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bŏnĭtas, ātis, f. [bonus], the good quality of a thing, goodness, excellence (cf. Caes. B. G. 1, 28 Herz.; class., but mostly in prose).

Of concrete objects:

bonitas praediorum,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:

agrorum,

id. Agr. 2, 16, 41; Caes. B. G. 1, 28:

agri aut oppidi,

Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 76:

praediorum,

id. Rosc. Am. 7, 20; Dig. 50, 16, 86:

terrae,

Lucr. 5, 1247:

soli,

Quint. 2, 19, 2:

aquae,

Phaedr. 4, 9, 8:

vini,

Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 55:

arboris,

id. 13, 9, 17, § 61:

gemmarum,

id. 37, 8, 37, § 116 al.:

vocis,

Cic. Or. 18, 59:

verborum,

id. ib. 49, 164:

mutuum eādem bonitate solvatur quā datum est,

Dig. 12, 1, 3:

secunda bonitas (amomi),

the second quality, Plin. 12, 13, 28, § 48; Dig. 45, 1, 75, § 2.—

Of abstract objects:

ingenii,

Cic. Off. 3, 3, 14:

causae,

id. Dom. 22, 57:

naturae,

id. Off. 1, 32, 118:

sapientiae,

Quint. 5, 10, 75. —

Esp. freq. of character, good, honest, or friendly conduct; goodness, virtue, integrity, blamelessness:

neque ego nunc de illius bonitate, sed de generi impudentiā disputo,

Cic. Agr. 3, 3, 13:

rustici cum fidem alicujus bonitatemque laudant, dignum esse dicunt, quīcum in tenebris mices, id. Off, 3, 19, 77: quae tuae fidei, justitiae bonitatique commendo,

id. Fam. 13, 4, 3; id. N. D. 3, 30, 75:

si recte vestram bonitatem atque prudentiam cognovi,

id. Quint. 17, 54:

nec justitiae ullus esset nec bonitati locus,

id. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

perennis,

Ov. Tr. 4, 5, 27:

eam potestatem bonitate retinebat,

integrity, Nep. Milt. 8, 3; so id. Timol. 5, 1.—

Kindness, friendliness, benevolence, benignity, affability: perpetua naturalis bonitas ( kind-heartedness, benevolence), quae nullis casibus neque agitur, neque minuitur, Nep. Att. 9, 1:

te oro per mei te erga bonitatem patris,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 54; Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 60:

bonitas et beneficentia,

id. ib. 1, 43, 121;

3, 34, 84: homo liberalis et dissolutus et bonitate affluens,

id. Rosc. Com. 10, 27:

utrumque incredibile est, et Roscium quicquam per avaritiam appetisse, et Fannium quicquam per bonitatem amisisse,

id. ib. 7, 21:

multas hereditates nullā aliā re quam bonitate consecutus est,

Nep. Att. 21, 1:

bonitas, humanitas, misericordia,

Quint. 5, 1, 22; Tac. H. 1, 52. —

Esp., parental love, tenderness:

quid dicam... de bonitate in suos,

Cic. Lael. 3, 11:

facit parentes bonitas, non necessitas,

Phaedr. 3, 15, 18.

cīvīlĭtas, ātis, f. [civilis].

(Acc. to civilis, I. B.) The art of government, politics, only three times in Quint. as transl. of the Gr. politikê, 2, 15, 25; 2, 15, 33; 2, 17, 14. —

(Acc. to civilis, II.) Courteousness, politeness, affability (post-Aug. and rare), Suet. Aug. 51; id. Claud. 35; Eutr. 7, 21; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 20.

cōmĭtas, ātis, f. [comis], courteousness, kindness, obligingness, friendliness, affability, gentleness (syn.: benignitas, facilitas, humanitas; opp. gravitas and severitas; in good prose;

esp. freq. in Cic.): si illius (sc. Catonis) comitatem et facilitatem tuae gravitati severitatique asperseris,

Cic. Mur. 31, 66; id. Or. 10, 34; id. Off. 2, 14, 48; id. de Or. 2, 43, 189:

Crassus in summā comitate habebat etiam severitatis satis, Scaevolae multā in severitate non deerat tamen comitas,

id. Brut. 40, 148; cf. id. Sen. 4, 10:

in socios, mansuetudo in hostes,

Tac. A. 2, 72; Suet. Aug. 53; 74; 98; Tac. Agr. 16; Plin. Ep. 8, 21, 1:

comitas affabilitasque sermonis,

Cic. Off. 2, 14, 48 al. —

Too great liberality, prodigality, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 52; 2, 2, 75; id. Rud. prol. 38; Suet. Oth. 3.

commūnĭtas, ātis, f. [communis].

Community, society, fellowship (very freq. in Cic.;

elsewhere rare): nulla cum deo homini,

Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 116:

condicionis, aequitatis, legationis cum hoc gladiatore,

id. Phil. 6, 2, 3:

et conjunctio humana,

id. Off. 1, 44, 157; cf. id. ib. 1, 44, 156:

vitae atque victūs,

id. Fam. 9, 24, 3; id. Off. 1, 14, 45.—

The sense of fellowship, community in feeling, etc.:

cum omnis honestas manet a partibus quattuor, quarum una sit cognitionis, altera communitatis, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 43, 152; so id. ib. 1, 43, 153; and id. ib. 1, 45, 159; 3, 5, 24; 3, 33, 118.—

(Acc. to communis, II.) Courtesy, condescension, affability, Nep. Milt. 8, 4.

făcĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [facilis], easiness, ease, facility in doing any thing.

In gen. (mostly post-Aug.):

haec in bonis rebus, quod alii ad alia bona sunt aptiores, facilitas nominetur, in malis proclivitas,

inclination, disposition, Cic. Tusc. 4, 12, 28; cf.:

aetatis illius (i. e. puerilis) facilitas,

capability, Quint. 1, 12, 11:

audendi facilitas,

id. 12, 6, 7:

pariendi,

Plin. 21, 24, 95, § 167:

oris,

i. e. easy enunciation, Quint. 10, 7, 26:

corporis,

a tendency to blush, Sen. Ep. 11:

soli,

facility in working, Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 178:

picea tonsili facilitate,

id. 16, 10, 18, § 40:

(smaragdi) ad crassitudinem sui facilitate translucida,

i. e. facility in transmitting the rays of light, id. 37, 5, 16, § 63.—

In partic.

Of speech, facility or fluency of expression (post-Aug.):

Fabianus disputabat expedite magis quam concitate, ut possis dicere, facilitatem esse illam, non celeritatem,

Sen. Ep. 40:

quae in oratore maxima sunt, ingenium, inventio, vis, facilitas,

Quint. 10, 2, 12; 10, 5, 1; 10, 7, 20; 11, 1, 42; Suet. Gramm. 23 al.; cf. Quint. 10, cap. 7.—

(Acc. to facilis, II. A.) Of character.

In a good sense, willingness, readiness, good-nature, courteousness, affability (freq. in Cic.;

syn.: lenitas, humanitas): male docet te mea facilitas multa,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 35:

si illius comitatem et facilitatem tuae gravitati severitatique asperseris,

Cic. Mur. 31, 66; cf. id. Lael. 18, 66:

pro tua facilitate et humanitate,

id. Fam. 13, 24, 2:

facilitas in audiendo,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7, § 21; cf.:

facilitas et lenitudo animi,

id. Off. 1, 25, 88 Orell. N. cr.:

facilitas indulgentiaque,

Suet. Caes. 72:

facilitate par infimis esse,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

sermonis,

id. Att. 12, 40, 2:

magis id facilitate quam alia ulla culpa mea contigit,

id. de Or. 2, 4, 15:

actio facilitatem significans,

id. ib. 2, 43, 184.—

In a bad sense, levity, heedlessness, Suet. Claud. 29; cf.:

fornicationis,

Vulg. Jerem. 3, 9.

lībĕrālĭtas, ātis, f. [1. liber], a way of thinking befitting a freeman; a noble, kind, or friendly disposition, noble spirit, kindness, affability.

In gen. (rare):

liberalitate liberos retinere satius est, quam metu,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 32:

qui ita vivunt, ut eorum probetur fides, liberalitas,

kindness, Cic. Lael. 5, 19:

(L. Cassius) homo, non liberalitate, ut alii, sed ipsa tristitia et severitate popularis,

id. Brut. 25, 97.—

In partic., generosity, liberality (the usual signif. of the word;

syn.: bonitas, beneficentia, benignitas): beneficentia, quam eandem vel benignitatem vel liberalitatem appellari licet,

Cic. Off. 1, 7, 20:

liberalitas ac benignitas,

id. de Or. 2, 25, 105:

magnificentia liberalitatis,

id. Rosc. Com. 8, 24:

ut ea liberalitate utamur, quae prosit amicis, noceat nemini,

id. Off. 1, 14, 43:

quid dicam de pietate in matrem, liberalitate in sorores?

id. Lael. 3, 11:

liberalitatis virtutes,

Quint. 6 prooem. § 10: illa quidam catachresis volunt esse, cum... pro luxuria liberalitas dicitur;

a quibus equidem dissentio,

id. 8, 6, 36.—

Transf. (abstr. pro concr.), a gift, present (post-Aug.):

decima parte liberalitatis apud quemque eorum relicta,

Tac. H. 1, 20; Suet. Tib. 46: unaque et altera liberalitate locupletavit, id. Vit. Hor.— Plur.:

revocatae liberalitates ejus,

gifts, grants, Suet. Claud. 29:

liberalitates Neronis revocandas curavit,

id. Galb. 15.

urbānĭtas, ātis, f. [id.], a living in a city, city life.

Lit.:

desideria urbis et urbanitatis,

Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1:

in urbis urbanitatisque desiderio,

id. ib. 7, 17, 1.—

Transf., city fashion, city manners, both in a good and in a bad sense.

In a good sense.

Refinement, elegance of manner, politeness, courtesy, affability, urbanity:

addo urbanitatem, quae est virtus, ut Stoici rectissime putant,

Cic. Fam. 3, 7, 5.—

Refinement, delicacy, or elegance of speech:

urbanitate quādam quasi colorata oratio,

Cic. Brut. 46, 170; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 17 (opp. rusticitas); 6, 3, 103 sq.—

In partic., wit, humor, pleasantry, raillery: contumelia si petulantius jactatur, convicium;

si facetius, urbanitas nominatur,

Cic. Cael. 3, 6:

in quantam hominum facetorum urbanitatem incurratis, non dico,

id. Fin. 2, 31, 103:

ut aliquando subtilitatem veteris urbanitatis et humanissimi sermonis attingerem,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 10, 2:

vides exaruisse jam veterem urbanitatem,

id. Fam. 7, 31, 2:

mancipiorum urbanitas in dominos contumeliosa,

Sen. Const. 11, 3:

in jocis,

Quint. 2, 5, 8:

oratoria,

id. 6, 3, 14:

risus si aptus est, urbanitatis nomen adsequitur,

id. 8, 6, 74; 10, 1, 115.—

In a bad sense, trickery, roguery, knavery:

incuriosos milites (vernaculā utebantur urbanitate) quidam spoliavere,

Tac. H. 2, 88; so,

vernula,

Petr. 24.