sōbrĭĕtas
ātis, f.
I.
sobriety (post-Aug.).
I.
Lit., temperance in drinking, Sen. Tranq. 15, 16; Val. Max. 6, 3, 9.— Hence Sobrietas personified, App. M. 5, p. 172, 20; 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.