modero, avi, atum, are, 1, v. a. [modus]

moderar, controlar--. (a). With acc. : neque tuum te ingenium moderat, Pac. ap. Non. 471, 7.--. (b). With dat. : ego voci moderabo meae, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 115 .-- II. Transf. , to regulate , Dig. 3, 5, 14: ita res moderatur, ut, etc., ib. 23, 3, 39 .--Hence, moderatus , a, um, P. a., keeping within due bounds, observing moderation, moderate (Ciceron.).