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1 exiguitās
exiguitās ātis, f [exiguus], scantiness, smallness, littleness, shortness, insufficiency, scarcity: copias propter exiguitatem non facile diduci, Cs.: castrorum, Cs.: temporis, Cs.* * *smallness, paucity; shortness; scarcity -
2 humilitās
humilitās ātis, f [humilis], lowness, small stature, depression: (navium), Cs.: arborum, S.: quantā humilitate luna feratur, terram paene contingens.—Fig., lowness, meanness, insignificance: obicere humilitatem alcui, L.: ex humilitate suā, Cs.: generis, S.— Littleness of mind, meanness, baseness, abjectness: habet humilitatem metus; opp. adrogantia, Cs.: causam dicentium, L.* * *insignificance/unimportance/degradation/debasement/humiliation; commonplaceness; lowness (position/rank); shortness; humbleness; submissiveness; humility (Bee) -
3 parvitās
parvitās ātis, f [parvus], smallness, littleness, slightness: cerni non posse propter parvitatem.* * *smallness, minuteness; insignificance, unimportance -
4 brevitas
brĕvĭtas, ātis, f. [brevis], shortness.I.Lit., in space (cf. brevis, I.) (rare):B.brevitas angusti freti,
the narrowness of the strait, Gell. 10, 27, 6:hominibus Gallis prae magnitudine corporum suorum brevitas nostra contemptui est,
smallness of stature, Caes. B. G. 2, 30; cf.:haec habilis brevitate suā est,
Ov. Am. 2, 4, 35:spatii,
Caes. B. C. 1, 82, 3:crurum,
Plin. 8, 34, 52, § 123:chamaeplatani coactae brevitatis,
Plin. 12, 2, 6, § 13:guttarum,
Vitr. 7, 8, 2.—More freq.,Transf.1.In time, shortness, brevity:2.ita diei brevitas conviviis, noctis longitudo in stupris continebatur,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26:temporis,
id. Att. 1, 10, 1:imperii,
Tac. H. 1, 47:horae,
Sil. 3, 141:vitae,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 38, 91; Sen. Brev. Vit. tit. et saep.— Absol.: confer nostram longissimam aetatem cum aeternitate;in eādem propemodum brevitate quā illae bestiolae reperiemur,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 94.—But most freq.,Of discourse, brevity, conciseness: si brevitas appellanda est, cum verbum nullum redundat, brevis est L. Crassi oratio;3.sin tum est brevitas, cum tantum verborum est, quantum necesse est, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 326 sq.; id. Brut. 13, 50; 17, 66; id. Inv. 1, 20, 28 sq.; id. Verr. 2, 1, 40, § 103; id. Leg. 3, 18, 40:cujus tanta in dicendo brevitas fuit,
id. Har. Resp. 19, 41:et a me brevitas postulatur, qui mihimet ipsi amicissima est,
id. Quint. 10, 34:nos brevitatem in hoc ponimus, non ut minus, sed ne plus dicatur quam oporteat,
Quint. 4, 2, 43:illa Sallustiana brevitas,
id. 4, 2, 45; 10, 1, 32:brevitas quoque aut copia non genere materiae sed modo constant,
id. 3, 8, 67; 10, 1, 46; 10, 5, 8; 6, 3, 45;12, 10, 48: ea, quotiens causa poscit, ubertas, ea, quotiens permittit, brevitas,
Tac. Or. 23:contionem imperatoriā brevitate pronuntiat,
id. H. 1, 18: est brevitate opus, ut currat sententia, * Hor. S. 1, 10, 9; Phaedr. 2, prol. 12; 3, 10, 60: brevitatis causā, gratiā, for the sake of brevity or conciseness, Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43; cf. Quint. 4, 2, 67:gratiā,
Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 214.—Of shortness of syllables:II.fluit numerus tum incitatius brevitate pedum, tum proceritate tardius,
Cic. Or. 63, 212:brevitas celeritas syllabarum,
id. ib. 57, 191:contractio et brevitas dignitatem non habet,
id. ib. 57, 193.—In plur.:omnium longitudinum et brevitatum in sonis... judicium, etc.,
Cic. Or. 51, 173.—For exiguitas, parvitas (cf. brevis, II. C.), littleness, smallness:cujusvis in brevitate corporis,
Lucr. 2, 483:vineae,
Paul. Aug. 2:doni,
Claud. Epigr. 20, 11. -
5 exiguitas
exĭgŭĭtas, ātis, f. [exiguus], scantiness in measure or number, smallness, littleness, shortness, scarcity (class.).(α).With gen.:(β).cum paucitatem militum ex castrorum exiguitate cognoscerent,
Caes. B. G. 4, 30, 1:pellium,
id. ib. 4, 1 fin.:itaque in quibus (voluptatibus) propter earum exiguitatem obscuratio consequitur,
Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 29: copiarum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1; cf.in the follg.: congiariorum,
Quint. 6, 3, 52:cibi,
Col. 7, 5, 5:fisci,
Suet. Claud. 28:fructuum,
Dig. 19, 2, 15, § 5:temporis tanta fuit exiguitas, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 2, 21, 5; 2, 33, 2; Liv. 24, 17, 4 al.—Absol.:ubi Crassus animadvertit, suas copias propter exiguitatem non facile diduci,
Caes. B. G. 3, 23, 7. -
6 humilitas
I.Lit.:II.naves omnes actuarias imperat fieri, quam ad rem humilitas multum adjuvat (shortly before: naves paulo facit humiliores),
Caes. B. G. 5, 1, 3:arborum,
Sall. J. 49, 5:aliorum animalium ea est humilitas, ut cibum terrestrem rostris facile contingant,
low stature, Cic. N. D. 2 47, 122:sidera multum inter se aut altitudine aut humilitate distantia,
id. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:quanta humilitate luna feratur, terram paene contingens,
id. Div. 2, 43, 91.—Trop.A.Of rank, birth, or influence, lowness, meanness, insignificance: malorum turba quaedam, paupertas, ignobilitas, humilitas, solitudo, etc., Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 29:B.propter humilitatem et obscuritatem,
id. Off. 2, 13, 45:humilitatem cum dignitate contendere,
id. Rosc. Am. 47, 136:alicujus despicere,
id. Phil. 13, 10, 23:obicere humilitatem alicui,
Liv. 26, 31, 4:ex humilitate sua,
Caes. B. G. 5, 25:infima natalium,
Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37:generis,
Sall. J. 73, 4:generis ac nominis,
Suet. Vesp. 4:obliterata quoque scrutabimur, nec deterrebit quarundam rerum humilitas,
Plin. 14, 1, 1, § 7.—Littleness of mind, meanness, baseness, abjectness:2.habet levitatem laetitia gestiens, humilitatem metus,
Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 27; id. de Or. 1, 53, 228:et dejecto (capite) humilitas et supino arrogantia ostenditur,
Quint. 11, 3, 69; so,opp. arrogantia,
Caes. B. C. 1, 85, 5:saepe virtus et magnificentia plus proficit ad misericordiam commovendam quam humilitas et obsecratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 56, 109:summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,
Liv. 38, 52, 2:asinorum,
Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180.— -
7 mediocritas
mĕdĭō̆crĭtas, ātis, f. [mediocris].I.A middle state, a medium, mean; moderateness, moderation (class.):II.mediocritatem illam tenere, quae est inter nimium et parum,
Cic. Off. 1, 25, 89; 1, 39, 140:in dicendo,
mediocrity, id. de Or. 1, 25, 117:dicendi,
id. Brut. 66, 235:vultus,
i. e. a medium between excessive gayety and over-seriousness, Auct. Her. 3, 15, 26:auream quisquis mediocritatem Diligit,
Hor. C. 2, 10, 5. —Of style:cum omnis virtus sit mediocritas,
Cic. Brut. 40, 149: mediocritatis (exemplum esse) Terentium, Varr. ap. Gell. 6, 14, 6.—In plur.:mediocritates illi probabant,
moderate passions, Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 135:mediocritates vel perturbationum vel morborum animi,
id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22.—Meanness, insignificance, littleness, inferiority (rare but class.):hominum,
Vell. 2, 130, 3:quod meae mediocritati conveniret,
my insignificance, Gell. 14, 2, 25; cf.:mediocritas nostra,
my modest self, Vell. 2, 111, 3:ingenii,
Cic. Phil. 2, 1, 2:memoriae,
Quint. 11, 2, 39. -
8 parvitas
parvĭtas, ātis, f. [parvus], smallness, littleness, slightness, insignificance (rare but class.): vincula talia quae cerni non possent propter parvitatem, * Cic. Univ. 13, 41; Plin. 2, 11, 8, § 51:parvitates et magnitudines rerum,
Gell. 1, 3, 28:quaestionis,
id. 7, 17, 2: mea parvitas ad favorem tuum [p. 1310] decurrit, i. e. my humble self, Val. Max. praef. -
9 pusillitas
pŭsillĭtas, ātis, f. [pusillus], littleness, smallness (post-class.), Tert. adv. Herm. 14:intellegentiae,
Lact. Opif. D. 1:animi,
id. ib. 6, 17, 17:meae pusillitatis auctoritas,
Hier. Ep. 152.
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