... mendicior, Tert de anim. 33: Superl., solos sapientes esse, si mendicissimi (sint), divites, Cic. Mur. 61. – subst., mendīcus, ... ... bettelhaft, armselig, instrumentum, Cic. de or. 3, 92: mendicissimae cogitationes, Augustin. serm. 119, 5.
modestus , a, um, Adi. (modus), Maß haltend, ... ... modestior, Fronto. – m. Dat., hoc dis dignum est, ut semper mendicis modesti sint, Plaut. – poet., Hannibal... modestior armis, gelassener, ...