modestus adj. with comp. and sup. modus, keeping due measure, moderate, modest, gentle, forbearing, temperate, sober, discreet: sermo, S.: adulescentis modestissimi pudor: plebs modestissima: epistula modestior: voltus, T.: verba, O.: mulier, modest, T.: modestissimi mores: voltus modesto sanguine fervens, Iu.

—As subst: modestus Occupat obscuri speciem, the reserved man passes for gloomy, H.