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1. 중용
2. 겸손

1. moderation
2. modesty

예문

• sarta tecta tua praecepta usque habui mea modestia. (T. Maccius Plautus, Trinummus, act 2, scene 2 2:33)

  (티투스 마키우스 플라우투스, , , 2:33)

• metuo quidem, Scipio, quoniam laudes tuas attigi, ne me inpraesentiarum refrenet uel tua generosa modestia uel mea ingenua uerecundia. (Apuleius, Florida 17:23)

  (아풀레이우스, 플로리다 17:23)

• ita apud suos cuique modestia obnoxia est, apud extrarios autem ueritas libera. (Apuleius, Florida 18:16)

  (아풀레이우스, 플로리다 18:16)

• "Quin igitur masculum tandem sumis animum et cassae speculae renuntias fortiter, et ultroneam te dominae tuae reddis et vel sera modestia saevientes impetus eius mitigas?" (Apuleius, Metamorphoses, book 6 1:34)

  (아풀레이우스, 변신, 6권 1:34)

• Dominus aedium habebat iuvenem filium probe litteratum atque ob id consequenter pietate, modestia praecipuum, quem tibi quoque provenisse cuperes vel talem. (Apuleius, Metamorphoses, book 10 2:2)

  (아풀레이우스, 변신, 10권 2:2)

유의어 사전

1. Modus, in a moral sense, denotes the μέτριον, or the included notion of the μηδὲν ἄγαν in objective relation; modestia and moderatio, in subjective relation; Modestia is the feeling of preference for this modus; moderatio, the habit of acting in conformity to this feeling. 2. Moderatio is moderation, as springing from the understanding, from calculation and reflection, akin to prudentia; temperatio and temperantia are qualities pervading the whole man, and ennobling his whole being, akin to sapientia. Moderatio supposes, like self-government, a conflict between the passions and reason, in which reason comes off conqueror; in temperatio, as in tranquillity of mind, the reason is already in possession of superiority, whether through nature or moral worth. 3. Temperatus, temperatio, denote merely a laudable property, which may belong even to things; whereas temperans, temperantia, a virtue of which reasonable beings alone are capable. 4. Moderatio denotes moderation in action, in opp. to cupiditas; whereas continentia, moderation in enjoyment, in opp. to libido, Cic. Cat. ii. 11, 25. Verr. iv. 52. 5. Continentia denotes command over sensual desires, continence; abstinentia, over the desire for that which belongs to another, firm integrity; the translation of abstinentia by ‘disinterestedness,’ is not precise enough, for this virtue is required by morality only, abstinentia, by law also. Quintil. v. 10, 89. Cic. Sext. 16. 6. Modestia shuns overstepping the right measure, out of regard to the morals which the modus prescribes; whereas verecundia and reverentia out of regard to persons, whom the verecundus is afraid of displeasing, and whom the reverens thinks worthy of respect; lastly, pudor, out of self-respect, that one may not bring one’s self into contempt. Varro, ap. Non. Non te tui saltem pudet, si nihil mei revereare. Terent. Phorm. i. 5, 3. or ii. 1, 3. Non simultatem meam revereri? Saltem pudere? (ii. 203.)

출처: Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Ludwig von Doederlein