modulamen

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

mŏdŭlāmen, ĭnis, n. [modulor],

melody, euphony (post-class.): (Cicero) in secundā (in Verrem, i. e. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 191) simili usūs modulamine, manifesto peccatu inquit, non peccato, Gell. 13, 21 (20), 16: caeli ac siderum, Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 12; Sid. Carm. 1, 9.