līberālis

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lībĕrālis, e, adj. [1. liber], of or belonging to freedom, relating to the freeborn condition of a man.

Lit.: liberalis causa or liberale judicium, a suit concerning a person's freedom, v. Dig. 40, 12, 1 sqq.; Paul. Sent. 5, 1, 1 sqq.:

si quisquam hanc liberali caussa manu adsereret,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 4; cf.

5, 2, 68: manu eas adserat liberali causa,

id. Poen. 4, 2, 84:

nam ego liberali illam assero causa manu,

I formally assert that she is freeborn, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 40:

judicium,

Quint. 6, 3, 32:

liberale conjugium,

a marriage between persons of free condition, Ter. And. 3, 3, 29.—Pleon.:

ego te hoc triduom numquam sinam in domo esse, quin ego te liberalem liberem,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 53.—

Transf., befitting a freeman, gentlemanly, noble, noble-minded, honorable, ingenuous, gracious, kind (syn.: generosus, ingenuus).

In gen.:

ingenium,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 59; id. Ep. 1, 1, 41:

artes liberales,

befitting a freeman, Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 35; cf.: liberalia studia accipimus, quae Graeci eleutheria mathêmata appellant;

rhetores continebuntur, grammatici, geometrae,

Dig. 50, 13, 1:

hae artes, quibus liberales doctrinae atque ingenuae continerentur, geometria, musica, litterarum cognitio et poëtarum, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127; cf.:

omnis liberalis et digna homine nobili doctrina,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 1:

de artificiis et quaestibus, qui liberales habendi, qui sordidi sint,

id. Off. 1, 42, 150:

liberalissima studia,

id. Arch. 3, 4; id. Cael. 21 52; id. Rep. 1, 5, 9:

spes liberalioris fortunae,

of a higher, more respectable station, Liv. 22, 26:

responsum,

kind, gracious, Cic. Att. 3, 15, 4; so, liberalibus verbis permulceri, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 871 P.—

In partic.

Bountiful, generous, munificent, liberal (syn. munificus):

liberales (sunt), qui suis facultatibus aut captos a praedonibus redimunt, aut aes alienum suscipiunt amicorum, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 16, 56:

benefici liberalesque,

id. Lael. 9, 31; cf.:

liberalissimi et beneficentissimi,

id. ib. 14, 51:

liberalissimus munificentissimusque,

id. Rosc. Com. 8, 22:

virtus munifica et liberalis,

id. Rep. 3, 8, 12:

largus, beneficus, liberalis,

id. Deiot. 9, 26.—

With gen.:

laudis avidi, pecuniae liberales erant,

Sall. C. 7, 6.—

With in and acc.:

in omne genus hominum liberalissimus,

Suet. Vesp. 7. —

Of things, plentiful, copious, abundant:

largum et liberale viaticum,

Cic. Fl. 6, 14:

potio,

Cels. 3, 6:

liberalius alimentum,

id. 8, 10, 7.—

Noble, engaging, beautiful (ante-class.):

illarum altera pulcer est et liberalis,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 60:

lepidā et liberali formast,

id. ib. 4, 1, 20; id. Ep. 5, 1, 41; id. Pers. 1, 3, 50:

species,

id. ib. 4, 3, 76; cf.: liberales dicuntur non solum benigni, sed etiam ingenuae formae homines, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.—Hence, adv.: lībĕrālĭter, in a manner befitting a freeman, nobly, ingenuously, kindly, courteously, graciously.

In gen.:

homo liberaliter educatus,

Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57:

eruditi,

id. Tusc. 2, 2, 6:

vivere,

id. Lael. 23, 86:

servire,

i. e. properly, Ter. And. 1, 1, 11:

respondere,

kindly, courteously, Caes. B. G. 4, 18:

oratione aliquem prosequi,

id. ib. 2, 5.—

In partic., bountifully, profusely, generously, liberally:

benigne ac liberaliter,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 196:

large et liberaliter,

id. ib. 2, 3, 88, §

204: instructus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 61.— Comp.:

vivo paulo liberalius,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 3:

nec potui accipi liberalius,

id. Att. 16, 6, 1:

ille (sal) in cibis paulo liberalius aspersus,

Quint. 6, 3, 19:

ubi liberalius malos odimus,

more abundantly, more heartily, Plin. Pan. 68, 7.— Sup.:

dotem largiri liberalissime,

App. M. 10, p. 250, 13:

liberalissime polliceri,

Cic. Att. 5, 13, 2.

Lībĕrālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Liber or Bacchus: ludi, a festival in honor of Bacchus, = Liberalia (v. infra), Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.—Hence, subst.: Lībĕrālĭa, ĭum, n., a festival in honor of Liber, celebrated on the 17 th of March, the day on which youths received the manly toga, Ov. F. 3, 713:

Liberalium dies, a pontificibus agonium martiale appellatur,

Macr. S. 1, 4, § 15:

sacra,

id. ib. 1, 18, § 22; Calend. Maff. ap. Inscr. Orell. II. p. 411:

Liberalia tu accusas,

Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1:

Liberalibus litteras accepi tuas,

id. Fam. 12, 25, 1.—Called also: ludi Liberales: Liberalia Liberi festa, quae apud Graecos dicuntur Dionusia. Libera lingua loquemur ludis Liberalibus, Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.; Com. Rel. v. 113 Rib.

lībĕrālis, e, adj. [1. liber], of or belonging to freedom, relating to the freeborn condition of a man.

Lit.: liberalis causa or liberale judicium, a suit concerning a person's freedom, v. Dig. 40, 12, 1 sqq.; Paul. Sent. 5, 1, 1 sqq.:

si quisquam hanc liberali caussa manu adsereret,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 4; cf.

5, 2, 68: manu eas adserat liberali causa,

id. Poen. 4, 2, 84:

nam ego liberali illam assero causa manu,

I formally assert that she is freeborn, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 40:

judicium,

Quint. 6, 3, 32:

liberale conjugium,

a marriage between persons of free condition, Ter. And. 3, 3, 29.—Pleon.:

ego te hoc triduom numquam sinam in domo esse, quin ego te liberalem liberem,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 53.—

Transf., befitting a freeman, gentlemanly, noble, noble-minded, honorable, ingenuous, gracious, kind (syn.: generosus, ingenuus).

In gen.:

ingenium,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 59; id. Ep. 1, 1, 41:

artes liberales,

befitting a freeman, Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 35; cf.: liberalia studia accipimus, quae Graeci eleutheria mathêmata appellant;

rhetores continebuntur, grammatici, geometrae,

Dig. 50, 13, 1:

hae artes, quibus liberales doctrinae atque ingenuae continerentur, geometria, musica, litterarum cognitio et poëtarum, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127; cf.:

omnis liberalis et digna homine nobili doctrina,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 1:

de artificiis et quaestibus, qui liberales habendi, qui sordidi sint,

id. Off. 1, 42, 150:

liberalissima studia,

id. Arch. 3, 4; id. Cael. 21 52; id. Rep. 1, 5, 9:

spes liberalioris fortunae,

of a higher, more respectable station, Liv. 22, 26:

responsum,

kind, gracious, Cic. Att. 3, 15, 4; so, liberalibus verbis permulceri, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 871 P.—

In partic.

Bountiful, generous, munificent, liberal (syn. munificus):

liberales (sunt), qui suis facultatibus aut captos a praedonibus redimunt, aut aes alienum suscipiunt amicorum, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 16, 56:

benefici liberalesque,

id. Lael. 9, 31; cf.:

liberalissimi et beneficentissimi,

id. ib. 14, 51:

liberalissimus munificentissimusque,

id. Rosc. Com. 8, 22:

virtus munifica et liberalis,

id. Rep. 3, 8, 12:

largus, beneficus, liberalis,

id. Deiot. 9, 26.—

With gen.:

laudis avidi, pecuniae liberales erant,

Sall. C. 7, 6.—

With in and acc.:

in omne genus hominum liberalissimus,

Suet. Vesp. 7. —

Of things, plentiful, copious, abundant:

largum et liberale viaticum,

Cic. Fl. 6, 14:

potio,

Cels. 3, 6:

liberalius alimentum,

id. 8, 10, 7.—

Noble, engaging, beautiful (ante-class.):

illarum altera pulcer est et liberalis,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 60:

lepidā et liberali formast,

id. ib. 4, 1, 20; id. Ep. 5, 1, 41; id. Pers. 1, 3, 50:

species,

id. ib. 4, 3, 76; cf.: liberales dicuntur non solum benigni, sed etiam ingenuae formae homines, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.—Hence, adv.: lībĕrālĭter, in a manner befitting a freeman, nobly, ingenuously, kindly, courteously, graciously.

In gen.:

homo liberaliter educatus,

Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57:

eruditi,

id. Tusc. 2, 2, 6:

vivere,

id. Lael. 23, 86:

servire,

i. e. properly, Ter. And. 1, 1, 11:

respondere,

kindly, courteously, Caes. B. G. 4, 18:

oratione aliquem prosequi,

id. ib. 2, 5.—

In partic., bountifully, profusely, generously, liberally:

benigne ac liberaliter,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 196:

large et liberaliter,

id. ib. 2, 3, 88, §

204: instructus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 61.— Comp.:

vivo paulo liberalius,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 3:

nec potui accipi liberalius,

id. Att. 16, 6, 1:

ille (sal) in cibis paulo liberalius aspersus,

Quint. 6, 3, 19:

ubi liberalius malos odimus,

more abundantly, more heartily, Plin. Pan. 68, 7.— Sup.:

dotem largiri liberalissime,

App. M. 10, p. 250, 13:

liberalissime polliceri,

Cic. Att. 5, 13, 2.

Lībĕrālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Liber or Bacchus: ludi, a festival in honor of Bacchus, = Liberalia (v. infra), Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.—Hence, subst.: Lībĕrālĭa, ĭum, n., a festival in honor of Liber, celebrated on the 17 th of March, the day on which youths received the manly toga, Ov. F. 3, 713:

Liberalium dies, a pontificibus agonium martiale appellatur,

Macr. S. 1, 4, § 15:

sacra,

id. ib. 1, 18, § 22; Calend. Maff. ap. Inscr. Orell. II. p. 411:

Liberalia tu accusas,

Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1:

Liberalibus litteras accepi tuas,

id. Fam. 12, 25, 1.—Called also: ludi Liberales: Liberalia Liberi festa, quae apud Graecos dicuntur Dionusia. Libera lingua loquemur ludis Liberalibus, Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.; Com. Rel. v. 113 Rib.

courteous, generous, gentlemanly.

lībĕrālis, e, adj. [1. liber], of or belonging to freedom, relating to the freeborn condition of a man.

Lit.: liberalis causa or liberale judicium, a suit concerning a person's freedom, v. Dig. 40, 12, 1 sqq.; Paul. Sent. 5, 1, 1 sqq.:

si quisquam hanc liberali caussa manu adsereret,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 4; cf.

5, 2, 68: manu eas adserat liberali causa,

id. Poen. 4, 2, 84:

nam ego liberali illam assero causa manu,

I formally assert that she is freeborn, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 40:

judicium,

Quint. 6, 3, 32:

liberale conjugium,

a marriage between persons of free condition, Ter. And. 3, 3, 29.—Pleon.:

ego te hoc triduom numquam sinam in domo esse, quin ego te liberalem liberem,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 53.—

Transf., befitting a freeman, gentlemanly, noble, noble-minded, honorable, ingenuous, gracious, kind (syn.: generosus, ingenuus).

In gen.:

ingenium,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 59; id. Ep. 1, 1, 41:

artes liberales,

befitting a freeman, Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 35; cf.: liberalia studia accipimus, quae Graeci eleutheria mathêmata appellant;

rhetores continebuntur, grammatici, geometrae,

Dig. 50, 13, 1:

hae artes, quibus liberales doctrinae atque ingenuae continerentur, geometria, musica, litterarum cognitio et poëtarum, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127; cf.:

omnis liberalis et digna homine nobili doctrina,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 1:

de artificiis et quaestibus, qui liberales habendi, qui sordidi sint,

id. Off. 1, 42, 150:

liberalissima studia,

id. Arch. 3, 4; id. Cael. 21 52; id. Rep. 1, 5, 9:

spes liberalioris fortunae,

of a higher, more respectable station, Liv. 22, 26:

responsum,

kind, gracious, Cic. Att. 3, 15, 4; so, liberalibus verbis permulceri, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 871 P.—

In partic.

Bountiful, generous, munificent, liberal (syn. munificus):

liberales (sunt), qui suis facultatibus aut captos a praedonibus redimunt, aut aes alienum suscipiunt amicorum, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 16, 56:

benefici liberalesque,

id. Lael. 9, 31; cf.:

liberalissimi et beneficentissimi,

id. ib. 14, 51:

liberalissimus munificentissimusque,

id. Rosc. Com. 8, 22:

virtus munifica et liberalis,

id. Rep. 3, 8, 12:

largus, beneficus, liberalis,

id. Deiot. 9, 26.—

With gen.:

laudis avidi, pecuniae liberales erant,

Sall. C. 7, 6.—

With in and acc.:

in omne genus hominum liberalissimus,

Suet. Vesp. 7. —

Of things, plentiful, copious, abundant:

largum et liberale viaticum,

Cic. Fl. 6, 14:

potio,

Cels. 3, 6:

liberalius alimentum,

id. 8, 10, 7.—

Noble, engaging, beautiful (ante-class.):

illarum altera pulcer est et liberalis,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 60:

lepidā et liberali formast,

id. ib. 4, 1, 20; id. Ep. 5, 1, 41; id. Pers. 1, 3, 50:

species,

id. ib. 4, 3, 76; cf.: liberales dicuntur non solum benigni, sed etiam ingenuae formae homines, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.—Hence, adv.: lībĕrālĭter, in a manner befitting a freeman, nobly, ingenuously, kindly, courteously, graciously.

In gen.:

homo liberaliter educatus,

Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57:

eruditi,

id. Tusc. 2, 2, 6:

vivere,

id. Lael. 23, 86:

servire,

i. e. properly, Ter. And. 1, 1, 11:

respondere,

kindly, courteously, Caes. B. G. 4, 18:

oratione aliquem prosequi,

id. ib. 2, 5.—

In partic., bountifully, profusely, generously, liberally:

benigne ac liberaliter,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 196:

large et liberaliter,

id. ib. 2, 3, 88, §

204: instructus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 61.— Comp.:

vivo paulo liberalius,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 3:

nec potui accipi liberalius,

id. Att. 16, 6, 1:

ille (sal) in cibis paulo liberalius aspersus,

Quint. 6, 3, 19:

ubi liberalius malos odimus,

more abundantly, more heartily, Plin. Pan. 68, 7.— Sup.:

dotem largiri liberalissime,

App. M. 10, p. 250, 13:

liberalissime polliceri,

Cic. Att. 5, 13, 2.

Lībĕrālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Liber or Bacchus: ludi, a festival in honor of Bacchus, = Liberalia (v. infra), Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.—Hence, subst.: Lībĕrālĭa, ĭum, n., a festival in honor of Liber, celebrated on the 17 th of March, the day on which youths received the manly toga, Ov. F. 3, 713:

Liberalium dies, a pontificibus agonium martiale appellatur,

Macr. S. 1, 4, § 15:

sacra,

id. ib. 1, 18, § 22; Calend. Maff. ap. Inscr. Orell. II. p. 411:

Liberalia tu accusas,

Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1:

Liberalibus litteras accepi tuas,

id. Fam. 12, 25, 1.—Called also: ludi Liberales: Liberalia Liberi festa, quae apud Graecos dicuntur Dionusia. Libera lingua loquemur ludis Liberalibus, Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.; Com. Rel. v. 113 Rib.

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bĕnignus, a, um, adj. [as if benigenus, from bonus genus, anal. with malignus and privignus], of a good kind or nature, beneficent, kind.

Of feeling or deportment towards others, kind, good, friendly, pleasing, favorable, benignant:

nam generi lenonio, Numquam ullus deus tam benignus fuit qui fuerit propitius,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 34:

benignus et lepidus et comis,

Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 39:

boni et benigni,

id. Phorm. 5, 2, 2:

comes, benigni, faciles, suaves homines esse dicuntur,

Cic. Balb. 16, 36:

Apelles in aemulis benignus,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 88;

id. praef. § 21: divi,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 52:

numen,

id. ib. 4, 4, 74; cf. Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 34 al.—

Of things, friendly, favorable, pleasant, mild:

animus,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 22:

oratio,

Cic. Off. 2, 14, 48:

sociorum comitas vultusque benigni,

Liv. 9, 6, 8; 30, 14, 3; Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 20:

verba,

Prop. 1, 10, 24:

benigniora verba,

Liv. 21, 19, 11.—In the jurists, interpretatio, a mild, favorable interpretation (opp. dura, which follows the strictness of the letter; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 10, 31 sq.), Dig. 39, 5, 16:

semper in dubiis benigniora praeferenda sunt,

ib. 50, 17, 56:

benignior sententia,

ib. 37, 6, 8.—

Poet., = faustus, lucky, propitious, favorable:

dies,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 108:

nox,

id. Th. 10, 216.—

More freq. of action, beneficent, obliging, that gives or imparts freely, liberal, bounteous, etc.:

erga te benignus fui, atque opera mea Haec tibi sunt servata,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 33; id. Trin. 3, 3, 12; 2, 4, 58:

fortuna... Nunc mihi, nunc alii benigna,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 52:

qui benigniores volunt esse, quam res patitur, peccant,

Cic. Off. 1, 14, 44:

qui liberalis benignusque dicitur,

id. Leg. 1, 18, 48:

facilius in timore benigni quam in victoriā grati reperiuntur,

id. ad Brut. 1, 15, 8.— Poet., with gen.:

vini somnique benignus,

a hard drinker and a lover of sleep, Hor. S. 2, 3, 3.—Opp. to bonae frugi = prodigus, prodigal, lavish:

est benignus potius quam bonae frugi,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 20.—

Of things (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose; cf. malignus), yielding liberally, abundant, fruitful, fertile, copious, rich: et magnas messes terra benigna daret, Tib [p. 233] 3, 3, 6:

ager,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 56:

tellus,

Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 1:

vepres,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 8:

cornu,

id. C. 1, 17, 15:

egens benignae Tantalus semper dapis,

id. Epod. 17, 66:

ingenī Benigna vena est,

id. C. 2, 18, 10:

praeda,

Ov. F. 5, 174:

benigna materia gratias agendi Romanis,

Liv. 42, 38, 6: quem (ordinem) persequi longa est magis quam benigna materia, fruitful, or suitable for exhibition, Mel. prooem. § 1;

so Seneca: primus liber.. benigniorem habuit materiem,

Sen. Ira, 2, 1, 1:

ipse materiā risūs benignissima,

id. Const. 18, 1 (cf. also in Gr. aphthonos):

aestivam sermone benigno tendere noctem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 11 (sermone multo et liberali et largo, Lamb.):

benignissimum inventum, i. e. beneficentissimum,

Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 11. —Hence, adv.: bĕnignē (ante-class. collat. form bĕnignĭter).

In a friendly manner, kindly, benevolently, courteously, benignly:

benigne et amice facere,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 109:

me benignius Omnes salutant quam salutabant prius,

id. Aul. 1, 2, 36:

ecquid ego possiem Blande dicere aut benigne facere,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 24:

viam monstrare,

courteously, politely, Cic. Balb. 16, 36:

salutare,

id. Phil. 13, 2, 4:

audire,

id. Clu. 3, 8:

polliceri,

id. Fam. 4, 13, 3:

servire alicui,

Cat. 76, 3:

respondere,

Sall. J. 11, 1; Liv. 27, 4, 7:

milites adpellare,

Sall. J. 96, 2:

habere,

id. ib. 113, 2:

alloqui,

Liv. 1, 28, 1:

audire aliquem,

id. 1, 9, 4:

excipere aliquem,

id. 2, 35, 6; 21, 19, 7; Tac. A. 1, 57:

arma capere,

readily, willingly, Liv. 3, 26, 1:

audire,

Suet. Aug. 89.—In the ante-class. form benigniter, Titin. ap. Non. p. 510, 13, and Prisc. p 1010 P.—

Mildly, indulgently (in jurid. Lat.):

in poenalibus causis benignius interpretandum est,

Dig. 50, 17, 155; ib. 44, 7, 1, § 13:

benignissime rescripserunt,

ib. 37, 14, 4.—

Benigne dicis, or absol. benigne, used in colloquial lang. in thanking one for something, both when it is taken and when it is refused (the latter a courtly formula like the Gr. ainô se, zêlô se, kalôs, kallista; cf. recte), you are very kind, I thank you very much, am under great obligation; no, I thank you.

In receiving: As. Peregre cum advenis, cena detur. Di. Benigne dicis, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 27; Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 62.—

In declining:

frumentum, inquit, me abs te emere oportet. Optime. Modium denario. Benigne ac liberaliter: nam ego ternis HS non possum vendere, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 196:

dic Ad cenam veniat.. Benigne Respondet. Neget ille mihi? etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 62; id. ib. 1, 7, 16 Schmid.—

Abundantly, liberally, freely, generously:

pecuniam praebere,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 37; id. Aul. 4, 4, 20; Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 1; Cic. Off. 2, 15, 52 and 53; Sall. J. 68, 3; Liv. 9, 31, 5; 9, 32. 2:

benignius Deprome quadrimum,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 6:

paulo benignius ipsum Te tractare voles,

id. Ep. 1, 17, 11. —

Benigne facere alicui = bene facere, to do a favor, to show favor, Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 24 Ruhnk.; Cat. 73, 3:

qui plurimis in istā provinciā benigne fecisti,

Cic. Fam. 13, 67, 1; id. Off. 1, 14, 42; id. Inv. 1, 55, 109; Liv. 4, 14, 5; 28, 39, 18; Gell. 17, 5, 10 al.; cf. Rutil. Lup. p. 127 Ruhnk. (175 Frotscher).

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.

con-scĭus, a, um, adj. [scio], that knows something in company with others or by himself, knowing with others or self-knowing (freq. in all periods and species of composition).

Knowing or conscious of something with another, privy to; and subst., a (male or female) participant in a thing, an accessory, accomplice, confidant, etc.; constr. with the gen., dat., in, and de aliquā re, an obj.- or rel.-clause, or absol. (cf. Rudd. II. p. 71).

With gen. with or without dat. pers. (cf. b infra):

qui tam audacis facinoris mi conscius,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 4; cf.:

alius alii tanti facinoris conscii,

Sall. C. 22, 2:

si conscius Dymno tanti sceleris fuissem,

Curt. 6, 10, 20; and:

nondum tot flagitiorum exercitui meo conscius,

Tac. A. 1, 43:

T. Pomponius, homo omnium meorum in te studiorum et officiorum maxime conscius,

Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 1; so,

maleficii,

id. Clu. 22, 59:

conjurationis,

Sall. C. 37, 1:

ante actae vitae,

Liv. 9, 26, 14:

infirmitatis nostrae,

Quint. 10, 3, 19:

interficiendi Postumi Agrippae,

Tac. A. 3, 30; cf.:

Caesarianae necis,

Suet. Ner. 3;

and necis (opp. auctor),

id. ib. 33:

peccati erilis,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 60:

adjutores quosdam, conscios sui ( = sui consilii) nactus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 108, 2.— Poet.:

arva versi regis,

Ov. M. 7, 385; cf.:

quorum nox conscia sola est,

id. ib. 13, 15:

fati sidera,

Verg. A. 4, 519:

mentis,

Ov. H. 17, 265 al. —

With dat.:

huic facinori tanto tua mens liberalis conscia esse non debuit,

Cic. Cael. 21, 52:

temeritati et mendacio meo,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124 (quoted in Arus. Mess. p. 220 Lind.):

Fabricium quem... conscium illi facinori fuisse arbitrabatur,

Cic. Clu. 20, 56 al.:

verbis,

Tib. 1, 9, 41:

coeptis,

Ov. M. 7, 194.— Poet.:

sacris nox,

Ov. M. 6, 588 Heins.:

deliciis meis antra,

id. H. 15, 138:

conubiis aether,

Verg. A. 4, 168 Wagn. N. cr.:

gens nascenti conscia Nilo,

Luc. 1, 20.—

With in:

mihi in privatis omnibus conscius,

Cic. Att. 1, 18, 1; so,

conscius vestris in lacrimis adfueram,

Prop. 1, 10, 2.—

With de:

addit ad extremum, se audisse a Curione his de rebus conscium esse Pisonem,

Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; cf. conscientia, II. A. b.—

With rel.-clause:

multis consciis quae gereretur,

Nep. Dion, 8, 4.—

Absol.:

nec mihi conscius est ullus homo,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 21; id. Truc. 1, 1, 40; cf.:

fac me consciam,

id. Cist. 2, 3, 46; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 69; Cic. Att. 2, 24, 1; cf. Nep. Milt. 3, 6; Quint. 5, 7, 37; Tac. A. 1, 5; Hor. C. 3, 6, 29.— Poet.:

cetera nox et nos et turris conscia novit,

Ov. H. 18, 105:

silva,

id. M. 2, 438:

rubor,

Cat. 65, 24 al. —Hence, subst.: conscĭus, i, m., of those who are participants in a crime, conspiracy, etc., a partaker, jointconspirator, accessory, accomplice, confidant, etc., Nep. Dion, 9, 1; Quint. 4, 2, 48; 9, 2, 81 sq.; Suet. Dom. 10:

consciorum nomina exponere,

Curt. 8, 6, 24:

Othonis,

Tac. H. 1, 39 al.:

se (sacerdotes Germanorum) ministros deorum, illos (equos) conscios putant (sc. deorum),

id. G. 10.—

With sibi, knowing something in one's self, conscious of.

In gen., in a good and bad sense.

With gen.:

qui (sc. populus Romanus) si alicujus injuriae sibi conscius fuisset, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 14; so,

sibi nullius culpae,

Cic. Off. 3, 18, 73:

mihi dissimulati in ullā parte judicii,

Quint. 3, 6, 64:

sibi irae et iracundiae,

Suet. Claud. 38:

sermonis adversus majestatem tuam habiti nullius conscii sumus nobis,

Curt. 7, 1, 21:

mens sibi recti,

Verg. A. 1, 604; cf.

without sibi,

Ov. F. 4, 311:

admissae nequitiae,

Prop. 1, 15, 38:

audacis facti (lupus),

Verg. A. 11, 812.—

With dat.:

sibi factis mens,

Lucr. 3, 1018.—

With in:

nuila sibi turpi in re,

Lucr. 6, 393.—

With acc. and inf. as object, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 50: etsi mihi sum conscius, numquam [p. 427] me nimis cupidum fuisse vitae, Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 10; Quint. 12, 11, 8.—

With rel. - or subj.-clause:

cum sibi conscius esset, quam inimicum deberet Caesarem habere,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 44 fin. —With adv.:

mulieres male sibi consciae,

Just. 2, 5, 7.— Absol.:

ego pol, quae mihi sum conscia, hoc certo scio, etc.,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 119:

conscia mens ut cuique sua est, etc.,

Ov. F. 1, 485.— Poet.:

virtus,

Verg. A. 12, 668.— Constrr. analogous to the Greek: conscius sum mihi benefacienti and benefaciens (sunoida emautôi pepoiêkoti or poiôn), are mentioned by Prisc. p. 1205 P., as much used earlier, but without exs. in proof.—

In partic., conscious to one's self of wrong (rare, and mostly poet.):

nihil est miserius quam animus hominis conscius,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 13:

animus,

Lucr. 4, 1131; Sall. C. 14, 3; Sen. Hippol. 496.— Poet.:

vultus,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 692.

cultus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from 1. colo.

cultus, ūs, m. [1. colo].

Prop., a laboring at, labor, care, cultivation, culture (rare):

quod est tam asperum saxetum, in quo agricolarum cultus non elaboret?

Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

agricolae,

id. Leg. 1, 1, 1:

agrorum,

Liv. 4, 12, 7; Quint. prooem. § 26; cf. id. 8, 3, 75:

(oves) neque sustentari neque ullum fructum edere ex se sine cultu hominum et curatione possent,

Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158; cf.:

cultus et curatio corporis,

id. ib. 1, 34, 94:

omnis cultus fructusque Cereris in iis locis interisse,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 51, § 114.—

Trop.

In gen. (also rare), training, education, culture:

malo cultu corruptus,

Cic. Part. Or. 26, 91:

animi,

mental discipline, id. Fin. 5, 19, 54; cf.:

recti cultus pectora roborant,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 34; id. Ep. 2, 2, 123:

litterarum,

Just. 9, 8, 18; Gell. 14, 6, 1:

quos (barbaros reges) nulla eruditio, nullus litterarum cultus imbuerat,

Sen. Ira, 3, 17, 1:

quid tam dignum cultu atque labore ducamus (sc. quam vocem)?

Quint. 2, 16, 17.—

In partic.

An honoring, reverence, adoration, veneration:

philosophia nos primum ad deorum cultum erudivit,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64; id. Inv. 2, 53, 161; Ov. M. 2, 425:

exquisitus religionis cultus,

Val. Max. 5, 2, 1; 4, 4, 4.— In plur.:

justis ac piis,

Lact. 4, 3:

de adventu regis et cultu sui,

Tac. A. 2, 58.— Far more freq. and class. in prose and poetry,

Care directed to the refinement of life (opp. to a state of nature), i. e. arrangements for living, style, manner of life, culture, cultivation, elegance, polish, civilization, refinement, etc.:

homines a ferā agrestique vitā ad humanum cultum civilemque deducere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 33; cf.: eadem mediocritas ad omnem usum cultumque vitae transferenda est. id. Off. 1, 39, 140: [p. 489] (Belgae) a cultu atque humanitate provinciae longissime absunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 1, 31; Verg. A. 5, 730; and in plur.:

cultusque artesque virorum,

Ov. M. 7, 58:

liberalis,

Liv. 45, 28, 11:

humilis,

id. 1, 39, 3:

agrestis et rusticus,

id. 7, 4, 6; cf.

feri,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 2:

multas (artes) ad animorum corporumque cultum... invexit,

Liv. 39, 8, 3:

regio victu atque cultu aetatem agere,

Sall. C. 37, 6;

so with victus,

Cic. Fam. 9, 3, 1; Caes. B. G. 6, 24; Nep. Alcib. 11, 4 al.; cf. of improvement, cultivation of mind:

animi cultus ille erat ei quasi quidam humanitatis cibus,

Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 54:

non mores patrios solum, sed etiam cultum vestitumque mutavit,

Nep. Paus. 3, 1. —In a bad sense, luxury, voluptuousness, wantonness:

libido stupri, ganeae ceterique cultūs non minor incesserat,

sensual indulgences, Sall. C. 13, 3; cf.:

cultus ac desidia imperatoris,

Liv. 29, 21, 13.—

Transf., of ornaments of style:

in verbis effusiorem, ut ipsi vocant, cultum adfectaverunt,

Quint. 3, 8, 58; so id. 2, 5, 23; 10, 1, 124 al.—

Style of dress, external appearance, clothing, dress, garb, apparel, attire; esp. ornament, decoration, splendid dress, splendor (so most freq.):

aequato omnium cultu,

Liv. 34, 4, 12:

pastoralis,

Vell. 1, 2:

quam maxime miserabilis,

Sall. J. 33, 1; Tert. Hab. Mul. 3:

regius,

Nep. Dat. 3, 1:

militaris,

Liv. 29, 19, 11:

incinctus Gabino cultu,

id. 10, 7, 3:

justo mundior,

id. 8, 15, 7:

amoenior,

id. 4, 44, 11 et saep.; Vell. 2, 40; Quint. 8, prooem. § 20; Suet. Caes. 44 et saep.; Hor. C. 1, 8, 16; 4, 9, 15; Ov. M. 3, 609 et saep.

dērīvātĭo, ōnis, f. [derivo], a leading off, turning off, turning away.

Lit.: derivationes fluminum, * Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14:

sollemnis (sc. lacus Albani),

Liv. 5, 15 (cf. shortly before, priusquam ex lacu Albano aqua emissa foret).—

Trop.

In gen.:

dictum aliquod in aliquem usum tuum opportuna derivatione convertere,

Macr. S. 6, 1.—

Esp.

In grammat. lang., derivation, etymology of words, Plin. ap. Serv. Aen. 9, 706; Dig. 50, 16, 57; Charis. p. 73 P. et saep.—

In rhetor.

An exchanging of one word for another of like meaning, to soften the expression (as fortis for temerarius, liberalis for prodigus, etc.), Quint. 3, 7, 25.—

As rhet. fig. = parêgmenon, the development of a preceding statement or conception into a new thought, Jul. Ruf. Schem. Lex. § 14.

doctrīna, ae, f. [doctor], teaching, instruction (class.; cf.: litterae, artes, disciplina, praecepta, scientia, humanitas).

Prop.:

non aliqua mihi doctrina tradita, sed in rerum usu causisque tractata,

Cic. de Or. 1, 48, 208; 1, 3, 11; id. Off. 44, 155:

puerilis,

id. de Or. 3, 31, 125; id. Mur. 30, 63; id. Sest. 56; Quint. 2, 8, 3; 6, 3, 12; 12, 2, 1 (in these passages of Quint. opp. natura; cf. also Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 100); id. 2, 12, 8; Hor. C. 4, 4, 33 et saep.—

Transf.

Object., the knowledge imparted by teaching, i. e. science, erudition, learning:

est unum perfugium doctrina ac litterae, quibus semper usi sumus,

Cic. Fam. 6, 12 fin.;

so with litterae,

id. Rep. 2, 10; Quint. 11, 1, 89; cf.

also: nonnulli litteris ac studiis doctrinae dediti,

Cic. Balb. 1, 3; and with the latter cf. id. Rep. 1, 9 fin.; id. Or. 10, 34; id. Cael. 10, 24:

malis studiis malisque doctrinis,

id. Leg. 2, 15 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 1, 17 fin.:

Piso Graecis doctrinis eruditus,

id. Brut. 67, 236; cf. id. Arch. 7; id. N. D. 3, 9, 23; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7 fin.; id. Rep. 1, 36; id. de Or. 3, 34, 139:

ad domesticum morem adventiciam doctrinam adhibere,

id. Rep. 3, 3:

me omnis ars et doctrina liberalis et maxime philosophia delectavit,

id. Fam. 4, 4, 4; cf. id. de Or. 3, 32, 127; id. Ac. 2, 1:

dicendi,

i. e. rhetoric, id. Part. 1, 3:

auctor doctrinae ejus (sc. Numae),

Liv. 1, 18:

doctrina deos spernens,

id. 10, 40 et saep.—

Subject., the habit produced by instruction, principle:

mala studia malaeque doctrinae,

Cic. Leg. 2, 15 fin.:

neque id fecit naturā solum, sed etiam doctrinā,

Nep. Att. 17, 3.

făcĭlis, e, adj. (archaic forms nom. sing. facil, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 53; adv. facul, like difficul, simul; v. under adv. 2, and cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 87 Müll.), [facio, properly, that may be done or made; hence, pregn.], easy to do, easy, without difficulty.

In gen.

Prop., constr. absol., with ad (and the gerund), the supine, inf., ut, and the dat.

Absol.:

nulla est tam facilis res, quin difficilis siet, quam invitus facias,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 1; cf.:

facilis et plana via (opp. difficilis),

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 20:

quae facilia ex difficillimis animi magnitudo redegerat,

Caes. B. G. 2, 27 fin.; cf.

also: mihi in causa facili atque explicata perdifficilis et lubrica defensionis ratio proponitur,

Cic. Planc. 2, 5:

justa res et facilis,

Plaut. Am. prol. 33:

facilis et prompta defensio,

Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 237; cf.:

facilis et expedita distinctio,

id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

facilia, proclivia, jucunda,

id. Part. Or. 27, 95; cf.:

proclivi cursu et facili delabi,

id. Rep. 1, 28:

ascensus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 21:

aditus,

id. ib. 3, 25 fin.;

descensus Averno,

Verg. A. 6, 126; Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41; cf.:

celerem et facilem exitum habere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 22 fin.:

lutum,

easy to work, Tib. 1, 1, 40:

fagus,

Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 229:

humus,

easy to cultivate, mellow, Curt. 4, 6, 5:

arcus,

Val. Fl. 1, 109:

jugum,

easy to climb, Prop. 4 (5), 10, 4:

somnus,

easy to obtain, Hor. C. 2, 11, 8; 3, 21, 4:

irae,

easily excited, Luc. 1, 173:

saevitia,

easily overcome, Hor. C. 2, 12, 26 et saep.:

aurae,

gentle, Ov. H. 16, 123:

jactura,

easily borne, Verg. A. 2, 646:

cera,

easily shaped, Ov. M. 15, 169:

victus,

copious, Verg. G. 2, 460.— Comp.:

iter multo facilius atque expeditius,

Caes. B. G. 1, 6, 2:

cui censemus cursum ad deos faciliorem fuisse quam Scipioni?

Cic. Lael. 4, 14:

faciliore et commodiore judicio,

id. Caecin. 3, 8.— Sup.:

quod est facillimum, facis,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 4; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 3:

concordia,

id. ib. 1, 32:

hujus summae virtutis facillima est via,

Quint. 8, 3, 71:

in quibus (ceris) facillima est ratio delendi,

id. 10, 3, 31 et saep.—

With ad and the gerund:

nulla materies tam facilis ad exardescendum est,

Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190:

ad subigendum,

id. Rep. 2, 41:

ad credendum,

id. Tusc. 1, 32, 78:

palmae ad scandendum,

Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 29.— Comp.:

faciliora ad intelligendum,

Quint. 2, 3, 8.— Sup.:

haec ad judicandum sunt facillima,

Cic. Off. 3, 6, 30; id. Fin. 2, 20.—

With ad and subst.:

faciles ad receptum angustiae,

Liv. 32, 12, 3:

mens ad pejora,

Quint. 1, 2, 4:

credulitas feminarum ad gaudia,

Tac. A. 14, 4.— Comp.:

mediocritas praeceptoris ad intellectum atque imitationem facilior,

Quint. 2, 3, 1.—

With supine:

facile inventust,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 53:

res factu facilis,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 26:

cuivis facile scitu est,

id. Hec. 3, 1, 15:

facilis victu gens,

abounding in resources, Verg. A. 1, 445 Wagn.:

(Cyclops) nec visu facilis nec dictu affabilis ulli,

id. ib. 3, 621; cf.:

sapiens facilis victu fuit,

Sen. Ep. 90, 11.— Comp.:

nihil est dictu facilius,

Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 70.— Sup.:

factu facillimum,

Sall. C. 14, 1.—

With inf.:

materia facilis est, in te et in tuos dicta dicere,

Cic. Phil. 2, 17, 42:

facilis vincere ac vinci vultu eodem,

Liv. 7, 33, 2:

facilis corrumpi,

Tac. H. 4, 39:

Roma capi facilis,

Luc. 2, 656.—So esp. freq. in the neuter, facile est, with a subject-clause:

id esse verum, cuivis facile est noscere,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 8:

quod illis prohibere erat facile,

Caes. B. C. 1, 50, 2:

neque erat facile nostris, uno tempore propugnare et munire,

id. ib. 3, 45, 4; Quint. 6, 4, 20:

nec origines persequi facile est,

Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 46:

quīs facile est aedem conducere,

Juv. 3, 31; 4, 103.— Comp.:

plerumque facilius est plus facere quam idem,

Quint. 10, 2, 10; 12, 6, 7.— Sup.:

stulta reprehendere facillimum est,

Quint. 6, 3, 71; 11, 1, 81.—

With ut:

facilius est, ut esse aliquis successor tuus possit, quam ut velit,

Plin. Pan. 44, 3; 87, 5; cf. with quod: facile est quod habeant conservam in villa, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6.—

With dat.:

terra facilis pecori,

i.e. suitable, proper, Verg. G. 2, 223; cf.:

campus operi,

Liv. 33, 17, 8:

facilis divisui (Macedonia),

id. 45, 30, 2:

neque Thraces commercio faciles erant,

Liv. 40, 58, 1:

homines bello faciles,

Tac. Agr. 21:

juvenis inanibus,

easily susceptible, open to, id. A. 2, 27; cf.:

facilis capessendis inimicitiis,

id. ib. 5, 11. —

With gen. ( poet.):

Hispania frugum facilis,

fertile in, Claud. Laud. Seren. 54.—

Adverbially, in facili, ex (e) facili, and rarely, de facili, easily:

cum exitus haud in facili essent,

not easy, Liv. 3, 8, 9 Drak.:

in facili,

Sen. Clem. 1, 7: Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 274; Dig. 26, 3, 8:

ita adducendum, ut ex facili subsequatur,

easily, Cels. 7, 9 med.:

ex facili tolerantibus,

Tac. Agr. 15 init.: ex facili, Cel. 6, 1, 1; Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 60;

for which: e facili,

Ov. A. A. 1, 356: de facili ab iis superabuntur, Firm. Math. 5, 6.—

Transf.

Of persons that do any thing with facility, ready, quick. — Constr. with ad, in, and simple abl.:

facilis et expeditus ad dicendum,

Cic. Brut. 48, 180:

sermone Graeco promptus et facilis,

Suet. Tib. 71; cf.:

promptus et facillis ad extemporalitatem usque,

id. Tit. 3:

faciles in excogitando et ad discendum prompti,

Quint. 1, 1, 1:

exiguo faciles,

content, Sil. 1, 615.—

Of things, easily moving:

oculi,

Verg. A. 8, 310:

manus,

Ov. F. 3, 536:

cervix,

Mart. Spect. 23:

canes, i. e. agiles,

Nemes. Cyneg. 50.

In partic.

Of character, easy, good-natured, compliant, willing, yielding, courteous, affable:

facilis benevolusque,

Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 35:

comes, benigni, faciles, suaves homines esse dicuntur,

Cic. Balb. 16, 36:

facilis et liberalis pater,

id. N. D. 3, 29, 73:

lenis et facilis,

id. Fam. 5, 2, 9:

facilis et clemens,

Suet. Aug. 67:

facilem populum habere,

Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 4:

facilem stillare in aurem,

Juv. 3, 122:

di,

id. 10, 8. —With in and abl.:

facilem se in rebus cognoscendis praebere,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 32; cf.:

facilis in causis recipiendis,

id. Brut. 57, 207:

faciles in suum cuique tribuendo,

id. ib. 21, 85:

faciles ad concedendum,

id. Div. 2, 52, 107.—With in and acc.:

sic habeas faciles in tua vota deos,

Ov. H. 16, 282.—With inf.:

faciles aurem praebere,

Prop. 2, 21, 15 (3, 14, 5 M.):

O faciles dare summa deos,

Luc. 1, 505.—With gen.:

facilis impetrandae veniae,

Liv. 26, 15, 1:

alloquii facilis (al. alloquiis),

Val. Fl. 5, 407.— Absol.:

comi facilique naturā,

Suet. Gramm. 7:

facili ac prodigo animo,

id. Vit. 7.— Comp.:

facilior aut indulgentior,

Suet. Vesp. 21; Quint. 7, 1, 27; Flor. 4, 11, 2.— Sup.:

quid dicam de moribus facillimis,

Cic. Lael. 3, 11.—

Of fortune, favorable, prosperous:

res et fortunae tuae... quotidie faciliores mihi et meliores videntur,

Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1; Liv. 23, 11, 2.— Adv. in four forms: facile, facul, faculter, and faciliter.

făcĭlĕ (the class. form).

easily, without trouble or difficulty:

facile cum valemus recta consilia aegrotis damus,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 9:

quis haec non vel facile vel certe aliquo modo posset ediscere?

Cic. de Or. 2, 57, 232:

vitia in contraria convertuntur,

id. Rep. 1, 45.— Comp.:

cave putes, aut mare ullum aut flammam esse tantam, quam non facilius sit sedare quam, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 42 fin.:

quo facilius otio perfruantur,

id. ib. 1, 5: id hoc facilius eis persuasit, quod, etc., Caes, B. G. 1, 2, 3.— Sup.:

ut optimi cujusque animus in morte facillime evolet tamquam e custodia,

Cic. Lael. 4, 14:

facillime fingi,

id. Cael. 9, 22:

facillime decidit,

id. Rep. 2, 23:

mederi inopiae frumentariae,

Caes. B. G. 5, 24, 6 et saep.—

To add intensity to an expression which already signifies a high degree, certainly, unquestionably, without contradiction, beyond dispute, by far, far (often in Cic.;

elsewh. rare): virum unum totius Graeciae facile doctissimum,

Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 23:

facile deterrimus,

id. Tusc. 1, 33, 81:

genere et nobilitate et pecunia facile primus,

id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15; cf.:

virtute, existimatione, nobilitate facile princeps,

id. Clu. 5, 11:

facile princeps,

id. Div. 2, 42, 87; id. Fam. 6, 10, 2; id. Univ. 1; Flor. 3, 14, 1:

facile praecipuus,

Quint. 10, 1, 68:

facile hic plus mali est, quam illic boni,

Ter. And. 4, 3, 5: Pe. Sed tu novistin' fidicinam? Fi. Tam facile quam me, as well as I do myself, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 68.—With verbs that denote superiority (vincere, superare, etc.):

post illum (Herodotum) Thucydides omnes dicendi artificio, mea sententia, facile vicit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56; cf. id. Off. 2, 19, 59; id. Rep. 1, 23; cf.

also: stellarum globi terrae magnitudinem facile vincebant,

id. ib. 6, 16 fin.; id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

Sisenna omnes adhuc nostros scriptores facile superavit,

id. Leg. 1, 2, 7; cf. id. de Or. 3, 11, 43:

facile palmam habes!

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 80.— In naming a large amount, quite, fully:

huic hereditas facile ad HS. tricies venit testamento propinqui sui,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 14, § 35.—

With a negative, non facile or haud facile, to add intensity, not easily, i.e. hardly:

mira accuratio, ut non facile in ullo diligentiorem majoremque cognoverim,

Cic. Brut. 67, 238:

sed haud facile dixerim, cur, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 3 fin.; cf.:

de iis haud facile compertum narraverim,

Sall. J. 17, 2:

animus imbutus malis artibus haud facile libidinibus carebat,

id. C. 13, 5. —

Readily, willingly, without hesitation:

facile omnes perferre ac pati,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 35; cf.:

te de aeternitate dicentem aberrare a proposito facile patiebar,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 81:

disertus homo et facile laborans,

id. Off. 2, 19, 66:

ego unguibus facile illi in oculos involem,

Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 6.— Comp.:

locum habeo nullum, ubi facilius esse possim quam Asturae,

Cic. Att. 13, 26, 2.—

(Acc. to facilis, II. B.) Pleasantly, agreeably, well:

propter eas (nugas) vivo facilius,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 6:

cum animo cogites, Quam vos facillime agitis, quam estis maxume Potentes, dites, fortunati, nobiles,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 56:

facillime agitare,

Suet. Vit. Ter. 1:

ubi Crassus animadvertit, suas copias propter exiguitatem non facile diduci,

not safely, Caes. B. G. 3, 23, 7.—

făcul (anteclass.), easily: nobilitate facul propellere iniquos, Lucil. ap. Non. 111, 19; Pac. ib. 21:

haud facul, ut ait Pacuvius, femina una invenietur bona,

Afran. ib. 22:

advorsam ferre fortunam facul,

Att. ib. 24.—

‡ făculter, acc. to the statement of Paul. ex Fest. p. 87, 1 Müll.; cf. Mart. Cap. 3, § 325. —

făcĭlĭter (post-Aug.; predominating in Vitruvius; censured by Quint. 1, 6, 17), easily:

ferrum percalefactum faciliter fabricatur,

Vitr. 1, 4, 3 et saep.; Mart. Cap. 3, § 325.

forma, ae, f. [Sanscr. dhar-, dhar-āmi, bear; dhar-i-man, figure; Gr. thra- in thrênus, thronos; cf. Lat. frētus, frēnum, fortis, etc.], form, in the most comprehensive sense of the word, contour, figure, shape, appearance (syn.: species, frons, facies, vultus; figura).

Lit.

In gen.: Ha. Earum nutrix, qua sit facie, mihi expedi. Mi. Statura haud magna, corpore aquilo. Ha. Ipsa ea'st. Mi. Specie venusta, ore parvo, atque oculis pernigris. Ha. Formam quidem hercle verbis depinxti mihi, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 154; cf.:

quia semper eorum suppeditabatur facies et forma manebat,

Lucr. 5, 1175:

corporis nostri partes totaque figura et forma et statura, quam apta ad naturam sit, apparet,

Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 47, 60:

si omnium animantium formam vincit hominis figura, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 1, 18, 48:

forma ac species liberalis,

id. Cael. 3, 6; cf. id. N. D. 1, 14, 37; 1, 27, 76 sqq.; id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129; id. N. D. 1, 10, 26: aspicite, o cives, senis Enni imagini' formam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34 (Epigr. 1 ed. Vahl.):

hoc dico, non ab hominibus formae figuram venisse ad deos... Non ergo illorum humana forma, sed nostra divina dicenda est, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 32, 90:

formaï servare figuram,

Lucr. 4, 69; cf.:

Homeri picturam, non poesin videmus. Quae regio, quae species formaque pugnae, qui motus hominum non ita expictus est, ut, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 114 (v. Moser ad h. l.):

eximia forma pueri,

id. ib. 5, 21, 61:

virgines formā excellente,

Liv. 1, 9, 11:

formā praestante puellae,

Ov. H. 3, 35:

forma viros neglecta decet,

id. A. A. 1, 509; cf.:

ut excellentem muliebris formae pulchritudinem muta in sese imago contineret,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

illa aetate venerabilis, haec formae pulchrituline,

Curt. 3, 11, 24:

virginem adultam, formā excellentem,

Liv. 3, 44, 4:

virginem maxime formā notam,

id. 4, 9, 4:

una et viginti formae litterarum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 93:

solis,

Lucr. 5, 571:

muralium falcium,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 5:

lanceae novae formae,

Suet. Dom. 10:

nova aedificiorum Urbis,

id. Ner. 16:

porticus,

Plin. Ep. 9, 39, 5:

forma et situs agri,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 4:

eādem cerā aliae atque aliae formae duci solent,

Quint. 10, 5, 9:

geometricae formae,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17; cf. id. de Or. 1, 42, 187:

cum sit geometria divisa in numeros atque formas,

Quint. 1, 10, 35; cf.

also: Archimedes intentus formis, quas in pulvere descripserat,

Liv. 25, 31, 9:

dimidia circuli,

Plin. 2, 59, 60, § 150:

clarissimorum virorum formae,

figures, images, Cic. Mil. 32, 86:

ille artifex, cum faceret Jovis formam aut Minervae, etc.,

id. Or. 2, 9:

igneae formae,

i. e. fiery bodies, id. N. D. 2, 40, 101:

inque tori formam molles sternentur arenae,

in the shape, form, Ov. Am. 2, 11, 47:

(sacellum) crudis laterculis ad formam camini,

Plin. 30, 7, 20, § 63:

ut haec mulier praeter formam nihil ad similitudinem hominis reservarit,

Cic. Clu. 70, 199.—In poet. circumlocution with gen.: astra tenent caeleste solum formaeque deorum, the forms of gods, for gods, Ov. M. 1, 73:

formae ferarum,

id. ib. 2, 78:

ursi ac formae magnorum luporum,

Verg. A. 7, 18:

formae ingentis leo,

of great size, Just. 15, 4, 17; Tac. A. 4, 72.—

In partic.

Pregn., a fine form, beauty:

di tibi formam, di tibi divitias dederant,

Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 6; cf.:

et genus et formam regina pecunia donat,

id. ib. 1, 6, 37:

movit Ajacem forma captivae Tecmessae,

id. C. 2, 4, 6; Quint. 2, 5, 12:

neque, ut laudanda, quae pecuniam suam pluribus largitur, ita quae formam,

id. 5, 11, 26; 5, 12, 17.—Prov.:

forma bonum fragile est,

Ov. A. A. 2, 113.—

An outline, plan, design (of an architect, etc.):

cum formam videro, quale aedificium futurum sit, scire possum,

Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1: domus erit egregia;

magis enim cerni jam poterat, quam quantum ex forma judicabamus,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 5, 3 (2, 6, 2):

qua ludum gladiatorium aedificaturus erat,

Suet. Caes. 31.—

A model after which any thing is made, a pattern, stamp, last (of a shoemaker), etc.:

utendum plane sermone, ut numo, cui publica forma est,

Quint. 1, 6, 3:

denarius formae publicae,

Sen. Ben. 5, 29; cf.: formas quasdam nostrae pecuniae agnoscunt, Tac. G. 5:

formas binarias, ternarias et quaternarias, et denarias etiam resolvi praecepit neque in usu cujusquam versari,

stamped money, coins, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 39; cf. Curt. 5, 2, 11:

si scalpra et formas non sutor (emat),

Hor. S. 2, 3, 106; cf.:

forma calcei,

Dig. 9, 2, 5, § 3.—

A mould which gives form to something:

(caseus) vel manu figuratur vel buxeis formis exprimitur,

Col. 7, 8 fin.:

formae in quibus aera funduntur,

Plin. 36, 22, 49, § 168; hence, a frame, case, enclosure:

opus tectorium propter excellentiam picturae ligneis formis inclusum,

id. 35, 14, 49, § 173:

formas rivorum perforare,

i. e. the conduits, pipes, Front. Aquaed. 75:

aquaeductus,

Dig. 7, 1, 27.—Hence,

Transf., the aqueduct itself, Front. Aquaed. 126.—

A rescript, formulary (post-class., whereas the dimin. formula is predominant in this signif.):

ex eorum (amicorum) sententia formas composuit,

Capitol. Anton. 6; so Cod. Just. 1, 2, 20.—

Item forma appellatur puls miliacea ex melle, Paul. ex Fest. p. 83 Müll.

Trop.

In gen., shape, form, nature, manner, kind:

ad me quasi formam communium temporum et totius rei publicae misisti expressam,

Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 4; cf.:

formam quidem ipsam et tamquam faciem honesti vides,

id. Off. 1, 5, 14:

innumerabiles quasi formae figuraeque dicendi,

id. Or. 3, 9, 34:

cum, quae forma et quasi naturalis nota cujusque sit, describitur, ut, si quaeratur avari species, seditiosi, gloriosi,

id. de Or. 3, 29, 115; cf.:

quae sit in ea species et forma et notio viri boni,

id. Off. 3, 20, 81:

forma ingenii,

id. Brut. 85, 294:

rei publicae,

id. Fam. 2, 8, 1; cf.:

exemplar formaque rei publicae,

id. Rep. 2, 11:

forma et species et origo tyranni,

id. ib. 2, 29:

forma rerum publicarum,

id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36; cf. id. Rep. 1, 34 fin.:

officii,

id. Off. 1, 29, 103:

propositi,

Vell. 1, 16:

sollicitudinum,

Tac. A. 4, 60:

formam vitae inire,

id. ib. 1, 74:

secundum vulgarem formam juris,

Dig. 30, 1, 111:

scelerum formae,

Verg. A. 6, 626:

poenae,

id. ib. 615.—

In partic.

In philos. lang., like species, a sort, kind: nolim, ne si Latine quidem dici possit, specierum et speciebus dicere; et saepe his casibus utendum est: at formis et formarum velim... Genus et formam definiunt hoc modo: genus est notio ad plures differentias pertinens;

forma est notio, cujus differentia ad caput generis et quasi fontem referri potest. Formae igitur sunt hae, in quas genus sine ullius praetermissione dividitur, ut si quis jus in legem, morem, aequitatem dividat, etc.,

Cic. Top. 7, 31; cf.:

genus et species, quam eandem formam Cicero vocat,

Quint. 5, 10, 62: a forma generis, quam interdum, quo planius accipiatur, partem licet nominare, hoc modo, etc.... Genus enim est uxor;

ejus duae formae: una matrumfamilias, altera earum, quae tantummodo uxores habentur,

Cic. Top. 4, 14:

quod haec (partitio) sit totius in partes, illa (divisio) generis in formas,

Quint. 5, 10, 63:

duae formae matrimoniorum,

id. 5, 10, 62.—

In gram.

The grammatical quality, condition of a word:

in quo animadvertito, natura quadruplicem esse formam, ad quam in declinando accommodari debeant verba, etc.,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 37 sq.; 101 sq. Müll.; Quint. 10, 1, 10.—

The grammatical form of a word:

utrum in secunda forma verbum temporale habeat in extrema syllaba AS an IS, ad discernendas dissimilitudines interest,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 109 Müll.:

aeditimus ea forma dictum, qua finitimus,

Gell. 12, 10, 1.

furtīvus, a, um, adj. [furtum], stolen, purloined, pilfered (class.).

Lit.:

qui scias mercari furtivas atque ingenuas virgines,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 22:

liberalis mulier, advecta ex Arabia,

id. Pers. 4, 3, 61:

haecine illa est furtiva virgo?

id. ib. v. 83:

lana,

Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 14:

strigilis,

id. S. 2, 7, 110:

colores,

id. Ep. 1, 3, 20; cf.:

vincula rari capilli,

Prop. 4, 5, 69 (5, 5, 71 M.):

res,

Quint. 5, 13, 49; Liv. 45, 39, 6.—

Transf., in gen., secret, hidden, concealed, furtive, clandestine (class.): furtivum iter per Italiam, * Cic. Pis. 40, 97:

expeditiones (with latrocinia, opp. bella),

Vell. 2, 31, 2:

victoria,

Just. 11, 6:

amor,

Verg. A. 4, 171:

libertas,

Ov. Am. 2, 2, 15:

lectus,

Tib. 1, 5, 7:

usus,

id. 1, 9, 55:

mens,

Ov. H. 17, 265: scriptum, cipher, Gell. 17, 9, 21:

nox,

favorable to secrecy, Ov. Am. 1, 11, 3:

quem Rhea sacerdos Furtivum partu sub luminis edidit oras,

Verg. A. 7, 660:

celent furtivos balnea tuta viros,

secret, concealed lovers, Ov. A. A. 3, 640:

viri,

id. P. 3, 3, 56.—Hence, adv.: furtīve, stealthily, secretly, furtively (very rare;

syn.: furtim, clam, secreto, occulte): clam furtive aliquid accipere,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 62:

quidam furtive agunt gratias et in angulo et ad aurem,

Sen. Ben. 2, 23:

data munera,

Ov. Am. 2, 5, 6.