lovely

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ambrŏsĭus, a, um, adj., = ambrosios, immortal, divine, ambrosial (syn.: immortalis, divinus), in gen., all that pertains to the gods, and their prerogatives and endowments; hence, an epithet for every thing lovely, pleasant, sweet, etc. (in gen. only poet.):

comae,

Verg. A. 1, 403; so Stat. Th. 9, 731:

dapes,

Mart. 8, 39:

suci,

Sil. 7, 210; Col. 10, 408:

sinus, Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 110: corpus,

App. M. 8, p. 205, 26:

pedes,

id. ib. 11, p. 258, 39:

color,

id. ib. 10, p. 254, 4:

nectar,

Prud. Symm. 1, 276.

Ambrŏsĭus, i, m., a celebrated Church father of the fourth century, archbishop of Milan.

ambrŏsĭus, a, um, adj., = ambrosios, immortal, divine, ambrosial (syn.: immortalis, divinus), in gen., all that pertains to the gods, and their prerogatives and endowments; hence, an epithet for every thing lovely, pleasant, sweet, etc. (in gen. only poet.):

comae,

Verg. A. 1, 403; so Stat. Th. 9, 731:

dapes,

Mart. 8, 39:

suci,

Sil. 7, 210; Col. 10, 408:

sinus, Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 110: corpus,

App. M. 8, p. 205, 26:

pedes,

id. ib. 11, p. 258, 39:

color,

id. ib. 10, p. 254, 4:

nectar,

Prud. Symm. 1, 276.

Ambrŏsĭus, i, m., a celebrated Church father of the fourth century, archbishop of Milan.

ămoenus, a, um, adj. [amo; some comp. ameinôn], lovely, delightful, pleasant, charming (in gen. of objects affecting the sense of sight only; as a beautiful landscape, gar dens, rivers, pictures, etc.: amoena loca.. quod solum amorem praestentetad se amanda adliciant, Varr. ap. Isid. Orig. 14:

amoena sunt loca solius voluptatis plena,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 734; while jucundus is used both in a phys. and mental sense; cf. Doed. Syn. III. p 36; class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.: amoena salicta, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 40 Vahl.): Ennius, qui primus amoeno Detulit ex Helicone perenni fronde coronam, who first from the charming Helicon, etc., Lucr. 1, 117:

fons,

id. 4, 1024:

locus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 290:

praediola,

id. Att. 16, 3, 4:

loca amoena voluptaria,

Sall. C. 11, 5 Kritz:

amoena piorum Concilia,

Verg. A. 5, 734:

Devenere locos laetos et amoena virecta Fortunatorum nemorum sedesque beatas,

id. ib. 6, 638:

rus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 6:

aquae, aurae,

id. C. 3, 4, 7: hae latebrae dulces, etiam, si credis, amoenae, delightful to me (subjectively), but also in and of themselves (objectively) pleasant, id. Ep. 1, 16, 15 Schmid.; cf.

Doed. Syn. III. p. 35: amoenae Farfarus umbrae,

Ov. M. 14, 330, where Merkel, opacae Farfarus undae:

amoenissima aedificia,

Tac. H. 3, 30:

pictura,

Plin. 35, 10, 37 fin. —In reproach: cultus amoenior, too showy, coquetting, Liv. 4, 44, 11.—As subst., ămoena, ōrum, n. (cf. abditus, etc.), pleasant places:

per amoena Asiae atque Achaiae,

Tac. A. 3, 7:

amoena litorum,

id. H. 3, 76. —

Transf. to other things (rare, and for the most part only post-Aug.):

vita,

Tac. A. 15, 55:

ingenium,

id. ib. 2, 64; so id. ib. 13, 3:

animus, i. e. amoenitatibus deditus,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 1:

amoenissima verba,

Gell. 2, 26; 16, 3; 18, 5 al.—Hence, adv.

Old form ămoenĭter:

hilare atque amoeniter vindemiam agitare,

joyfully and delightfully, Gell. 20, 8.—

Usu. form ămoenē;

* in respect to smell,

sweetly, fragrantly, Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 2; of a dwelling, pleasantly (in sup.), Plin. Ep. 4, 23; of discourse (in comp.), Gell. 14, 1, 32.

ămoenus, a, um, adj. [amo; some comp. ameinôn], lovely, delightful, pleasant, charming (in gen. of objects affecting the sense of sight only; as a beautiful landscape, gar dens, rivers, pictures, etc.: amoena loca.. quod solum amorem praestentetad se amanda adliciant, Varr. ap. Isid. Orig. 14:

amoena sunt loca solius voluptatis plena,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 734; while jucundus is used both in a phys. and mental sense; cf. Doed. Syn. III. p 36; class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.: amoena salicta, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 40 Vahl.): Ennius, qui primus amoeno Detulit ex Helicone perenni fronde coronam, who first from the charming Helicon, etc., Lucr. 1, 117:

fons,

id. 4, 1024:

locus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 290:

praediola,

id. Att. 16, 3, 4:

loca amoena voluptaria,

Sall. C. 11, 5 Kritz:

amoena piorum Concilia,

Verg. A. 5, 734:

Devenere locos laetos et amoena virecta Fortunatorum nemorum sedesque beatas,

id. ib. 6, 638:

rus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 6:

aquae, aurae,

id. C. 3, 4, 7: hae latebrae dulces, etiam, si credis, amoenae, delightful to me (subjectively), but also in and of themselves (objectively) pleasant, id. Ep. 1, 16, 15 Schmid.; cf.

Doed. Syn. III. p. 35: amoenae Farfarus umbrae,

Ov. M. 14, 330, where Merkel, opacae Farfarus undae:

amoenissima aedificia,

Tac. H. 3, 30:

pictura,

Plin. 35, 10, 37 fin. —In reproach: cultus amoenior, too showy, coquetting, Liv. 4, 44, 11.—As subst., ămoena, ōrum, n. (cf. abditus, etc.), pleasant places:

per amoena Asiae atque Achaiae,

Tac. A. 3, 7:

amoena litorum,

id. H. 3, 76. —

Transf. to other things (rare, and for the most part only post-Aug.):

vita,

Tac. A. 15, 55:

ingenium,

id. ib. 2, 64; so id. ib. 13, 3:

animus, i. e. amoenitatibus deditus,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 1:

amoenissima verba,

Gell. 2, 26; 16, 3; 18, 5 al.—Hence, adv.

Old form ămoenĭter:

hilare atque amoeniter vindemiam agitare,

joyfully and delightfully, Gell. 20, 8.—

Usu. form ămoenē;

* in respect to smell,

sweetly, fragrantly, Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 2; of a dwelling, pleasantly (in sup.), Plin. Ep. 4, 23; of discourse (in comp.), Gell. 14, 1, 32.

bellus, a, um, adj. [as if for benulus, from benus = bonus, Prisc. p. 556 P.].

In gen.

Of persons, pretty, handsome, charming, fine, lovely, neat, pleasant, agreeable, etc. (of persons, things, actions, etc.; most freq. in the ante-class. per. and in the poets; in Cic. mostly in his epistt.): uxor, Varr. ap. Non. p. 248, 17: nimis bella es atque amabilis, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 84; id. Rud. 2, 5, 6; Cat. 8, 16; 43, 6:

puella,

id. 69, 8; 78, 4; Ov. Am. 1, 9, 6; Mart. 1, 65; 2, 87:

Piliae et puellae Caeciliae bellissimae salutem dices,

Cic. Att. 6, 4, 3: fui ego bellus ( civil, courtly, polite), lepidus, bonus vir numquam, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 3:

hospes,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 111; Cat. 24, 7; 78, 3; 81, 2:

durius accipere hoc mihi visus est quam homines belli solent,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 4:

homo et bellus et humanus,

id. Fin. 2, 31, 102:

Cicero bellissimus tibi salutem plurimam dicit,

id. Fam. 14, 7, 3.—Also active, brisk, lively, as the effect of health, etc., Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 20:

fac bellus revertare,

Cic. Fam. 16, 18, 1.—

Of things, places, etc.: socius es hostibus, socius bellum ita geris, ut bella omnia ( every thing beautiful, costly) domum auferas, Varr. ap. Non. p. 248, 19: unum quicquid, quod quidem erit bellissimum, Carpam, * Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 51:

vinum bellissimum,

Col. 12, 19, 2:

nimis hic bellus atque ut esse maxume optabam locu'st,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 74:

illum pueris locum esse bellissimum duximus,

Cic. Att. 5, 17, 3:

bella copia,

id. Rep. 2, 40, 67:

recordor, quam bella paulisper nobis gubernantibus civitas fuerit,

in what a pleasant condition the State was, id. Att. 4, 16, 10:

malae tenebrae Orci, quae omnia bella devoratis,

Cat. 3, 14:

subsidium bellissimum existimo esse senectuti otium,

Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:

(epistula) valde bella,

id. Att. 4, 6, 4:

occasio bellissima,

Petr. 25: fama, * Hor. S. 1, 4, 114:

quam sit bellum cavere malum,

how delightful, pleasant it is, Cic. de Or 1, 58, 247: bellissimum putaverunt dicere amissas (esse litteras), thought it best, i. e. safest, most plausible, id. Fl. 17, 39; cf.:

bella haec pietatis et quaestuosa simulatio,

fine, plausible, id. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 145:

mihi jampridem venit in mentem, bellum esse, aliquo exire,

id. Fam. 9, 2, 3; id. Att. 13, 49, 2; Cod. 6, 35, 11.—

Esp.

Gallant, etc.:

illam esse amicam tui viri bellissimi,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 1, 27; cf.:

Gallus homo'st bellus: nam dulces jungit amores,

Cat. 78, 3.—

For bonus, good: venio nunc ad alterum genus testamenti, quod dicitur physicon, in quo Graeci belliores quam Romani nostri, Varr. ap. Non. p. 77, 30 (Sat. Menipp. 87, 3).—Hence, bellē, adv., prettily, neatly, becomingly, finely, excellently, well, delightfully, etc.: quare bene et praeclare, quamvis nobis saepe dicatur;

belle et festive, nimium saepe nolo,

Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101; cf. id. Quint. 30, 93; so Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 35; * Lucr. 1, 644; Cic. Att. 1, 1, 5; 16, 3, 4; Quint. 6, 3, 48 al.:

quod honeste aut sine detrimento nostro promittere non possumus... belle negandum est,

in a courtly, polite manner, Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 11, 45; so Publ. Syr. ap. Gell. 17, 14, 10:

belle se habere,

Cic. Att. 12, 37: belle habere (cf.: eu, kalôs echein), to be in good health, be well, id. Fam. 9, 9, 1; so,

bellissime esse,

id. Att. 14, 14, 1:

facere, in medical lang.,

to operate well, to have a good effect, Cato, R. R. 157; Scrib. Comp. 136; 150 (cf. the uses of bene). —With bellus:

i sane, bella belle,

Plaut. As. 3, 8, 86; id. Curc. 4, 2, 35 (cf.: kalê kalôs, Av. Ach. 253).—Ellipt., belle, for belle habere: sed ut ad epistolas tuas redeam, cetera belle, illud miror, the others are well or right, Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 2.— Sup.:

haec ipsa fero equidem fronte, ut puto, et voltu bellissime, sed angor intimis sensibus,

Cic. Att. 5, 10, 3; id. Fam. 14, 14, 1:

navigare,

id. ib. 16, 9, 1 al. ( comp. perh. not in use).

cŭpīdo ( cūpēdo or cuppēdo, Lucr. 1, 1082; 4, 1090; 5, 45), ĭnis, f. (m., Plant. Am. 2, 2, 210; Hor. C. 2, 16, 15; 3, 16, 39; 3, 24, 51; id. S. 1, 1, 61; id. Ep. 1, 1, 33; Ov. M. 8, 74; 9, 734; Sil. 4, 99; and personified in all authors; v. the foll.) [cupidus], access. form of cupiditas, desire, wish, longing, eagerness, in a good and (more usu.) in a bad sense (very freq. in the poets and histt., esp. in Sall.; twice in Quint., but in Cic. only as personified).

In gen.

In a good sense: cupido cepit miseram nunc me proloqui, etc. (transl. from Eurip. Med. 57: himeros m hupêlthe, etc.), Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.); cf.:

Romulum cupido cepit urbis condendae,

Liv. 1, 6, 3:

cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,

id. 40, 21, 2; and with inf.:

cupido incessit Aethiopiam invisere,

Curt. 4, 8, 3:

aquae,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 50; cf.:

laticum frugumque,

Lucr. 4, 1093:

gloriae,

Sall. C. 7, 3:

aeternitatis perpetuaeque famae,

Suet. Ner. 55:

lucis,

Quint. 6, prooem. §

13: placendi,

id. 10, 7, 17 al. —

Trop., of things:

res medii cuppedine victae,

overcome by their tendency to a centre, Lucr. 1, 1082.—

In a bad sense, desire, passion, lust, greed.

With gen.:

honorum caeca (with avarities),

Lucr. 3, 59; cf.

honoris,

Sall. C. 3, 5:

mala vitaï,

Lucr. 3, 1077:

immitis uvae (i. e. virginis immaturae),

Hor. C. 2, 5, 9:

praedae caeca,

Ov. M. 3, 620:

intempestiva concubitūs,

id. ib. 10, 689; cf.

Veneris,

id. ib. 14, 634 et saep.:

difficilia faciundi,

Sall. J. 93, 3:

ejus (oppidi) potiundi,

id. ib. 89, 6:

quarum (rerum) inmodica cupido inter mortales est,

Liv. 6, 35, 6:

populos ad cupidinem novae fortunae erigere,

id. 21, 19, 7.—In plur.:

malae dominationis cupidinibus flagrans,

Tac. A. 13, 2.—

Absol.:

homines cupidine caeci,

Lucr. 4, 1153; so id. 4, 1090:

cuppedinis acres curae,

id. 5, 45; Hor. C. 2, 16, 15 et saep.:

femineus,

Ov. M. 9, 734; cf.

muliebris,

Tac. A. 4, 39.—In plur., Hor. S. 1, 2, 111; 2, 7, 85; Tac. A. 3, 52:

eo provectas Romanorum cupidines, ut non corpora, ne senectam quidam aut virginitatem inpollutam relinquant,

id. ib. 14, 35.—

In partic.

The desire that springs from love, desire, love:

differor Cupidine ejus,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 29; cf.:

visae virginis,

Ov. M. 13, 906; Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 210; cf. id. Poen. 1, 1, 68. —In plur.:

me, Contactum nullis ante cupidinibus,

Prop. 1, 1, 2.—Hence,

Personified: Cŭpīdo, ĭnis, m., the god of love, Cupid, son of Venus, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 58 sq.; Prop. 2, 14, 5 (3, 18, 21); Ov. M. 1, 453; 5, 366 et saep.; Hor. C. 1, 2, 34; 2, 8, 14 al.;

in the form CVPEDO,

Inscr. Orell. 1367.—In plur.:

mater saeva Cupidinum,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 1 Orell. ad loc.; 4, 1, 5 al.; cf.

of sculptured figures: exstant caelati scyphi... Myos in eādem aede Silenos et Cupidines,

Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 155; 36, 5, 4, § 41. —Hence,

Cŭpīdĭnĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Cupid ( poet.):

tela,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 65:

sagittae,

id. R. Am. 157.— Transf., lovely, charming ( = formosus), Mart. 7, 87, 9.—

In animals, the sexual impulse:

equina,

Col. 6, 27, 3:

equi cupidine sollicitati,

id. 6, 27, 8.—

(Cf. cupidus, II. A. 2., and cupiditas, II. B. 1.) Avarice, covetousness:

Narcissum incusat cupidinis ac praedarum,

Tac. A. 12, 57; in plur., id. H. 1, 66.—

Personified:

Cupido sordidus,

sordid Avarice, Hor. C. 2, 16, 15.

cŭpīdo ( cūpēdo or cuppēdo, Lucr. 1, 1082; 4, 1090; 5, 45), ĭnis, f. (m., Plant. Am. 2, 2, 210; Hor. C. 2, 16, 15; 3, 16, 39; 3, 24, 51; id. S. 1, 1, 61; id. Ep. 1, 1, 33; Ov. M. 8, 74; 9, 734; Sil. 4, 99; and personified in all authors; v. the foll.) [cupidus], access. form of cupiditas, desire, wish, longing, eagerness, in a good and (more usu.) in a bad sense (very freq. in the poets and histt., esp. in Sall.; twice in Quint., but in Cic. only as personified).

In gen.

In a good sense: cupido cepit miseram nunc me proloqui, etc. (transl. from Eurip. Med. 57: himeros m hupêlthe, etc.), Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.); cf.:

Romulum cupido cepit urbis condendae,

Liv. 1, 6, 3:

cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,

id. 40, 21, 2; and with inf.:

cupido incessit Aethiopiam invisere,

Curt. 4, 8, 3:

aquae,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 50; cf.:

laticum frugumque,

Lucr. 4, 1093:

gloriae,

Sall. C. 7, 3:

aeternitatis perpetuaeque famae,

Suet. Ner. 55:

lucis,

Quint. 6, prooem. §

13: placendi,

id. 10, 7, 17 al. —

Trop., of things:

res medii cuppedine victae,

overcome by their tendency to a centre, Lucr. 1, 1082.—

In a bad sense, desire, passion, lust, greed.

With gen.:

honorum caeca (with avarities),

Lucr. 3, 59; cf.

honoris,

Sall. C. 3, 5:

mala vitaï,

Lucr. 3, 1077:

immitis uvae (i. e. virginis immaturae),

Hor. C. 2, 5, 9:

praedae caeca,

Ov. M. 3, 620:

intempestiva concubitūs,

id. ib. 10, 689; cf.

Veneris,

id. ib. 14, 634 et saep.:

difficilia faciundi,

Sall. J. 93, 3:

ejus (oppidi) potiundi,

id. ib. 89, 6:

quarum (rerum) inmodica cupido inter mortales est,

Liv. 6, 35, 6:

populos ad cupidinem novae fortunae erigere,

id. 21, 19, 7.—In plur.:

malae dominationis cupidinibus flagrans,

Tac. A. 13, 2.—

Absol.:

homines cupidine caeci,

Lucr. 4, 1153; so id. 4, 1090:

cuppedinis acres curae,

id. 5, 45; Hor. C. 2, 16, 15 et saep.:

femineus,

Ov. M. 9, 734; cf.

muliebris,

Tac. A. 4, 39.—In plur., Hor. S. 1, 2, 111; 2, 7, 85; Tac. A. 3, 52:

eo provectas Romanorum cupidines, ut non corpora, ne senectam quidam aut virginitatem inpollutam relinquant,

id. ib. 14, 35.—

In partic.

The desire that springs from love, desire, love:

differor Cupidine ejus,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 29; cf.:

visae virginis,

Ov. M. 13, 906; Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 210; cf. id. Poen. 1, 1, 68. —In plur.:

me, Contactum nullis ante cupidinibus,

Prop. 1, 1, 2.—Hence,

Personified: Cŭpīdo, ĭnis, m., the god of love, Cupid, son of Venus, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 58 sq.; Prop. 2, 14, 5 (3, 18, 21); Ov. M. 1, 453; 5, 366 et saep.; Hor. C. 1, 2, 34; 2, 8, 14 al.;

in the form CVPEDO,

Inscr. Orell. 1367.—In plur.:

mater saeva Cupidinum,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 1 Orell. ad loc.; 4, 1, 5 al.; cf.

of sculptured figures: exstant caelati scyphi... Myos in eādem aede Silenos et Cupidines,

Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 155; 36, 5, 4, § 41. —Hence,

Cŭpīdĭnĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Cupid ( poet.):

tela,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 65:

sagittae,

id. R. Am. 157.— Transf., lovely, charming ( = formosus), Mart. 7, 87, 9.—

In animals, the sexual impulse:

equina,

Col. 6, 27, 3:

equi cupidine sollicitati,

id. 6, 27, 8.—

(Cf. cupidus, II. A. 2., and cupiditas, II. B. 1.) Avarice, covetousness:

Narcissum incusat cupidinis ac praedarum,

Tac. A. 12, 57; in plur., id. H. 1, 66.—

Personified:

Cupido sordidus,

sordid Avarice, Hor. C. 2, 16, 15.

mellītus, a, um, adj. [mel], of honey, honey-.

Lit.:

melliti favi,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 22: bellaria, id. ap. Gell. 13, 11:

absorptio,

Suet. Ner. 27.—

Sweetened with honey, honey-sweet:

placenta,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 11.—

Trop., honey-sweet, darling, lovely:

mammillae,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 47: Cicero, * Cic. Att. 1, 18, 1:

oculi,

Cat. 47, 1:

passer,

id. 3, 6:

verborum globuli,

Petr. 1.—So in sup.: ubi ubi es mellitissime, Marc. Aur. ap. Front. Ep ad Caes. 4, 5 Mai.; cf.:

mellitissimum savium,

App. M. 2, 10, p. 119.— As subst.: mellītus, i, m.:

mi mellite, mi marite,

my honey, my darling, App. M. 5, 6, p 161.

pulcher, chra, chrum, and less correctly pulcer, cra, crum, adj. [for pol-cer, root pol-ire, akin with parēre, apparēre, prop. bright, shining; hence], beautiful, beauteous, fair, handsome, in shape and appearance (syn.: speciosus, venustus, formosus).

Lit.: homo, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 40 Vahl.):

o puerum pulchrum,

Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 74:

pulcher ac decens,

Suet. Dom. 18:

virgo pulchra!

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 54:

pulchra juvenis,

Phaedr. 2, 2, 5:

quo pulchrior alter Non fuit Aeneadūm,

Verg. A. 9, 179:

formā pulcherrima,

id. ib. 1, 496; cf.: Venus quem pulcherrima dium Fari donavit, Enn. ap. Prob. ap. Verg. E. 6, 31 (Ann. v. 18 Vahl.):

O matre pulchrā filia pulchrior,

Hor. C. 1, 16, 1;

as an epithet of Apollo,

Verg. A. 3, 119 Serv.:

satus Hercule pulchro Pulcher Aventinus,

id. ib. 7, 656:

pulcher bos appellatur ad eximiam pinguedinem perductus,

Fest. p. 238 Müll.:

pulchro corpore creti,

Lucr. 5, 1116:

o faciem pulchram!

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 5:

fuit vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,

Suet. Ner. 51:

color,

Lucr. 4, 1133 and 1094:

mulier pulchra nimis,

Vulg. Gen. 12, 14:

tunicae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 33:

testudo,

Verg. G. 2, 463:

recessus,

Ov. M. 14, 261:

horti,

id. P. 1, 8, 37:

fluvius,

Verg. G. 2, 137; Val. Fl. 5, 486:

quid potest esse aspectu pulchrius?

Cic. Sen. 15, 53:

urbs pulcherrima,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117; Liv. 7, 30, 16:

pulcherrimorum agrorum judex,

Cic. Agr. 2, 16, 43:

acetum acerrimum et pulcherrimum,

Cato, R. R. 104:

panis longe pulcherrimus,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 89:

pulcherrima opera,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69.— Subst.: pulchrum, i, n., beauty:

quid habet pulchri constructus acervus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 44.—

Trop., in a spiritual or moral sense, beautiful, fine, excellent, noble, honorable, glorious, illustrious, etc.:

praetor interea, ne pulchrum se ac beatum putaret,

that he might not think too highly of himself, Cic. Mur. 12, 26:

res publica paulatim immutata ex pulcherrimā pessima ac flagitiosissima facta est,

Sall. C. 5, 9; Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:

pulcherrimum exemplum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

maximum et pulcherrimum facinus,

Sall. C. 20, 3:

fasces,

Lucr. 5, 1234:

pulcherrima consilia,

Verg. A. 5, 728:

nascetur pulchrā Trojanus origine Caesar,

id. ib. 1, 286:

poëmata,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 6:

divitiae,

id. ib. 2, 3, 95:

dies,

favorable, fortunate, id. C. 1, 36, 10:

o Sol pulcher, o laudande,

id. ib. 4, 2, 47;

4, 4, 39: pulcherrimus exitus,

Flor. 2, 2, 14:

viae ejus viae pulchrae,

Vulg. Prov. 3, 17:

pulchrum sub pectore vulnus,

honorable, Sil. 5, 594:

quae majori parti pulcherrima videntur, ea maxime exoptant,

Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118.— Poet., with gen.: pulcherrimus irae, glorious on account of (just) wrath, Sil. 11, 365.—Pulchrum (est), with a subj. -clause, it is beautiful, grand, glorious, etc.:

cui pulchrum fuit in medios dormire dies,

to whom it seemed a fine thing, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 30:

pulchrumque mori succurrit in armis,

Verg. A. 2, 317:

pulchrius hac fuerat, Troja, perire tibi,

Prop. 2, 2, 44 (2, 3, 34): pulchrum putare, ducere, to think or consider beautiful:

pati pulchrum Romanumque putant,

Luc. 9, 391:

turpe ducet cedere pari, pulchrum superasse majores,

Quint. 1, 2, 22. —As a translation of the Gr. ho kalos (a complimentary formula), handsome, lovely, noble: propino hoc pulchro Critiae, Kritiai tôi kalôi, Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96.—Hence, adv.: pulchrē ( - crē), beautifully, excellently, finely, nobly, very, etc.:

subigere aliquid,

Cato, R. R. 74:

aedes probae pulchreque aedificatae,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 61:

oppidum pulchre munitum,

id. Pers. 4, 4, 6:

vendere,

i. e. at a high price, id. ib. 4, 4, 31;

38: conciliare,

at a low price, id. Ep. 3, 4, 36:

victitare,

id. Most. 1, 1, 51:

admonere,

id. Mil. 2, 6, 56:

pulchre dictum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26:

pulchre et oratorie dicere,

Cic. Or. 68, 227:

pulchre asseverat,

bravely, cunningly, id. Clu. 26, 73:

proxima hostia litatur saepe pulcherrime,

very favorably, id. Div. 2, 15, 36: ferre fortunam secundam pulcherrime, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 6:

intellegere,

Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

Caesar ait se non posse galeam cognoscere, hominem pulchre posse,

Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 2:

peristi pulchre,

you have done for yourself finely, utterly, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 50; so,

occidi,

id. Curc. 1, 3, 58.—Pulchre est mihi, I am well, it goes well with me, Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 114; Hor. S. 2, 8, 19; Cat. 23, 5.—Pulchre esse, to live well, enjoy one's self, be happy, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 21:

neque ligna ego praehiberi vidi pulcrius,

in greater abundance, id. Aul. 3, 1, 5:

pulchre, as an exclamation of applause (like recte, probe, etc.),

excellently! bravo! well done! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 4; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 92; Hor. A. P. 428.

Pulcher ( - cer), chri, m., and Pul-chra ( - cra), ae, f., a Roman surname of the Claudii (Clodii), Liv. 38, 35; Val. Max. 3, 5, 3; Tac. A. 4, 52.—Pulchri promontorium, a promontory in Northern Africa, north-east of Carthage, now Cap Bono, Liv. 29, 27, 12.

pulcher, chra, chrum, and less correctly pulcer, cra, crum, adj. [for pol-cer, root pol-ire, akin with parēre, apparēre, prop. bright, shining; hence], beautiful, beauteous, fair, handsome, in shape and appearance (syn.: speciosus, venustus, formosus).

Lit.: homo, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 40 Vahl.):

o puerum pulchrum,

Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 74:

pulcher ac decens,

Suet. Dom. 18:

virgo pulchra!

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 54:

pulchra juvenis,

Phaedr. 2, 2, 5:

quo pulchrior alter Non fuit Aeneadūm,

Verg. A. 9, 179:

formā pulcherrima,

id. ib. 1, 496; cf.: Venus quem pulcherrima dium Fari donavit, Enn. ap. Prob. ap. Verg. E. 6, 31 (Ann. v. 18 Vahl.):

O matre pulchrā filia pulchrior,

Hor. C. 1, 16, 1;

as an epithet of Apollo,

Verg. A. 3, 119 Serv.:

satus Hercule pulchro Pulcher Aventinus,

id. ib. 7, 656:

pulcher bos appellatur ad eximiam pinguedinem perductus,

Fest. p. 238 Müll.:

pulchro corpore creti,

Lucr. 5, 1116:

o faciem pulchram!

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 5:

fuit vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,

Suet. Ner. 51:

color,

Lucr. 4, 1133 and 1094:

mulier pulchra nimis,

Vulg. Gen. 12, 14:

tunicae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 33:

testudo,

Verg. G. 2, 463:

recessus,

Ov. M. 14, 261:

horti,

id. P. 1, 8, 37:

fluvius,

Verg. G. 2, 137; Val. Fl. 5, 486:

quid potest esse aspectu pulchrius?

Cic. Sen. 15, 53:

urbs pulcherrima,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117; Liv. 7, 30, 16:

pulcherrimorum agrorum judex,

Cic. Agr. 2, 16, 43:

acetum acerrimum et pulcherrimum,

Cato, R. R. 104:

panis longe pulcherrimus,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 89:

pulcherrima opera,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69.— Subst.: pulchrum, i, n., beauty:

quid habet pulchri constructus acervus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 44.—

Trop., in a spiritual or moral sense, beautiful, fine, excellent, noble, honorable, glorious, illustrious, etc.:

praetor interea, ne pulchrum se ac beatum putaret,

that he might not think too highly of himself, Cic. Mur. 12, 26:

res publica paulatim immutata ex pulcherrimā pessima ac flagitiosissima facta est,

Sall. C. 5, 9; Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:

pulcherrimum exemplum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

maximum et pulcherrimum facinus,

Sall. C. 20, 3:

fasces,

Lucr. 5, 1234:

pulcherrima consilia,

Verg. A. 5, 728:

nascetur pulchrā Trojanus origine Caesar,

id. ib. 1, 286:

poëmata,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 6:

divitiae,

id. ib. 2, 3, 95:

dies,

favorable, fortunate, id. C. 1, 36, 10:

o Sol pulcher, o laudande,

id. ib. 4, 2, 47;

4, 4, 39: pulcherrimus exitus,

Flor. 2, 2, 14:

viae ejus viae pulchrae,

Vulg. Prov. 3, 17:

pulchrum sub pectore vulnus,

honorable, Sil. 5, 594:

quae majori parti pulcherrima videntur, ea maxime exoptant,

Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118.— Poet., with gen.: pulcherrimus irae, glorious on account of (just) wrath, Sil. 11, 365.—Pulchrum (est), with a subj. -clause, it is beautiful, grand, glorious, etc.:

cui pulchrum fuit in medios dormire dies,

to whom it seemed a fine thing, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 30:

pulchrumque mori succurrit in armis,

Verg. A. 2, 317:

pulchrius hac fuerat, Troja, perire tibi,

Prop. 2, 2, 44 (2, 3, 34): pulchrum putare, ducere, to think or consider beautiful:

pati pulchrum Romanumque putant,

Luc. 9, 391:

turpe ducet cedere pari, pulchrum superasse majores,

Quint. 1, 2, 22. —As a translation of the Gr. ho kalos (a complimentary formula), handsome, lovely, noble: propino hoc pulchro Critiae, Kritiai tôi kalôi, Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96.—Hence, adv.: pulchrē ( - crē), beautifully, excellently, finely, nobly, very, etc.:

subigere aliquid,

Cato, R. R. 74:

aedes probae pulchreque aedificatae,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 61:

oppidum pulchre munitum,

id. Pers. 4, 4, 6:

vendere,

i. e. at a high price, id. ib. 4, 4, 31;

38: conciliare,

at a low price, id. Ep. 3, 4, 36:

victitare,

id. Most. 1, 1, 51:

admonere,

id. Mil. 2, 6, 56:

pulchre dictum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26:

pulchre et oratorie dicere,

Cic. Or. 68, 227:

pulchre asseverat,

bravely, cunningly, id. Clu. 26, 73:

proxima hostia litatur saepe pulcherrime,

very favorably, id. Div. 2, 15, 36: ferre fortunam secundam pulcherrime, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 6:

intellegere,

Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

Caesar ait se non posse galeam cognoscere, hominem pulchre posse,

Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 2:

peristi pulchre,

you have done for yourself finely, utterly, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 50; so,

occidi,

id. Curc. 1, 3, 58.—Pulchre est mihi, I am well, it goes well with me, Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 114; Hor. S. 2, 8, 19; Cat. 23, 5.—Pulchre esse, to live well, enjoy one's self, be happy, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 21:

neque ligna ego praehiberi vidi pulcrius,

in greater abundance, id. Aul. 3, 1, 5:

pulchre, as an exclamation of applause (like recte, probe, etc.),

excellently! bravo! well done! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 4; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 92; Hor. A. P. 428.

Pulcher ( - cer), chri, m., and Pul-chra ( - cra), ae, f., a Roman surname of the Claudii (Clodii), Liv. 38, 35; Val. Max. 3, 5, 3; Tac. A. 4, 52.—Pulchri promontorium, a promontory in Northern Africa, north-east of Carthage, now Cap Bono, Liv. 29, 27, 12.

pulcher, chra, chrum, and less correctly pulcer, cra, crum, adj. [for pol-cer, root pol-ire, akin with parēre, apparēre, prop. bright, shining; hence], beautiful, beauteous, fair, handsome, in shape and appearance (syn.: speciosus, venustus, formosus).

Lit.: homo, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 40 Vahl.):

o puerum pulchrum,

Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 74:

pulcher ac decens,

Suet. Dom. 18:

virgo pulchra!

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 54:

pulchra juvenis,

Phaedr. 2, 2, 5:

quo pulchrior alter Non fuit Aeneadūm,

Verg. A. 9, 179:

formā pulcherrima,

id. ib. 1, 496; cf.: Venus quem pulcherrima dium Fari donavit, Enn. ap. Prob. ap. Verg. E. 6, 31 (Ann. v. 18 Vahl.):

O matre pulchrā filia pulchrior,

Hor. C. 1, 16, 1;

as an epithet of Apollo,

Verg. A. 3, 119 Serv.:

satus Hercule pulchro Pulcher Aventinus,

id. ib. 7, 656:

pulcher bos appellatur ad eximiam pinguedinem perductus,

Fest. p. 238 Müll.:

pulchro corpore creti,

Lucr. 5, 1116:

o faciem pulchram!

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 5:

fuit vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,

Suet. Ner. 51:

color,

Lucr. 4, 1133 and 1094:

mulier pulchra nimis,

Vulg. Gen. 12, 14:

tunicae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 33:

testudo,

Verg. G. 2, 463:

recessus,

Ov. M. 14, 261:

horti,

id. P. 1, 8, 37:

fluvius,

Verg. G. 2, 137; Val. Fl. 5, 486:

quid potest esse aspectu pulchrius?

Cic. Sen. 15, 53:

urbs pulcherrima,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117; Liv. 7, 30, 16:

pulcherrimorum agrorum judex,

Cic. Agr. 2, 16, 43:

acetum acerrimum et pulcherrimum,

Cato, R. R. 104:

panis longe pulcherrimus,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 89:

pulcherrima opera,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69.— Subst.: pulchrum, i, n., beauty:

quid habet pulchri constructus acervus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 44.—

Trop., in a spiritual or moral sense, beautiful, fine, excellent, noble, honorable, glorious, illustrious, etc.:

praetor interea, ne pulchrum se ac beatum putaret,

that he might not think too highly of himself, Cic. Mur. 12, 26:

res publica paulatim immutata ex pulcherrimā pessima ac flagitiosissima facta est,

Sall. C. 5, 9; Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:

pulcherrimum exemplum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

maximum et pulcherrimum facinus,

Sall. C. 20, 3:

fasces,

Lucr. 5, 1234:

pulcherrima consilia,

Verg. A. 5, 728:

nascetur pulchrā Trojanus origine Caesar,

id. ib. 1, 286:

poëmata,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 6:

divitiae,

id. ib. 2, 3, 95:

dies,

favorable, fortunate, id. C. 1, 36, 10:

o Sol pulcher, o laudande,

id. ib. 4, 2, 47;

4, 4, 39: pulcherrimus exitus,

Flor. 2, 2, 14:

viae ejus viae pulchrae,

Vulg. Prov. 3, 17:

pulchrum sub pectore vulnus,

honorable, Sil. 5, 594:

quae majori parti pulcherrima videntur, ea maxime exoptant,

Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118.— Poet., with gen.: pulcherrimus irae, glorious on account of (just) wrath, Sil. 11, 365.—Pulchrum (est), with a subj. -clause, it is beautiful, grand, glorious, etc.:

cui pulchrum fuit in medios dormire dies,

to whom it seemed a fine thing, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 30:

pulchrumque mori succurrit in armis,

Verg. A. 2, 317:

pulchrius hac fuerat, Troja, perire tibi,

Prop. 2, 2, 44 (2, 3, 34): pulchrum putare, ducere, to think or consider beautiful:

pati pulchrum Romanumque putant,

Luc. 9, 391:

turpe ducet cedere pari, pulchrum superasse majores,

Quint. 1, 2, 22. —As a translation of the Gr. ho kalos (a complimentary formula), handsome, lovely, noble: propino hoc pulchro Critiae, Kritiai tôi kalôi, Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96.—Hence, adv.: pulchrē ( - crē), beautifully, excellently, finely, nobly, very, etc.:

subigere aliquid,

Cato, R. R. 74:

aedes probae pulchreque aedificatae,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 61:

oppidum pulchre munitum,

id. Pers. 4, 4, 6:

vendere,

i. e. at a high price, id. ib. 4, 4, 31;

38: conciliare,

at a low price, id. Ep. 3, 4, 36:

victitare,

id. Most. 1, 1, 51:

admonere,

id. Mil. 2, 6, 56:

pulchre dictum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26:

pulchre et oratorie dicere,

Cic. Or. 68, 227:

pulchre asseverat,

bravely, cunningly, id. Clu. 26, 73:

proxima hostia litatur saepe pulcherrime,

very favorably, id. Div. 2, 15, 36: ferre fortunam secundam pulcherrime, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 6:

intellegere,

Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

Caesar ait se non posse galeam cognoscere, hominem pulchre posse,

Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 2:

peristi pulchre,

you have done for yourself finely, utterly, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 50; so,

occidi,

id. Curc. 1, 3, 58.—Pulchre est mihi, I am well, it goes well with me, Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 114; Hor. S. 2, 8, 19; Cat. 23, 5.—Pulchre esse, to live well, enjoy one's self, be happy, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 21:

neque ligna ego praehiberi vidi pulcrius,

in greater abundance, id. Aul. 3, 1, 5:

pulchre, as an exclamation of applause (like recte, probe, etc.),

excellently! bravo! well done! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 4; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 92; Hor. A. P. 428.

Pulcher ( - cer), chri, m., and Pul-chra ( - cra), ae, f., a Roman surname of the Claudii (Clodii), Liv. 38, 35; Val. Max. 3, 5, 3; Tac. A. 4, 52.—Pulchri promontorium, a promontory in Northern Africa, north-east of Carthage, now Cap Bono, Liv. 29, 27, 12.

pulcher, chra, chrum, and less correctly pulcer, cra, crum, adj. [for pol-cer, root pol-ire, akin with parēre, apparēre, prop. bright, shining; hence], beautiful, beauteous, fair, handsome, in shape and appearance (syn.: speciosus, venustus, formosus).

Lit.: homo, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 40 Vahl.):

o puerum pulchrum,

Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 74:

pulcher ac decens,

Suet. Dom. 18:

virgo pulchra!

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 54:

pulchra juvenis,

Phaedr. 2, 2, 5:

quo pulchrior alter Non fuit Aeneadūm,

Verg. A. 9, 179:

formā pulcherrima,

id. ib. 1, 496; cf.: Venus quem pulcherrima dium Fari donavit, Enn. ap. Prob. ap. Verg. E. 6, 31 (Ann. v. 18 Vahl.):

O matre pulchrā filia pulchrior,

Hor. C. 1, 16, 1;

as an epithet of Apollo,

Verg. A. 3, 119 Serv.:

satus Hercule pulchro Pulcher Aventinus,

id. ib. 7, 656:

pulcher bos appellatur ad eximiam pinguedinem perductus,

Fest. p. 238 Müll.:

pulchro corpore creti,

Lucr. 5, 1116:

o faciem pulchram!

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 5:

fuit vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,

Suet. Ner. 51:

color,

Lucr. 4, 1133 and 1094:

mulier pulchra nimis,

Vulg. Gen. 12, 14:

tunicae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 33:

testudo,

Verg. G. 2, 463:

recessus,

Ov. M. 14, 261:

horti,

id. P. 1, 8, 37:

fluvius,

Verg. G. 2, 137; Val. Fl. 5, 486:

quid potest esse aspectu pulchrius?

Cic. Sen. 15, 53:

urbs pulcherrima,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117; Liv. 7, 30, 16:

pulcherrimorum agrorum judex,

Cic. Agr. 2, 16, 43:

acetum acerrimum et pulcherrimum,

Cato, R. R. 104:

panis longe pulcherrimus,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 89:

pulcherrima opera,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69.— Subst.: pulchrum, i, n., beauty:

quid habet pulchri constructus acervus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 44.—

Trop., in a spiritual or moral sense, beautiful, fine, excellent, noble, honorable, glorious, illustrious, etc.:

praetor interea, ne pulchrum se ac beatum putaret,

that he might not think too highly of himself, Cic. Mur. 12, 26:

res publica paulatim immutata ex pulcherrimā pessima ac flagitiosissima facta est,

Sall. C. 5, 9; Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:

pulcherrimum exemplum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

maximum et pulcherrimum facinus,

Sall. C. 20, 3:

fasces,

Lucr. 5, 1234:

pulcherrima consilia,

Verg. A. 5, 728:

nascetur pulchrā Trojanus origine Caesar,

id. ib. 1, 286:

poëmata,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 6:

divitiae,

id. ib. 2, 3, 95:

dies,

favorable, fortunate, id. C. 1, 36, 10:

o Sol pulcher, o laudande,

id. ib. 4, 2, 47;

4, 4, 39: pulcherrimus exitus,

Flor. 2, 2, 14:

viae ejus viae pulchrae,

Vulg. Prov. 3, 17:

pulchrum sub pectore vulnus,

honorable, Sil. 5, 594:

quae majori parti pulcherrima videntur, ea maxime exoptant,

Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118.— Poet., with gen.: pulcherrimus irae, glorious on account of (just) wrath, Sil. 11, 365.—Pulchrum (est), with a subj. -clause, it is beautiful, grand, glorious, etc.:

cui pulchrum fuit in medios dormire dies,

to whom it seemed a fine thing, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 30:

pulchrumque mori succurrit in armis,

Verg. A. 2, 317:

pulchrius hac fuerat, Troja, perire tibi,

Prop. 2, 2, 44 (2, 3, 34): pulchrum putare, ducere, to think or consider beautiful:

pati pulchrum Romanumque putant,

Luc. 9, 391:

turpe ducet cedere pari, pulchrum superasse majores,

Quint. 1, 2, 22. —As a translation of the Gr. ho kalos (a complimentary formula), handsome, lovely, noble: propino hoc pulchro Critiae, Kritiai tôi kalôi, Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96.—Hence, adv.: pulchrē ( - crē), beautifully, excellently, finely, nobly, very, etc.:

subigere aliquid,

Cato, R. R. 74:

aedes probae pulchreque aedificatae,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 61:

oppidum pulchre munitum,

id. Pers. 4, 4, 6:

vendere,

i. e. at a high price, id. ib. 4, 4, 31;

38: conciliare,

at a low price, id. Ep. 3, 4, 36:

victitare,

id. Most. 1, 1, 51:

admonere,

id. Mil. 2, 6, 56:

pulchre dictum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26:

pulchre et oratorie dicere,

Cic. Or. 68, 227:

pulchre asseverat,

bravely, cunningly, id. Clu. 26, 73:

proxima hostia litatur saepe pulcherrime,

very favorably, id. Div. 2, 15, 36: ferre fortunam secundam pulcherrime, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 6:

intellegere,

Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

Caesar ait se non posse galeam cognoscere, hominem pulchre posse,

Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 2:

peristi pulchre,

you have done for yourself finely, utterly, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 50; so,

occidi,

id. Curc. 1, 3, 58.—Pulchre est mihi, I am well, it goes well with me, Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 114; Hor. S. 2, 8, 19; Cat. 23, 5.—Pulchre esse, to live well, enjoy one's self, be happy, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 21:

neque ligna ego praehiberi vidi pulcrius,

in greater abundance, id. Aul. 3, 1, 5:

pulchre, as an exclamation of applause (like recte, probe, etc.),

excellently! bravo! well done! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 4; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 92; Hor. A. P. 428.

Pulcher ( - cer), chri, m., and Pul-chra ( - cra), ae, f., a Roman surname of the Claudii (Clodii), Liv. 38, 35; Val. Max. 3, 5, 3; Tac. A. 4, 52.—Pulchri promontorium, a promontory in Northern Africa, north-east of Carthage, now Cap Bono, Liv. 29, 27, 12.

pulcher, chra, chrum, and less correctly pulcer, cra, crum, adj. [for pol-cer, root pol-ire, akin with parēre, apparēre, prop. bright, shining; hence], beautiful, beauteous, fair, handsome, in shape and appearance (syn.: speciosus, venustus, formosus).

Lit.: homo, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 40 Vahl.):

o puerum pulchrum,

Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 74:

pulcher ac decens,

Suet. Dom. 18:

virgo pulchra!

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 54:

pulchra juvenis,

Phaedr. 2, 2, 5:

quo pulchrior alter Non fuit Aeneadūm,

Verg. A. 9, 179:

formā pulcherrima,

id. ib. 1, 496; cf.: Venus quem pulcherrima dium Fari donavit, Enn. ap. Prob. ap. Verg. E. 6, 31 (Ann. v. 18 Vahl.):

O matre pulchrā filia pulchrior,

Hor. C. 1, 16, 1;

as an epithet of Apollo,

Verg. A. 3, 119 Serv.:

satus Hercule pulchro Pulcher Aventinus,

id. ib. 7, 656:

pulcher bos appellatur ad eximiam pinguedinem perductus,

Fest. p. 238 Müll.:

pulchro corpore creti,

Lucr. 5, 1116:

o faciem pulchram!

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 5:

fuit vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,

Suet. Ner. 51:

color,

Lucr. 4, 1133 and 1094:

mulier pulchra nimis,

Vulg. Gen. 12, 14:

tunicae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 33:

testudo,

Verg. G. 2, 463:

recessus,

Ov. M. 14, 261:

horti,

id. P. 1, 8, 37:

fluvius,

Verg. G. 2, 137; Val. Fl. 5, 486:

quid potest esse aspectu pulchrius?

Cic. Sen. 15, 53:

urbs pulcherrima,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117; Liv. 7, 30, 16:

pulcherrimorum agrorum judex,

Cic. Agr. 2, 16, 43:

acetum acerrimum et pulcherrimum,

Cato, R. R. 104:

panis longe pulcherrimus,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 89:

pulcherrima opera,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69.— Subst.: pulchrum, i, n., beauty:

quid habet pulchri constructus acervus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 44.—

Trop., in a spiritual or moral sense, beautiful, fine, excellent, noble, honorable, glorious, illustrious, etc.:

praetor interea, ne pulchrum se ac beatum putaret,

that he might not think too highly of himself, Cic. Mur. 12, 26:

res publica paulatim immutata ex pulcherrimā pessima ac flagitiosissima facta est,

Sall. C. 5, 9; Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:

pulcherrimum exemplum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

maximum et pulcherrimum facinus,

Sall. C. 20, 3:

fasces,

Lucr. 5, 1234:

pulcherrima consilia,

Verg. A. 5, 728:

nascetur pulchrā Trojanus origine Caesar,

id. ib. 1, 286:

poëmata,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 6:

divitiae,

id. ib. 2, 3, 95:

dies,

favorable, fortunate, id. C. 1, 36, 10:

o Sol pulcher, o laudande,

id. ib. 4, 2, 47;

4, 4, 39: pulcherrimus exitus,

Flor. 2, 2, 14:

viae ejus viae pulchrae,

Vulg. Prov. 3, 17:

pulchrum sub pectore vulnus,

honorable, Sil. 5, 594:

quae majori parti pulcherrima videntur, ea maxime exoptant,

Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118.— Poet., with gen.: pulcherrimus irae, glorious on account of (just) wrath, Sil. 11, 365.—Pulchrum (est), with a subj. -clause, it is beautiful, grand, glorious, etc.:

cui pulchrum fuit in medios dormire dies,

to whom it seemed a fine thing, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 30:

pulchrumque mori succurrit in armis,

Verg. A. 2, 317:

pulchrius hac fuerat, Troja, perire tibi,

Prop. 2, 2, 44 (2, 3, 34): pulchrum putare, ducere, to think or consider beautiful:

pati pulchrum Romanumque putant,

Luc. 9, 391:

turpe ducet cedere pari, pulchrum superasse majores,

Quint. 1, 2, 22. —As a translation of the Gr. ho kalos (a complimentary formula), handsome, lovely, noble: propino hoc pulchro Critiae, Kritiai tôi kalôi, Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96.—Hence, adv.: pulchrē ( - crē), beautifully, excellently, finely, nobly, very, etc.:

subigere aliquid,

Cato, R. R. 74:

aedes probae pulchreque aedificatae,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 61:

oppidum pulchre munitum,

id. Pers. 4, 4, 6:

vendere,

i. e. at a high price, id. ib. 4, 4, 31;

38: conciliare,

at a low price, id. Ep. 3, 4, 36:

victitare,

id. Most. 1, 1, 51:

admonere,

id. Mil. 2, 6, 56:

pulchre dictum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26:

pulchre et oratorie dicere,

Cic. Or. 68, 227:

pulchre asseverat,

bravely, cunningly, id. Clu. 26, 73:

proxima hostia litatur saepe pulcherrime,

very favorably, id. Div. 2, 15, 36: ferre fortunam secundam pulcherrime, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 6:

intellegere,

Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

Caesar ait se non posse galeam cognoscere, hominem pulchre posse,

Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 2:

peristi pulchre,

you have done for yourself finely, utterly, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 50; so,

occidi,

id. Curc. 1, 3, 58.—Pulchre est mihi, I am well, it goes well with me, Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 114; Hor. S. 2, 8, 19; Cat. 23, 5.—Pulchre esse, to live well, enjoy one's self, be happy, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 21:

neque ligna ego praehiberi vidi pulcrius,

in greater abundance, id. Aul. 3, 1, 5:

pulchre, as an exclamation of applause (like recte, probe, etc.),

excellently! bravo! well done! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 4; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 92; Hor. A. P. 428.

Pulcher ( - cer), chri, m., and Pul-chra ( - cra), ae, f., a Roman surname of the Claudii (Clodii), Liv. 38, 35; Val. Max. 3, 5, 3; Tac. A. 4, 52.—Pulchri promontorium, a promontory in Northern Africa, north-east of Carthage, now Cap Bono, Liv. 29, 27, 12.