ad-mŏdĕror
ad-mŏdĕror, āri, 1, v. dep., to keep to or within due limits, to moderate: nequeo hercle equidem risu admoderarier, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 81.—Hence, * admŏdĕrātē, adv., fitly, suitably: humanis rationibus admoderate tempora mutare annorum, in conformity with the ways of men, Lucr. 2, 169.