modifico, āre, 1, v. n. and a. [modusfacio]. Neutr., to limit, set limits to: alicui in aliquā re intercedere aut modificare, Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 4, 3 Mai.

— Act., to control, regulate: vitalis motus, Aug. de Music. 6, 17, 58.

—Pass. reflex., to observe due measure, keep within bounds, to be moderate: modificari in sumptibus, App. Doctr. Plat. p. 18, 37.

—Class. only in part. perf. modificātus, a, um, measured off, measured: verba modificata, Cic. Part. Or. 5, 17: membra modificata, id. de Or. 3, 48, 186: corpora ... modificata utriusque rei participatione, App. de Deo Socr. p. 47, 7.

— Melodious: luseiniarum querelae, Sid. Ep. 9, 2.