a sense of propriety

pŭdor, ōris, m. [pudeo], shame, a sense of shame, shamefacedness, shyness; modesty, decency, good manners, propriety, etc. (the general idea, while pudicitia is the particular one).

Lit.:

ibi eos pudor deserit,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 1, 1; id. Am. 2, 2, 210:

patris,

before a father, Ter. And. 1, 5, 27:

pudor deūm,

Sil. 1, 58:

ex hac parte pugnat pudor, illinc petulantia: hinc pudicitia, illinc stuprum,

Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 25:

ut pudorem rubor, terrorem pallor consequatur,

id. Tusc. 4, 8, 19:

moderator cupiditatis pudor,

id. Fin. 2, 34, 113:

adulescentuli modestissimi pudor,

id. Planc. 11, 27:

pudore a dicendo et timiditate ingenua refugisti,

id. de Or. 2, 3, 10; Plin. 19, 8, 43, § 152: civium, respect for one's fellow-citizens, Enn. ap. Non. 160, 6 (Trag. v. 369 Vahl.):

famae,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 6, 14:

pudore fractus,

id. Tusc. 2, 21, 48; cf.:

quem paupertatis pudor et fuga tenet,

shame on account of poverty, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 24:

stultorum incurata pudor malus ulcera celat,

id. ib. 1, 16, 24:

pudor ignominiae maritimae,

Liv. 35, 27:

adeo omnia regebat pudor,

id. 5, 46:

quae tibi membra pudorem Abstulerunt,

Ov. M. 6, 616:

defunctae pudorem tueri,

honor, Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 6:

pudor est promissa precesque (meas) referre,

I am ashamed, Ov. M. 14, 18:

sit pudor,

be ashamed! for shame! Mart. 8, 3, 3; 8, 64, 15; 11, 50, 11:

omnium qui tecum sunt pudor,

sense of propriety, scrupulousness, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 18; Quint. 8, 3, 39:

si pudor quaeritur, si probitas, si fides, Mancinus haec attulit,

Cic. Rep. 3, 18, 28:

pudor Curioni suadet ut, etc.,

Flor. 4, 2, 34.—

Transf.

Shame, a cause for shame, ignominy, disgrace (not in Cic.):

vulgare alicujus pudorem,

Ov. H. 11, 79:

turpique onerata pudore,

id. M. 11, 180:

amicitia, quae impetrata, gloriae sibi, non pudori sit,

should not be a disgrace, Liv. 34, 58:

ne tibi pudori essem,

Liv. 40, 15:

o notam materni pudoris,

Just. 3, 4:

pro pudor!

oh shame! Petr. 81; Stat. Th. 10, 874; Mart. 10, 68, 6; so,

o pudor,

Val. Fl. 8, 267; Flor. 2, 6, 30.—

A blush:

desit famosis quae notet ora pudor,

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 78; so, in gen., a redness of the skin, Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 268; cf. pudoricolor.

com-mūnis ( comoinis, S. C. de Bacch.), e, adj. [con and root mu-, to bind; Sanscr. mav-; cf.: immunis, munus, moenia], that is common to several or to all, common, general, universal, public (opp. proprius, that belongs to one:

quod commune cum alio est, desinet esse proprium,

Quint. 7, 3, 24; cf. id. 2, 4, 40; 7, 1, 28; 8, 5, 6; 10, 1, 16; 12, 10, 42; 12, 3, 7; v. also the foll.; freq. in all periods and every species of composition); constr. with cum, dat., inter se, or absol.

Prop.:

vetus verbum hoc quidem est: Communia esse amicorum inter se omnia,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 18:

vinea vulpibus et hominibus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 5:

sepulcrum Asiae Europaeque Troja,

Cat. 68, 89:

is fit ei cum Roscio communis,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 27; cf.:

alterum nobis cum dis, alterum cum beluis commune est,

Sall. C. 1, 2; Nep. Timol. 1, 4.—Esp. freq. in the formula aliquid cum aliquo commune habere:

vetustas habet aliquid commune cum multis, amor non habet,

Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 2:

cum rerum naturā... quid habere potest commune... gallinaceum fel,

id. Div. 2, 12, 29:

controversia. quae communes minime cum aliis quaestiones habet,

Quint. 5, 10, 110:

illum... nihil vobiscum commune habentem,

Sen. Const. 15, 2:

sciat, se nihil mecum habere commune,

id. Ben. 7, 12, 2:

omnia cum amico communia habebit, qui multa cum homine,

id. Ep. 48, 3; 74, 17; id. Q. N. 2, 37, 2: nec habet (pecudum natura) quidquam commune cum caelo, Lact. de Ira Dei, 7, 4; 8, 3; App. de Deo Socr. 13; Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 9; Sen. Contr. 1, 1, 25, B:

vitium commune omnium est,

Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 30; cf. Cic. Sen. 11, 35; Lucr. 5, 260; 3, 326; 5, 555:

communis imperii (i. e. Romani) fines,

Cic. Balb. 5, 13; cf.

libertas,

id. Sest. 1, 1:

salus,

id. ib. 6, 15:

utilitas,

Nep. Alcib. 4, 6:

mors,

natural, Eutr. 7, 8:

verba,

i. e. prose, Claud. Epig. 81, 3:

jus gentium,

Nep. Them. 7, 4 et saep.: vitae ignarus, ignorant of life, i. e. of the customs of society, Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 7; cf.:

sensu caret,

of a sense of propriety, Hor. S. 1, 3, 66 Heind.; cf.:

sit in beneficio sensus communis,

Sen. Ben. 1, 12, 3; id. Ep. 5, 4; 105, 3; Quint. 1, 2, 20; cf.

also: communium litterarum et politioris humanitatis expers,

Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72:

communis locus, euphem.,

the lower world, Plaut. Cas. prol. 19; and for a brothel, Sen. Contr. 1, 2, p. 83 Bip.—In plur.:

loca,

public places, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 46, § 112; id. Fam. 13, 11, 1;

but loci, in philos. lang.,

a commonplace, common topic, id. de Or. 3, 27, 106; id. Or. 36, 126; Quint. 2, 1, 9; 2, 1, 11; 5, 1, 3; 5, 12, 15; v. locus.—

Subst.: commūne, is, n., that which is common.

In gen., plur.:

ut communibus pro communibus utatur, privatis ut suis,

Cic. Off. 1, 7, 20:

paucis ostendi gemis et communia laudas,

publicity, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 4; Ov. M. 13, 271.—In sing.:

de communi aliquid consequi,

Dig. 17, 2, 52; so Paul. Sent. 1, 18, § 3:

jus communi dividundo,

Cic. Fam. 7, 12, 2; cf. Gai Inst. 4, 42; Dig. 2, 1, 11, § 2 al.—

Esp. = to koinon, a community, state: commune Latium, Cinc. ap. Fest. p. 241, 18 Müll.:

Commune Milyadum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 38, § 95:

Siciliae,

id. ib. 2, 2, 46, § 114; 2, 2, 59, § 145;

2, 2, 63, § 154: gentis Pelasgae,

Ov. M. 12, 7; cf.:

communis Graecia,

id. ib. 13, 199; and: res communis = respublica, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 522, 17.—

In commune.

For common use, for all, for a common object, end, advantage, etc.:

metuere,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 20:

consulere,

Ter. And. 3, 3, 16; Tac. A. 12, 5:

conferre,

Cic. Quint. 3, 12; id. Inv. 2, 3, 8:

vocare honores,

i. e. to bestow equally upon patricians and plebeians, Liv. 6, 40, 18:

profutura,

Quint. 6, 1, 7:

laborare (apes),

id. 5, 11, 24.—Rarely in communi:

ponere libertatem,

Tac. A. 13, 27.—

In general, generally (in post-Aug. prose):

de jure omni disputandum,

Quint. 7, 1, 49; Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 9; Tac. G. 27; 38; 40 al.—

Halves! Sen. Ep. 119, 1; Phaedr. 5, 7, 3.—

Trop.

That represents the common sentiment, democratic:

qui in bello... suo et certorum hominum consilio uteretur, eum magis communem censemus in victoriā futurum fuisse, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 2.—

Of manners, accessible, familiar, courteous, condescending, affable (kindr. in sense with comis; hence in MSS. very freq. interchanged with it;

v. comis): simplicem et communem et consentientem eligi (amicum) par est,

Cic. Lael. 18, 65; so id. Fam. 4, 9, 2:

communis infimis, par principibus,

Nep. Att. 3, 1; so Eutr. 8, 5; cf. communitas.— Comp., Suet. Claud. 21 dub. (al. comior).— Sup., Suet. Vesp. 22 dub. (al. comissimus).—

T. t.

In rhet.:

commune exordium, quod nihilo minus in hanc quam in contrariam partem causae potest convenire,

equally appropriate to either side of a cause, Cic. Inv. 1, 18, 26; cf. Quint. 4, 1, 71; Auct. Her. 1, 7, 11; Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 319.—

In gram.: verbum, a common verb, i. e. one that has both an active and passive signification, Gell. 15, 13, 1; Prisc. p. 787 P.: syllaba = anceps, i. e. either long or short, Don. p. 1389 P.; Charis. p. 3 ib.; Diom. p. 423 ib.:

genus,

of both masculine and feminine gender, Charis. p. 126 ib. et saep.— Hence, Advv.

Class. form commū-nĭter, together, in common, jointly, generally (very freq.), Varr. R. R. 2, 10; Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80; id. Rosc. Am. 37, 108; id. N. D. 2, 48, 123; Nep. Pelop. 2, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 13; Ov. M. 6, 262.—Opp. proprie, Quint. 9, 1, 23;

opp. separatim,

Cic. Fam. 13, 12, 1; cf. id. Arch. 12, 32.—

* Comp., Diom. p. 480 P.—

commūnĭtus: deos colere, Varr. ap. Non. p. 510, 5.

com-mūnis ( comoinis, S. C. de Bacch.), e, adj. [con and root mu-, to bind; Sanscr. mav-; cf.: immunis, munus, moenia], that is common to several or to all, common, general, universal, public (opp. proprius, that belongs to one:

quod commune cum alio est, desinet esse proprium,

Quint. 7, 3, 24; cf. id. 2, 4, 40; 7, 1, 28; 8, 5, 6; 10, 1, 16; 12, 10, 42; 12, 3, 7; v. also the foll.; freq. in all periods and every species of composition); constr. with cum, dat., inter se, or absol.

Prop.:

vetus verbum hoc quidem est: Communia esse amicorum inter se omnia,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 18:

vinea vulpibus et hominibus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 5:

sepulcrum Asiae Europaeque Troja,

Cat. 68, 89:

is fit ei cum Roscio communis,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 27; cf.:

alterum nobis cum dis, alterum cum beluis commune est,

Sall. C. 1, 2; Nep. Timol. 1, 4.—Esp. freq. in the formula aliquid cum aliquo commune habere:

vetustas habet aliquid commune cum multis, amor non habet,

Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 2:

cum rerum naturā... quid habere potest commune... gallinaceum fel,

id. Div. 2, 12, 29:

controversia. quae communes minime cum aliis quaestiones habet,

Quint. 5, 10, 110:

illum... nihil vobiscum commune habentem,

Sen. Const. 15, 2:

sciat, se nihil mecum habere commune,

id. Ben. 7, 12, 2:

omnia cum amico communia habebit, qui multa cum homine,

id. Ep. 48, 3; 74, 17; id. Q. N. 2, 37, 2: nec habet (pecudum natura) quidquam commune cum caelo, Lact. de Ira Dei, 7, 4; 8, 3; App. de Deo Socr. 13; Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 9; Sen. Contr. 1, 1, 25, B:

vitium commune omnium est,

Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 30; cf. Cic. Sen. 11, 35; Lucr. 5, 260; 3, 326; 5, 555:

communis imperii (i. e. Romani) fines,

Cic. Balb. 5, 13; cf.

libertas,

id. Sest. 1, 1:

salus,

id. ib. 6, 15:

utilitas,

Nep. Alcib. 4, 6:

mors,

natural, Eutr. 7, 8:

verba,

i. e. prose, Claud. Epig. 81, 3:

jus gentium,

Nep. Them. 7, 4 et saep.: vitae ignarus, ignorant of life, i. e. of the customs of society, Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 7; cf.:

sensu caret,

of a sense of propriety, Hor. S. 1, 3, 66 Heind.; cf.:

sit in beneficio sensus communis,

Sen. Ben. 1, 12, 3; id. Ep. 5, 4; 105, 3; Quint. 1, 2, 20; cf.

also: communium litterarum et politioris humanitatis expers,

Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72:

communis locus, euphem.,

the lower world, Plaut. Cas. prol. 19; and for a brothel, Sen. Contr. 1, 2, p. 83 Bip.—In plur.:

loca,

public places, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 46, § 112; id. Fam. 13, 11, 1;

but loci, in philos. lang.,

a commonplace, common topic, id. de Or. 3, 27, 106; id. Or. 36, 126; Quint. 2, 1, 9; 2, 1, 11; 5, 1, 3; 5, 12, 15; v. locus.—

Subst.: commūne, is, n., that which is common.

In gen., plur.:

ut communibus pro communibus utatur, privatis ut suis,

Cic. Off. 1, 7, 20:

paucis ostendi gemis et communia laudas,

publicity, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 4; Ov. M. 13, 271.—In sing.:

de communi aliquid consequi,

Dig. 17, 2, 52; so Paul. Sent. 1, 18, § 3:

jus communi dividundo,

Cic. Fam. 7, 12, 2; cf. Gai Inst. 4, 42; Dig. 2, 1, 11, § 2 al.—

Esp. = to koinon, a community, state: commune Latium, Cinc. ap. Fest. p. 241, 18 Müll.:

Commune Milyadum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 38, § 95:

Siciliae,

id. ib. 2, 2, 46, § 114; 2, 2, 59, § 145;

2, 2, 63, § 154: gentis Pelasgae,

Ov. M. 12, 7; cf.:

communis Graecia,

id. ib. 13, 199; and: res communis = respublica, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 522, 17.—

In commune.

For common use, for all, for a common object, end, advantage, etc.:

metuere,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 20:

consulere,

Ter. And. 3, 3, 16; Tac. A. 12, 5:

conferre,

Cic. Quint. 3, 12; id. Inv. 2, 3, 8:

vocare honores,

i. e. to bestow equally upon patricians and plebeians, Liv. 6, 40, 18:

profutura,

Quint. 6, 1, 7:

laborare (apes),

id. 5, 11, 24.—Rarely in communi:

ponere libertatem,

Tac. A. 13, 27.—

In general, generally (in post-Aug. prose):

de jure omni disputandum,

Quint. 7, 1, 49; Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 9; Tac. G. 27; 38; 40 al.—

Halves! Sen. Ep. 119, 1; Phaedr. 5, 7, 3.—

Trop.

That represents the common sentiment, democratic:

qui in bello... suo et certorum hominum consilio uteretur, eum magis communem censemus in victoriā futurum fuisse, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 2.—

Of manners, accessible, familiar, courteous, condescending, affable (kindr. in sense with comis; hence in MSS. very freq. interchanged with it;

v. comis): simplicem et communem et consentientem eligi (amicum) par est,

Cic. Lael. 18, 65; so id. Fam. 4, 9, 2:

communis infimis, par principibus,

Nep. Att. 3, 1; so Eutr. 8, 5; cf. communitas.— Comp., Suet. Claud. 21 dub. (al. comior).— Sup., Suet. Vesp. 22 dub. (al. comissimus).—

T. t.

In rhet.:

commune exordium, quod nihilo minus in hanc quam in contrariam partem causae potest convenire,

equally appropriate to either side of a cause, Cic. Inv. 1, 18, 26; cf. Quint. 4, 1, 71; Auct. Her. 1, 7, 11; Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 319.—

In gram.: verbum, a common verb, i. e. one that has both an active and passive signification, Gell. 15, 13, 1; Prisc. p. 787 P.: syllaba = anceps, i. e. either long or short, Don. p. 1389 P.; Charis. p. 3 ib.; Diom. p. 423 ib.:

genus,

of both masculine and feminine gender, Charis. p. 126 ib. et saep.— Hence, Advv.

Class. form commū-nĭter, together, in common, jointly, generally (very freq.), Varr. R. R. 2, 10; Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80; id. Rosc. Am. 37, 108; id. N. D. 2, 48, 123; Nep. Pelop. 2, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 13; Ov. M. 6, 262.—Opp. proprie, Quint. 9, 1, 23;

opp. separatim,

Cic. Fam. 13, 12, 1; cf. id. Arch. 12, 32.—

* Comp., Diom. p. 480 P.—

commūnĭtus: deos colere, Varr. ap. Non. p. 510, 5.

* * *

grăvis, e, adj. [Sanscr. gurus (root gar-); Gr. barus, heavy; gravis, for gar-uis; cf. also Brutus]. With respect to weight, heavy, weighty, ponderous, burdensome; or pass., loaded, laden, burdened (opp. levis, light; in most of its significations corresp. to the Gr. barus; cf. onerosus, onerarius).

Lit. Absol. or with abl.

In gen.: imber et ignis, spiritus et gravis terra, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 37 Müll.; so,

tellus,

Ov. M. 7, 355:

corpora,

Lucr. 2, 225 sq.; cf. id. 5, 450 sq.:

limus,

id. 5, 496:

in eo etiam cavillatus est, aestate grave esse aureum amiculum, hieme frigidum,

Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83:

navigia,

Caes. B. G. 5, 8, 4; cf.:

tot ora navium gravi Rostrata duci pondere,

Hor. Epod. 4, 17:

cum gravius dorso (aselli) subiit onus,

id. S. 1, 9, 21:

sarcina,

id. Ep. 1, 13, 6: inflexi grave robur aratri, Verg. G. 1, 162:

cujus (tibicinae) Ad strepitum salias terrae gravis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 26: terra, burdened (by the heavy body), Ov. M. 12, 118:

naves hostilibus spoliis graves,

heavily laden, Liv. 29, 35, 5; cf.:

agmen grave praedā,

id. 21, 5, 8;

for which also simply: grave agmen,

id. 31, 39, 2:

miles,

heavy-armed, Tac. A. 12, 35:

gravis aere dextra,

Verg. E. 1, 36:

cum fatalis equus saltu super ardua venit Pergama et armatum peditem gravis attulit alvo,

i. e. filled, full, id. A. 6, 516 (an imitation of Maximo saltu superavit Gravidus armatis equus, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2; v. gravidus, II. b):

graves imbre nubes,

Liv. 28, 15, 11:

graves fructu vites,

Quint. 8, 3, 8:

gravis vinculis,

Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 10.—

In partic.

With respect to value or number, heavy, great. So, aes grave, heavy money, money of the oldest standard, in which an as weighed a full pound: grave aes dictum a pondere, quia deni asses, singuli pondo libras, efficiebant denarium, etc., Paul. ex Fest. p. 98 Müll.:

et quia nondum argentum signatum erat, aes grave plaustris quidam (ex patribus) ad aerarium convehentes, etc.,

Liv. 4, 60, 6; 10, 46, 5; 22, 33, 2 et saep.:

populus Romanus ne argento quidem signato ante Pyrrhum regem devictum usus est: librales appendebantur asses. Quare aeris gravis poena dicta,

Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 42: argentum, i. e. uncoined = rude:

placet argentum grave rustici patris sine ullo opere et nomine artificis,

Sen. Tranq. 1, 4:

notavit aliquos, quod pecunias levioribus usuris mutuati graviore fenore collocassent,

at a higher rate, Suet. Aug. 39; cf.:

in graviore annona,

id. ib. 25: grave pretium, a high price, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 314, 25.—With respect to number: graves pavonum greges, great or numerous flocks, Varr. ap. Non. 314, 31. —

For the usual gravidus, with young, pregnant ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

regina sacerdos Marte gravis,

Verg. A. 1, 274; cf.

uterus (shortly after: gravidus tumet venter),

Ov. M. 10, 495:

balaenae utero graves (shortly before, gravidae),

Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 13.—

Transf.

Of hearing or sound, deep, grave, low, bass (opp. acutus, treble):

vocem ab acutissimo sono usque ad gravissimum sonum recipiunt,

Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251; cf. id. ib. 3, 57, 216:

qui (sonus) acuta cum gravibus temperans, varios aequabiliter concentus efficit,

id. Rep. 6, 18:

vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 17; 42: sonus, 2, 8, 15; 5, 10, 125; 11, 3, 41; Ov. M. 12, 203:

tenor,

Quint. 1, 5, 26:

syllaba,

i. e. unaccented, id. 1, 5, 22 sq.; 12, 10, 33.—

Of smell or flavor, strong, unpleasant, offensive:

an gravis hirsutis cubet hircus in alis,

rank, Hor. Epod. 12, 5:

chelydri,

Verg. G. 3, 415:

ellebori,

id. ib. 3, 451:

odor calthae,

strong, Plin. 21, 6, 15, § 28; cf.:

herba odore suaviter gravi,

id. 25, 9, 70, § 118; cf.

117: habrotonum odore jucunde gravi floret,

id. 21, 10, 34, § 60: absynthium ut bibam gravem, i. e. bitter, Varr. ap. Non. 19, 27, and 314, 14.—

Of the state of the body or health, gross, indigestible, unwholesome, noxious, severe; sick:

(Cleanthes) negat ullum esse cibum tam gravem, quin is die et nocte concoquatur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 24; so,

genera cibi graviora,

Cels. 2, 18:

gravissima bubula (caro),

id. ib.:

pisces gravissimi,

id. ib.:

neque ex salubri loco in gravem, neque ex gravi in salubrem transitus satis tutus est,

id. 1, 3; cf.:

solum caelumque juxta grave,

Tac. H. 5, 7:

solet esse gravis cantantibus umbra,

Verg. E. 10, 75:

anni tempore gravissimo et caloribus maximis,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 1; cf.:

gravis auctumnus in Apulia circumque Brundisium ex saluberrimis Galliae et Hispaniae regionibus, omnem exercitum valetudine tentaverat,

Caes. B. C. 3, 2 fin.:

grave tempus et forte annus pestilens erat urbi agrisque,

Liv. 3, 6, 1; cf. also id. 3, 8, 1:

aestas,

Verg. G. 2, 377:

morbo gravis,

sick, id. ib. 3, 95; cf.:

gravis vulnere,

Liv. 21, 48, 4:

aetate et viribus gravior,

id. 2, 19, 6:

gravior de vulnere,

Val. Fl. 6, 65:

non insueta graves tentabunt pabula fetas,

sick, feeble, Verg. E. 1, 50; so absol.:

aut abit in somnum gravis,

heavy, languid, Lucr. 3, 1066.

Trop.

In a bad sense, heavy, burdensome, oppressive, troublesome, grievous, painful, hard, harsh, severe, disagreeable, unpleasant (syn.: molestus, difficilis, arduus): qui labores morte finisset graves, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 115:

quod numquam tibi senectutem gravem esse senserim... quibus nihil est in ipsis opis ad bene beateque vivendum, iis omnis aetas gravis est,

Cic. de Sen. 2, 4; cf.:

onus officii,

id. Rosc. Am. 38, 112; id. Rep. 1, 23:

et facilior et minus aliis gravis aut molesta vita est otiosorum,

id. Off. 1, 21, 70; id. Rep. 1, 4:

miserior graviorque fortuna,

Caes. B. G. 1, 32, 4:

haec si gravia aut acerba videantur, multo illa gravius aestimare debere, etc.,

id. ib. 7, 14 fin.:

velim si tibi grave non erit, me certiorem facias,

Cic. Fam. 13, 73, 2:

grave est homini pudenti petere aliquid magnum,

id. Fam. 2, 6, 1; id. Att. 1, 5, 4:

est in populum Romanum grave, non posse, etc.,

id. Balb. 7, 24:

verbum gravius,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 134:

ne quid gravius in fratrem statueret... quod si quid ei a Caesare gravius accidisset, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20, 1 and 4:

gravissimum supplicium,

id. ib. 1, 31, 15:

habemus senatusconsultum in te, Catilina, vehemens et grave,

Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3:

edictum,

Liv. 29, 21, 5:

gravioribus bellis,

Cic. Rep. 1, 40:

gravis esse alicui,

id. Fam. 13, 76, 2; cf.:

adversarius imperii,

id. Off. 3, 22, 86:

gravior hostis,

Liv. 10, 18, 6:

senes ad ludum adolescentium descendant, ne sint iis odiosi et graves,

Cic. Rep. 1, 43:

gravis popularibus esse coepit,

Liv. 44, 30, 5.—Prov.:

gravis malae conscientiae lux est,

Sen. Ep. 122.—

In a good sense, weighty, important, grave; with respect to character, of weight or authority, eminent, venerable, great:

numquam erit alienis gravis, qui suis se concinnat levem,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 58:

quod apud omnes leve et infirmum est, id apud judicem grave et sanctum esse ducetur?

Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 6:

ea (honestas) certe omni pondere gravior habenda est quam reliqua omnia,

id. Off. 3, 8, 35; id. Deiot. 2, 5:

cum gravibus seriisque rebus satisfecerimus,

id. ib. 1, 29, 103:

auctoritas clarissimi viri et in rei publicae maximis gravissimisque causis cogniti,

id. Fam. 5, 12, 7; cf. causa, Lucil. ap. Non. 315, 31; Quint. 1, 2, 3; Caes. B. C. 1, 44, 4:

gravius erit tuum unum verbum ad eam rem, quam centum mea,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 107:

ut potentia senatus atque auctoritas minueretur: quae tamen gravis et magna remanebat,

Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

sententiis non tam gravibus et severis quam concinnis et venustis,

id. Brut. 95, 325:

gravior oratio,

id. de Or. 2, 56, 227:

nihil sibi gravius esse faciendum, quam ut, etc.,

id. Clu. 6, 16:

inceptis gravibus et magna professis,

Hor. A. P. 14:

exemplum grave praebet ales, etc.,

id. C. 4, 11, 26:

non tulit ullos haec civitas aut gloria clariores, aut auctoritate graviores, aut humanitate politiores,

Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154:

et esse et videri omnium gravissimus et severissimus,

id. ib. 2, 56, 228:

homo prudens et gravis,

id. ib. 1, 9, 38:

neque oratio abhorrens a persona hominis gravissimi,

id. Rep. 1, 15 fin.:

auctor,

id. Pis. 6, 14:

testis,

id. Fam. 2, 2:

non idem apud graves viros, quod leviores (decet),

Quint. 11, 1, 45:

vir bonus et gravis,

id. 11, 3, 184:

gravissimi sapientiae magistri,

id. 12, 1, 36:

tum pietate gravem ac meritis si forte virum quem Conspexere,

Verg. A. 1, 151:

gravissima civitas,

Cic. Rep. 1, 3:

gravem atque opulentam civitatem vineis et pluteis cepit,

an important city, Liv. 34, 17, 12.— Hence, adv.: grăvĭter.

Weightily, heavily, ponderously (very rare):

aëra per purum graviter simulacra feruntur,

Lucr. 4, 302; cf.:

graviter cadere,

id. 1, 741; Ov. P. 1, 7, 49.—

Transf.

Of tones, deeply:

natura fert, ut extrema ex altera parte graviter, ex altera autem acute sonent,

Cic. Rep. 6, 18; Lucr. 4, 543.—Far more freq.,

Vehemently, strongly, violently:

graviter crepuerunt fores,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 52; so,

spirantibus flabris,

Lucr. 6, 428; Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 2:

pertentat tremor terras,

Lucr. 6, 287:

ferire aliquem,

Verg. A. 12, 295:

conquassari omnia,

Lucr. 5, 105; cf.:

quae gravissime afflictae erant naves,

Caes. B. G. 4, 31, 2.—

Trop.

Vehemently, violently, deeply, severely; harshly, unpleasantly, disagreeably:

graviter aegrotare,

Cic. Off. 1, 10, 32:

se habere,

id. Att. 7, 2, 3:

neque is sum, qui gravissime ex vobis mortis periculo terrear,

Caes. B. G. 5, 30, 2:

gravissime dolere,

id. ib. 5, 54 fin.:

quem ego amarem graviter,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 87; cf.: placere occoepit graviter, postquam est mortua, [p. 829] Caecil. ap. Non. 314, 19:

tibi edepol iratus sum graviter,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 2:

cives gravissime dissentientes,

Cic. Phil. 12, 11, 27:

si me meis civibus injuria suspectum tam graviter atque offensum viderem,

id. Cat. 1, 7, 17:

graviter angi,

id. Lael. 3, 10:

tulit hoc commune dedecus jam familiae graviter filius,

with chagrin, vexation, id. Clu. 6, 16; cf.:

graviter et acerbe aliquid ferre,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152:

graviter accipere aliquid,

id. de Or. 2, 52, 211; Tac. A. 13, 36; cf.:

adolescentulus saepe eadem et graviter audiendo victus est,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 62:

nolo in illum gravius dicere,

more harshly, id. Ad. 1, 2, 60; cf.:

de amplissimis viris gravissime acerbissimeque decernitur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 4; id. B. G. 3, 16, 4; cf.

also: severe et graviter et prisce agere,

Cic. Cael. 14, 33:

ut non gravius accepturi viderentur, si nuntiarentur omnibus eo loco mortem oppetendam esse,

more sorrowfully, Liv. 9, 4, 6.—

In an impressive or dignified manner, impressively, gravely, seriously, with propriety or dignity:

his de rebus tantis tamque atrocibus neque satis me commode dicere neque satis graviter conqueri neque satis libere vociferari posse intelligo. Nam commoditati ingenium, gravitati aetas, libertati tempora sunt impedimento,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 9:

(Scipio) utrumque egit graviter,

with dignity, id. Lael. 21, 77:

res gestas narrare graviter,

id. Or. 9, 30; cf.:

locum graviter et copiose tractare,

id. Fin. 4, 2, 5.

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mŏdestĭa, ae, f. [modestus], moderateness, moderation; esp. in one's behavior, unassuming conduct, modesty (opp. immodestia, superbia, licentia; class.).

In gen.: eam virtutem Graeci sôphrosunên vocant:

quam soleo equidem tum temperantiam, tum moderationem appellare, nonnumquam etiam modestiam,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 8, 16; cf.:

modestia est in animo continens moderatio cupiditatum,

Auct. Her. 3, 2, 3:

rectum dividitur in prudentiam, justitiam, fortitudinem, modestiam,

id. ib.:

disserebat de suā modestiā,

want of confidence in himself, Tac. A. 1, 11 init. —

In partic.

Unassuming conduct, discretion, moderation, sobriety of behavior (the predom. signif. of the word):

sarta tecta tua precepta usque habui mea modestia,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 36:

sine modo et modestia,

id. Bacch. 4, 3, 2:

temperantiae partes sunt continentia, clementia, modestia,

Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 164; cf.:

modestia est, per quam pudor honestus claram et stabilem comparat auctoritatem,

id. ib.:

non minus se in milite modestiam et continentiam, quam virtutem et animi magnitudinem desiderare,

Caes. B. G. 7, 52:

in dicendo,

Cic. Phil. 2, 5, 10:

modestia et humanitas,

id. Att. 7, 5, 2:

neque modum, neque modestiam victores habent,

Sall. C. 11, 4.—

Shame, shamefacedness, modesty:

et sententiarum et compositionis et vocis et vultūs modestia,

Quint. 4, 1, 55: virginalis, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66; cf.:

primaeque modestia culpae Confundit vultus,

Stat. Th. 2, 232; poet.: vacui lecti, i. e. (chaste) celibacy, id. Silv. 1, 2, 162.—

Sense of honor, honor, dignity:

neque sumptui, neque modestiae suae parcere,

Sall. C. 14, 6.—

As a transl. of the Gr. eutaxia, in the lang. of the Stoics, the quality of saying and doing everything in the proper place and at the proper time, correctness of conduct, propriety: sic fit, ut modestia haec, quam ita interpretamur, ut dixi, scientia sit opportunitatis idoneo rum ad agendum temporum, Cic. Off. 1, 40, 142 (v. the entire context).—

(Post-Aug)

Of the weather, mildness:

hiemis,

Tac. A. 12, 43 (cf.:

clementia hiemis,

Col. 5, 5, 6).—

Of the course of a stream, gentleness:

aquarum modestia,

gentle course, Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 71.

sānĭtas, ātis, f. [sanus], soundness of body, health (class., = valetudo bona; opp. valetudo mala, imbecillitas; cf.

also salus): est enim corporis temperatio, cum ea congruunt inter se, e quibus constamus, sanitas: sic animi dicitur, cum ejus judicia opinionesque concordant,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 30; cf. id. ib. 3, 5, 10.

Lit.:

Apollo, quaeso te, ut des Salutem et sanitatem nostrae familiae,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 1, 13 (for which, in the old formula of prayer in Cato, R. R. 141, 3: duis bonam salutem valetudinemque; v. salus, I. A. init.): ut alimenta sanis corporibus agricultura, sic sanitatem aegris medicina promittit, Cels. prooem. init.:

qui incorruptā sanitate sunt,

Cic. Opt. Gen. 3, 8 (for which, shortly before:

contenti bonā valetudine): aegro interim nil ventura sanitas prodest,

Sen. Ep. 117, 26; Tac. A. 1, 68 fin.:

si robur corporibus bonum, non est minus sanitas,

Quint. 5, 10, 89 N. cr.; so, corporis (with integritas), Gell. 18, 1, 5:

pecoris,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 21:

hostiae,

id. ib. 2, 5, 11: donec sanitate ossis dolor finiatur, by the healthy condition of the bone, i. e. by the bone ' s being completely healed, Cels. 8, 8 fin.:

ad sanitatem dum venit curatio,

while the cure is being perfected, Phaedr. 5, 7, 12; cf.:

folia ligni ad sanitatem gentium,

Vulg. Apoc. 22, 2:

redire in statum pristinum sanitatis,

Ambros. in Psa. 40, 12:

restitui sanitati,

to recover, Vulg. Matt. 12, 13; Sulp. Sev. Chron. 1, 13 fin.:

sanitatem reddere,

Cels. 2, 8; Arn. 7, 39:

pristinae aliquem sanitati restituere,

Hier. Ep. 76, 8; Sulp. Sev. Vit. St. Mart. 21:

recipere sanitatem,

Just. 11, 8, 9; Cels. 6, 15 fin.:

recuperare sanitatem,

Just. 20, 2, 9; 32, 3, 9.—

Trop.

Soundness of mind (opp. to passionate excitement), right reason, good sense, discretion, sanity, etc. (v. Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 30 supra):

sanitatem enim animorum positam in tranquillitate quādam constantiāque censebant,...quod in perturbato animo, sicut in corpore, sanitas esse non posset,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 4, 9:

sua quemque fraus, suum scelus de sanitate ac mente deturbat,

id. Pis. 20, 46; pravarum opinionum conturbatio et ipsarum inter se repugnantia sanitate spoliat animum morbisque perturbat, id. Tusc. 4, 10, 23:

plebem ad furorem impellit, ut facinore admisso ad sanitatem pudeat reverti,

Caes. B. G. 7, 42; 1, 42:

ad sanitatem se convertere,

Cic. Sull. 5, 17:

ad sanitatem redire,

id. Fam. 12, 10, 1:

ad sanitatem reducere,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 40, § 98:

perducere ad sanitatem,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 22; Cic. Phil. 11, 14, 37; Liv. 2, 29; 2, 45; Phaedr. 4, 25, 35:

est omnino Priscus dubiae sanitatis,

Plin. Ep. 6, 15, 3.—

Of style, soundness or correctness of style, propriety, regularity, purity, etc.:

insulsitatem et insolentiam, tamquam insaniam orationis odit, sanitatem autem et integritatem quasi religionem et verecundiam orationis probat,

Cic. Brut. 82, 284:

summi oratoris vel sanitate vel vitio,

id. ib. 80, 278:

ut (eloquentia) omnem illam salubritatem Atticae dictionis et quasi sanitatem perderet,

lost all the healthy vigor and soundness, as it were, of Attic speech, id. ib. 13, 51 (v. salubritas, I. fin.; and cf. id. Opt. Gen. 3, 8):

qui suae imbecillitati sanitatis appellationem, quae est maxime contraria, obtendunt,

Quint. 12, 10, 15; cf. Tac. Or. 23:

eloquentiae,

id. ib. 25.—

Rarely of other abstract things:

victoriae,

solidity, permanence, Tac. H. 2, 28 fin.:

metri,

regularity, correctness, Macr. S. 5, 17 fin.