temperātus adj. with comp. P. of tempero, limited, moderate, temperate: temperatae escae modicaeque potiones: loca temperatiora, Cs.

— Fig., moderate, sober, calm, steady, temperate: mores: in victoriā temperatior: Vim temperatam di provehunt In maius, H.: animus virtutibus, L.

— Of speech, moderate, calm, composed: orationis genus: temperatior oratio.