sobrius

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

sōbrius adj.

2 se+ebrius, not drunk, sober : inter sobrios bacchari: nemo fere saltat sobrius: male sobrius, i. e. ebrius, O.— Free from drunkenness, moderate : convivium.— Sober, moderate, temperate, continent : parcus ac sobrius, T.: homines. —Fig., sober, self-possessed, sensible, prudent, reasonable, cautious : Satin' sanus est aut sobrius?T.: oratores: memento alte sobria ferre pedem, prudently , O.

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