temperātus adj.with comp.
P. of tempero, limited, moderate, temperate : temperatae escae modicaeque potiones: loca temperatiora, Cs.— Fig., moderate, sober, calm, steady, temperate : mores: in victoriā temperatior: Vim temperatam di provehunt In maius, H.: animus virtutibus, L.— Of speech, moderate, calm, composed : orationis genus: temperatior oratio.