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capability

  • 1 capacitas

    căpācĭtas, ātis, f. [capax], a capability of holding much, capacity (rare).
    I.
    In gen.:

    utrum capacitatem aliquam in animo putamus esse, quo tamquam in aliquod vas, ea, quae meminimus, infundantur?

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 61:

    uteri,

    Plin. 10, 47, 66, § 131; Col. 12, 43, 10:

    moduli,

    Front. Aquaed. 26. —
    II.
    Esp., in the Lat. of the jurists. a capability of entering upon an inheritance, right of inheritance (cf. capio, I. B. 2. b. b;

    capax, II. B.),

    Dig. 31, 55, § 1; Cod. Th. 9, 42, 1 pr.—
    B.
    Intellectually, capacity, comprehension, Aug. Conf. 10, 9; Cod. Just. 1, 17, 1, § 1.

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  • 2 facultās

        facultās ātis （ gen plur. facultātum, C.), f    [facilis], capability, possibility, power, means, opportunity, skill, ability: poëtica: ex ceteris rebus comparata: dum est facultas, while you can, Cs.: sumptuum: fugae, Cs.: pariundi, T.: suscipiendi malefici: facultatem iudicandi facere: itineris faciundi, leave to go, Cs.: ad dicendum: ad ducendum bellum, Cs.: tua in dicendo: ingeni facultates: hominis, capacity: L. Quinctius oblatam sibi facultatem putavit, ut, etc.— A sufficient number, abundance, plenty, supply, stock, store, goods, riches, property: nummorum: navium: virorum, Cs.: anquirunt ad facultates rerum atque copias, etc.: mutuandis facultatibus et commodandis: ne maior benignitas sit quam facultates: Italiae facultates, resources, Cs.
    * * *
    means; ability, skill; opportunity, chance; resources (pl.), supplies

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  • 3 venalitas

    corruptibility; venality; capability of being bought (by bribes)

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  • 4 facilitas

    făcĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [facilis], easiness, ease, facility in doing any thing.
    I.
    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.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    (Acc. to facilis, II. A.) Of character.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    In a bad sense, levity, heedlessness, Suet. Claud. 29; cf.:

    fornicationis,

    Vulg. Jerem. 3, 9.

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  • 5 facultas

    făcultas, ātis ( gen. plur.:

    facultatum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 9, 29 al.:

    facultatium,

    Dig. 32, 1, 78, § 1; Col. 1, 4, 8), f. [facul, facilis; cf.: difficultas, simultas], capability, possibility, power, means, opportunity; skill, ability to do any thing easily (class.; syn.: dotes, virtutes, [p. 719] ingenium, indoles).
    I.
    Lit.:

    facultates sunt, aut quibus facilius fit, aut sine quibus aliquid confici non potest,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 27, 41.—Constr. with gen., ad, ut, inf., or absol.
    (α).
    With gen. of gerund.:

    facultas pariendi,

    Ter. And. 1, 4, 5:

    summa copia facultasque dicendi,

    Cic. Quint. 2, 8:

    sibi facultatem dicendi parare,

    Quint. 11, 2, 49:

    Miloni manendi nulla facultas,

    Cic. Mil. 17, 45:

    suscipiendi maleficii,

    id. Rosc. Am. 33, 92:

    laedendi,

    id. Fl. 8, 19:

    redimendi,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 18:

    facultatem judicandi facere,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 73, § 179 et saep.—So with ellipsis of dicendi:

    extemporalis facultas,

    of extemporaneous speaking, Suet. Aug. 84; cf.:

    facultas summa,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 18; id. ib. 6, 29, 5.—With a gen. subst.:

    talium sumptuum facultatem fructum divitiarum putat,

    Cic. Off. 2, 16, 56:

    quod reliquis fugae facultas daretur,

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

    Demostheni facultatem defuisse hujus rei,

    Quint. 6, 3, 2: si facultas tui praesentis esset, if I could but meet you face to face, Planc. in Cic. Fam. 10, 4:

    facultates medicamentorum,

    virtue, efficacy, Cels. 5 praef. init.; id. ib. 17.—
    (β).
    With ad:

    ne irato facultas ad dicendum data esse videatur,

    Cic. Font. 10, 22 (6, 12); cf.:

    ad explicandas tuas litteras,

    id. Rep. 1, 9; and:

    ad ducendum bellum,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 38, 4.— In plur.:

    ingenii facultates,

    Cic. Att. 3, 10:

    multae mihi ad satis faciendum reliquo tempore facultates dabuntur,

    Cic. Clu. 4, 10.—Rarely with dat.:

    si facultas sit alendis sarmentis,

    Col. 4, 29, 1.—
    (γ).
    With in:

    modica in dicendo facultas,

    Suet. Galb. 3. —
    (δ).
    With ut:

    nonnumquam improbo facultas dari, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Caecin. 25, 71; id. Rab. Perd. 6, 18:

    L. Quintius oblatam sibi facultatem putavit, ut, etc.,

    id. Clu. 28, 77; id. Fam. 1, 7, 4:

    erit haec facultas in eo, quem volumus esse eloquentem, ut, etc.,

    id. Or. 33, 117.—
    (ε).
    With inf. (post-Aug. and very rare):

    nobis saevire facultas,

    Stat. Th. 4, 513; 12, 36; Val. Fl. 3, 16; Auct. B. Afr. 78.—
    (ζ).
    Absol.:

    cave quicquam, quod ad meum commodum attineat, nisi maximo tuo commodo et maxima tua facultate cogitaris,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 4:

    urges istam occasionem et facultatem,

    id. Fam. 7, 8, 2:

    poëtica quaedam,

    id. Rep. 1, 14:

    facultas ex ceteris rebus comparata,

    id. de Or. 2, 12, 50:

    si facultas erit,

    id. de Inv. 1, 46 fin.; cf.:

    hinc abite, dum est facultas,

    while you can, Caes. B. G. 7, 50 fin.:

    quoad facultas feret,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 3, 10.
    II.
    Transf., concr., for copia, opes, a sufficient or great number, abundance, plenty, supply, stock, store; plur., goods, riches, property (syn.: opes, bona, silva, divitiae, fortunae, copia, vis).
    (α).
    Sing.:

    nummorum facultas,

    Cic. Quint. 4, 16:

    cujus generis (virorum) erat in senatu facultas maxima,

    id. Sull. 14, 42:

    facultas vacui ac liberi temporis,

    id. de Or. 3, 15, 57:

    omnium rerum, quae ad bellum usui erant, summa erat in eo oppido facultas,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 38, 3:

    navium,

    id. ib. 3, 9, 6:

    si facultas ejus succi sit copiosior,

    Col. 12, 38, 8 al.: pro facultate quisque, in proportion to his ability or wealth, Suet. Aug. 29.—
    (β).
    Plur.:

    anquirunt ad facultates rerum atque copias, ad potentiam, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9:

    mutandis facultatibus et commodis,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 15:

    facultates commodorum praetermittere,

    id. Att. 1, 17, 5:

    me tuae facultates sustinent,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 7:

    videndum ne major benignitas sit quam facultates,

    id. Off. 1, 14, 42:

    facultates ad largiendum magnas comparasse,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 18, 4:

    facultates patrimonii nostri aliis relinquemus,

    Quint. 6 praef. §

    16: Gaius attritis facultatibus urbe cessit,

    Suet. Galb. 3:

    modicus facultatibus,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 32, 2 et saep.:

    Tantas videri Italiae facultates, ut, etc.,

    supplies, resources, Caes. B. G. 6, 1, 3;

    with copia,

    id. B. C. 1, 49, 2:

    ministrare alicui de facultatibus suis,

    Vulg. Luc. 8, 3:

    qui facultates suas suspectas habet,

    i. e. doubts his own solvency, Gai. Inst. 2, 154.

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  • 6 passibilitas

    passĭbĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [passibilis], capability of suffering, passibility (postclass.), Arn. 2, 62.

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  • 7 venalitas

    vēnālĭtas, ātis, f. [venalis, II.], the capability of being bought (with bribes, etc.), venality, Cod. Just. 4, 59 fin.; Sid. Ep. 5, 13 med.

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