sobrietas

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

sōbrĭĕtas, ātis, f. [sobrius], sobriety (post-Aug.).

I Lit., temperance in drinking, Sen. Tranq. 15, 16; Val. Max. 6, 3, 9.— Hence Sobrietas personified, the enemy of Venus , Ap. Met. 5, 30, 13; Prud. Psych. 450.—

II In gen., moderation , temperance , continence (cf.: modestas, temperantia): vitae, Dig. 1, 7, 17 fin. ; Vulg. 1 Tim. 2, 9.—

B Trop., reasonableness , prudence : consiliorum, Amm. 31, 10, 19.