LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

immoderātus

immoderātus (feminine immoderāta, neuter immoderātum, comparative immoderātior)
Classical[ɪm.mɔ.dɛˈraː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[im.mo.deˈraː.tus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivemeasureless, immeasurable
  2. adjectiveunrestrained, unbridled, excessive, immoderate

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeimmoderātusimmoderāta
inmoderāta		immoderātum
inmoderātum
genitiveimmoderātī
inmoderātī		immoderātae
inmoderātae		immoderātī
inmoderātī
dativeimmoderātō
inmoderātō		immoderātae
inmoderātae		immoderātō
inmoderātō
accusativeimmoderātum
inmoderātum		immoderātam
inmoderātam		immoderātum
inmoderātum
ablativeimmoderātō
inmoderātō		immoderātā
inmoderātā		immoderātō
inmoderātō
vocativeimmoderāte
inmoderāte		immoderāta
inmoderāta		immoderātum
inmoderātum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeimmoderātī
inmoderātī		immoderātae
inmoderātae		immoderāta
inmoderāta
genitiveimmoderātōrum
inmoderātōrum		immoderātārum
inmoderātārum		immoderātōrum
inmoderātōrum
dativeimmoderātīs
inmoderātīs		immoderātīs
inmoderātīs		immoderātīs
inmoderātīs
accusativeimmoderātōs
inmoderātōs		immoderātās
inmoderātās		immoderāta
inmoderāta
ablativeimmoderātīs
inmoderātīs		immoderātīs
inmoderātīs		immoderātīs
inmoderātīs
vocativeimmoderātī
inmoderātī		immoderātae
inmoderātae		immoderāta
inmoderāta

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

potestas immoderata, infinita
despotic, tyrannous rule.

immŏdĕrātus (inm-), a, um, adj. in-moderatus,
I. without measure, measureless, immeasurable.
I. Lit. (only poet.): vides sublime, fusum, immoderatum aethera, unbounded (= immensum), Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 25, 65; Lucr. 1, 1013.—
II. Trop., unrestrained, unbridled, excessive, immoderate (freq. and class.): ipsum illum Aristotelis discipulum, superbum, crudelem, immoderatum fuisse, Cic. Att. 13, 28, 3: homo et turbulentus, id. Phil. 10, 11, 23: mulier, id. Cael. 21, 53: immensae cupiditates, infinitae et immoderatae sunt, Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34: intemperantia, Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 39: quippe duos pro uno dominos acceptos, inmoderata, infinita potestate, Liv. 3, 9, 4: res immoderata cupido est, Ov. P. 4, 15, 31: motus animi, cum immoderatiores sunt, vitia fiunt, Gell. 19, 12, 4: immoderatissimae luxuriae esse, Suet. Ner. 51: immoderato potu et pastu pars animi obstupefacta, Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60: ne immoderata aut angusta sit oratio, id. Or. 58, 198: vox immoderatior, Cael. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 51: tam immoderatae linguae fuit, unbridled, Suet. Vit. Luc.: tempestates, Cic. Rosc. Am. 45, 131.—Hence, adv.: immŏdĕrātē.
1. Lit.: without measure or rule: moveri immoderate et fortuitu, Cic. Univ. 13: vox immoderate profusa, id. N. D. 2, 59, 149: effunditur spiritus, Quint. 11, 3, 63.—
2. Trop., immoderately, extravagantly: vivere, Cic. Univ. 12: jactari, id. Div. 1, 29, 60: abuti nostra facilitate, id. Fam. 12, 1, 2.—Comp.: ferre casum incommodorum tuorum, Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 5.—Sup.: laetari, Spart. Sev. 20.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinimmoderātus

Latin moderātus Latin immoderātus From in- + moderātus.

In English words that came into English from immoderātus

  • immoderateimmoderātus

Quick answers

What does immoderātus mean in Latin?
immoderātus, a adjective, means “measureless, immeasurable; unrestrained, unbridled, excessive, immoderate”.
How do you pronounce immoderātus?
In classical Latin, [ɪm.mɔ.dɛˈraː.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [im.mo.deˈraː.tus].
Where does immoderātus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *né → Proto-Indo-European *n̥- → Proto-Italic *n̥- → Latin immoderātus.