidem blandius Orpheo, strike more harmoniously, H.: mens quae omnia moderetur: frena theatri, Iu.: funiculo navi, with a rope: gentibus, S.