noun

mŏdĕrāmen

gen. mŏdĕrāmĭnis · gender neuter · decl. 3rd

a means of managing; governing; a rudder, helm poetic

a means of managing or governing, e. g. a rudder, helm (poet. and in post-class. prose).

Innixus moderamine navis, Ov. M. 15, 726; so in plur., id. ib. 3, 644.—

Management, direction, control •

Management, direction, control: equorum, Ov. M. 2, 48.—

the helm; the management of affairs, the government of the state; a means of moderating, mitigating, controlling figuratively

Trop.: rerum, the helm, i. e. the management of affairs, the government of the state, Ov. M. 6, 677; also, a means of moderating, mitigating, controlling: verum serenitas nostra certum moderamen invenit, Cod. Th. 11, 30, 64.

Perseus ID: n29355 Key: moderamen