temperance
temperance
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P. and V. τὸ μέτριον, τὸ σῶφρον, τὸ σωφρονεῖν, P. μετριότης, ἡ, Ar. and P. σωφροσύνη, ἡ.
Self-control: P. ἐγκράτεια, ἡ.
subs.
P. and V. τὸ μέτριον, τὸ σῶφρον, τὸ σωφρονεῖν, P. μετριότης, ἡ, Ar. and P. σωφροσύνη, ἡ.
Self-control: P. ἐγκράτεια, ἡ.
TEMPERANCE
temperantia (general and habitual self-government): moderatio (the avoiding of excess as an action): continentia (opposed to libido; command over all sensual desires): modestia (is an habitual preference of the modus or true mean; the last three words are qualities): abstinentia (abstaining from desire for what is another’s). (The words are found in this connection and order.) temperantia et moderatio; moderatio et continentia; continentia et temperantia. Cic. Off. 3 26 has moderatio continentiae et temperantiae.
temperantia (general and habitual self-government): moderatio (the avoiding of excess as an action): continentia (opposed to libido; command over all sensual desires): modestia (is an habitual preference of the modus or true mean; the last three words are qualities): abstinentia (abstaining from desire for what is another’s). (The words are found in this connection and order.) temperantia et moderatio; moderatio et continentia; continentia et temperantia. Cic. Off. 3 26 has moderatio continentiae et temperantiae.
temperance:
1. temperantia (the most gen. term, answering pretty closely to the Eng.): t. is the firm and moderate control of reason over the sensual desires and over the other non-virtuous desires of the soul, t. est rationis in libidinem atque in alios non rectos impetus animi firma ac moderata dominatio, Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 164: t. brings peace to the mind, t. pacem animis affert, id. Fin. 1, 14, 47: t. in food, t. in victu, id. Tusc. 5, 20, 57. Join: modestia et t., id. Off. 1, 5, 14: moderatio et t., id. de Or. 2, 60, 247.
2. contĭnentia (t. which restrains one's lusts: a special term, as opp. to the preced., which is general): t. is that whereby desires are controlled by the guidance of reflection, c. est per quam cupiditas consilii gubernatione regitur, Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 164: t. in every branch of living and style, c. in victu omni atque cultu, id. Off. 2, 24, 86. Join c. et temperantia, id. Off. 3, 25, 96: modestia et c., Caes. B. G. 7, 52.
3. frūgālĭtas (moderation in enjoyment, thriftiness): t. embraces every kind of abstinence and harmlessness, together with all other virtues, omnem abstinentiam, omnem innocentiam reliquas etiam virtutes f. continet, Cic. Tusc. 3, 8, 16 (q. v.: he mentions temperantia, moderatio, and sometimes even modestia as equiv. for σωφροσύνη, and then proposes f. as the best equiv.): remarkable and admirable t., singularis et admiranda f., id. Deiot. 9, 26: good health, and that which chiefly produces it, t., bona valetudo, quaeque eam maxime praestat, f., Quint. 10, 3, 26.
4. mŏdestia: v.MODERATION , SOBRIETY .
5. abstĭnentia: v.ABSTINENCE . Join: a. et continentia, Cic. Off. 2, 22, 77.
6. tempĕries, ei (poet. and late): peaceful t. of character, t. tranquilla morum, Stat. S. 2, 6, 48. Claud. Phr.: a t.-society, perh. *siccorum sodalitas: v.WATER-DRINKER .
1. temperantia (the most gen. term, answering pretty closely to the Eng.): t. is the firm and moderate control of reason over the sensual desires and over the other non-virtuous desires of the soul, t. est rationis in libidinem atque in alios non rectos impetus animi firma ac moderata dominatio, Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 164: t. brings peace to the mind, t. pacem animis affert, id. Fin. 1, 14, 47: t. in food, t. in victu, id. Tusc. 5, 20, 57. Join: modestia et t., id. Off. 1, 5, 14: moderatio et t., id. de Or. 2, 60, 247.
2. contĭnentia (t. which restrains one's lusts: a special term, as opp. to the preced., which is general): t. is that whereby desires are controlled by the guidance of reflection, c. est per quam cupiditas consilii gubernatione regitur, Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 164: t. in every branch of living and style, c. in victu omni atque cultu, id. Off. 2, 24, 86. Join c. et temperantia, id. Off. 3, 25, 96: modestia et c., Caes. B. G. 7, 52.
3. frūgālĭtas (moderation in enjoyment, thriftiness): t. embraces every kind of abstinence and harmlessness, together with all other virtues, omnem abstinentiam, omnem innocentiam reliquas etiam virtutes f. continet, Cic. Tusc. 3, 8, 16 (q. v.: he mentions temperantia, moderatio, and sometimes even modestia as equiv. for σωφροσύνη, and then proposes f. as the best equiv.): remarkable and admirable t., singularis et admiranda f., id. Deiot. 9, 26: good health, and that which chiefly produces it, t., bona valetudo, quaeque eam maxime praestat, f., Quint. 10, 3, 26.
4. mŏdestia: v.
5. abstĭnentia: v.
6. tempĕries, ei (poet. and late): peaceful t. of character, t. tranquilla morum, Stat. S. 2, 6, 48. Claud. Phr.: a t.-society, perh. *siccorum sodalitas: v.