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1 facētiae
facētiae ārum, f [facetus], wit, witty sayings, witticisms, pleasantry, drollery, humor, facetiousness: homo facetiis praeditus: omnes facetiis superare: multae facetiae multusque lepos inerat, S.: facetiarum quidam lepos: facie magis quam facetiis ridiculus. -
2 fēstīvitās
fēstīvitās ātis, f [festivus], good-fellowship, generosity: patris, T.—Of speech, humor, pleasantry, jocoseness: oratio festivitate conditior: his festivitatibus abutitur, witticisms.* * *festivity, feast; conviviality, charm; heart's delight; humor (speaker), wit -
3 impulsiō (inp-)
impulsiō (inp-) ōnis, f [1 in+1 PAL-], external pressure, influence: aliqua.—Fig., incitement, instigation, impulse: ad omnem animi motum: ad hilaritatem, pleasantry. -
4 lepōs
lepōs ōris, m [LAP-], pleasantness, agreeableness, charm, grace, politeness: adfluens omni lepore: specimen leporis.— Pleasantry, wit, humor: tantus in iocando: scurrilis: inusitatus nostris oratoribus: verborum, sententiarum lepores.* * *charm, grace; wit; humor -
5 urbānitās
urbānitās ātis, f [urbanus], a living in the city, city life, life in Rome: desideria urbis et urbanitatis.— City fashion, city manners, refinement, elegance, politeness, courtesy, affability, urbanity: addo urbanitatem, quae est virtus: urbanitate quādam quasi colorata oratio.— Wit, humor, pleasantry, raillery: in hominum facetorum urbanitatem incurrere.— Trickery, knavery, Ta.* * *city living, city life/manners, life in Rome; sophistication, polish, wit -
6 facetia
I.Sing. (ante- and post-class.): haec facetiast, amare inter se rivalis duos, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 47:II.jocularis,
Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1, 21:facetia sermonis Plauto congruentis,
Gell. 3, 3, 3:facetiae habere, res divinas deridere,
App. Mag. 56, p. 310, 27. —Plur.: făcētĭae, ārum.A.A witty or clever thing in action or behavior (Plautin.):B.mulier, quoi facetiarum cor corpusque sit plenum et doli,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 186:fecisti, here, facetias, quom, etc.,
id. Stich. 5, 2, 7.—Wit, witty sayings, witticisms, pleasantry, drollery, humor, facetiousness (class.;syn.: sal, dicacitas, cavillatio, lepos, urbanitas, comitas): (sales), quorum duo genera sunt, unum facetiarum, alterum dicacitatis,
Cic. Or. 26, 87:cum duo genera sint facetiarum... illa a veteribus superior cavillatio, haec altera dicacitas nominata est,
id. de Or. 2, 54, 218:facetiis autem maxime homines delectari, si quando risus conjuncte, re verboque moveatur,
id. ib. 2, 61, 248:P. Scipio omnes sale facetiisque superabat,
id. Brut. 34, 128:festivitate et facetiis C. Julius et superioribus et aequalibus suis omnibus praestitit,
id. ib. 48, 177:sale tuo et lepore et politissimis facetiis pellexisti,
id. de Or. 1, 57, 243:accedat oportet lepos quidam facetiaeque,
id. ib. 1, 5, 17; cf.:dulces Latini leporis facetiae,
Vell. 1, 17, 1:facetiarum quidam lepos,
Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 159:facie magis quam facetiis ridiculus,
id. Att 1, 13, 2:ego mirifice capior facetiis, maxime nostratibus (corresp. to sales),
id. Fam. 9, 15, 2:asperis facetiis illusus,
sarcasms, Tac. A. 15, 68; cf.acerbae,
id. ib. 5, 2:per facetias incusare aliquem,
id. ib. 14, 1. -
7 facetiae
I.Sing. (ante- and post-class.): haec facetiast, amare inter se rivalis duos, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 47:II.jocularis,
Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1, 21:facetia sermonis Plauto congruentis,
Gell. 3, 3, 3:facetiae habere, res divinas deridere,
App. Mag. 56, p. 310, 27. —Plur.: făcētĭae, ārum.A.A witty or clever thing in action or behavior (Plautin.):B.mulier, quoi facetiarum cor corpusque sit plenum et doli,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 186:fecisti, here, facetias, quom, etc.,
id. Stich. 5, 2, 7.—Wit, witty sayings, witticisms, pleasantry, drollery, humor, facetiousness (class.;syn.: sal, dicacitas, cavillatio, lepos, urbanitas, comitas): (sales), quorum duo genera sunt, unum facetiarum, alterum dicacitatis,
Cic. Or. 26, 87:cum duo genera sint facetiarum... illa a veteribus superior cavillatio, haec altera dicacitas nominata est,
id. de Or. 2, 54, 218:facetiis autem maxime homines delectari, si quando risus conjuncte, re verboque moveatur,
id. ib. 2, 61, 248:P. Scipio omnes sale facetiisque superabat,
id. Brut. 34, 128:festivitate et facetiis C. Julius et superioribus et aequalibus suis omnibus praestitit,
id. ib. 48, 177:sale tuo et lepore et politissimis facetiis pellexisti,
id. de Or. 1, 57, 243:accedat oportet lepos quidam facetiaeque,
id. ib. 1, 5, 17; cf.:dulces Latini leporis facetiae,
Vell. 1, 17, 1:facetiarum quidam lepos,
Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 159:facie magis quam facetiis ridiculus,
id. Att 1, 13, 2:ego mirifice capior facetiis, maxime nostratibus (corresp. to sales),
id. Fam. 9, 15, 2:asperis facetiis illusus,
sarcasms, Tac. A. 15, 68; cf.acerbae,
id. ib. 5, 2:per facetias incusare aliquem,
id. ib. 14, 1. -
8 festivitas
I.Lit.:II.jocum, festivitatem, ferias,
Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 3.—Transf.A.As a word of endearment (Plautinian):* B.mi animule, Mea vita, mea festivitas (for which, shortly after: voluptas mea, meus festus dies),
my joy, my delight, Plaut. Cas. 1, 47; 3, 3, 14; id. Poen. 1, 2, 176.—A pleasant or kind demeanor, kindness:C.mei patris festivitas et facilitas,
Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 18; cf. festivus, II. A.—Of speech, humor, pleasantry, jocoseness (Ciceron.;D.syn.: facetiae, lepor, sal): cum in illo genere perpetuae festivitatis ars non desideretur,
Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 219:festivitate et facetiis C. Julius omnibus praestitit,
id. Brut. 48, 177:nec umquam fuit oratio lepore et festivitate conditior (shortly before: faceta et urbana),
id. de Or. 2, 56, 227:summa festivitate et venustate,
id. ib. 1, 57, 243; id. Inv. 1, 18, 25:imago antiquae et vernaculae festivitatis (corresp. to facetiae and lepores),
id. Fam. 9, 15, 2.—In plur.:Gorgias his festivitatibus insolentius abutitur,
play of words, witticism, Cic. Or. 52, 176; Gell. praef. § 4.—Post-class., a festival, feast: festivitas in cunctis oppidis celebranda, Cod. Th. 15, 5, 3; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 63.—In plur.:sollennes, Cod. Th. 6, 8, 1: natalium principis,
ib. 6, 4, 30. -
9 impulsio
I.Lit., external pressure, influence:II. A.omnis coagmentatio corporis vel calore vel frigore vel aliqua impulsione vehementi labefactatur et frangitur,
Cic. Univ. 5, 14.—In gen.:B.impulsio est, quae sine cogitatione per quandam affectionem animi facere aliquid hortatur, ut amor, iracundia, aegritudo,
Cic. Inv. 2, 5, 17; cf. id. ib. § 19; 2, 6, 20.—In partic.: ad hilaritatem impulsio, pleasantry, an incitement to merriment, = Gr. charientismos, a figure of speech, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 205; Quint. 9, 1, 31; 9, 2, 3. -
10 incomis
in-cōmis, e, adj., unpleasant:vita,
Macr. S. 1, 7 med. — Adv.: incōmĭter, ungracefully, without pleasantry:haud incomiter,
Flor. 4, 8, 4. -
11 incomiter
in-cōmis, e, adj., unpleasant:vita,
Macr. S. 1, 7 med. — Adv.: incōmĭter, ungracefully, without pleasantry:haud incomiter,
Flor. 4, 8, 4. -
12 inpulsio
I.Lit., external pressure, influence:II. A.omnis coagmentatio corporis vel calore vel frigore vel aliqua impulsione vehementi labefactatur et frangitur,
Cic. Univ. 5, 14.—In gen.:B.impulsio est, quae sine cogitatione per quandam affectionem animi facere aliquid hortatur, ut amor, iracundia, aegritudo,
Cic. Inv. 2, 5, 17; cf. id. ib. § 19; 2, 6, 20.—In partic.: ad hilaritatem impulsio, pleasantry, an incitement to merriment, = Gr. charientismos, a figure of speech, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 205; Quint. 9, 1, 31; 9, 2, 3. -
13 lepor
lĕpor and lĕpos, ōris, m. [perh. root lamp-; Gr. lampô, lampros; cf. Lat. limpidus, lanterna], pleasantness, agreeableness, attractiveness, charm.I.In gen.:II.quasi salsa muriatica esse autumantur sine omni lepore et sine suavitate,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 32:aurea, pavonum ridenti imbuta lepore Saecla,
Lucr. 2, 502; 4, 1133:omnis vitae lepos,
Plin. 31, 7, 41, § 88.—In partic.A.Of behavior, pleasantness, grace, politeness, amiability:B.affluens omni lepore ac venustate,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142:in quo mihi videtur specimen fuisse humanitatis, salis, suavitatis, leporis,
id. Tusc. 5, 19, 55. —As a term of endearment, = blanditiae, my delight, charmer:C.respice, o mi lepos,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 19; id. Curc. 1, 2, 4.—Of speech, pleasantry, wit, humor (so most freq. in Cic.; cf.:sal, facetiae, festivitas): Inest lepos ludusque in hac comoedia,
Plaut. As. prol. 13:ea esset in homine jucunditas et tantus in jocando lepos ut, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 27:urbanitatis oratorius, non scurrilis, lepos,
id. Brut. 38, 143; cf. id. de Or. 1, 34, 159:floruit admirabili quodam lepore dicendi,
id. Ac. 2, 6, 16:inusitatus nostris oratoribus lepos,
id. de Or. 2, 23, 98:omnes verborum, omnes sententiarum lepores,
id. Or. 27, 96. -
14 urbanitas
I.Lit.:II.desideria urbis et urbanitatis,
Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1:in urbis urbanitatisque desiderio,
id. ib. 7, 17, 1.—Transf., city fashion, city manners, both in a good and in a bad sense.A.In a good sense.1.Refinement, elegance of manner, politeness, courtesy, affability, urbanity:2.addo urbanitatem, quae est virtus, ut Stoici rectissime putant,
Cic. Fam. 3, 7, 5.—Refinement, delicacy, or elegance of speech:b.urbanitate quādam quasi colorata oratio,
Cic. Brut. 46, 170; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 17 (opp. rusticitas); 6, 3, 103 sq.—In partic., wit, humor, pleasantry, raillery: contumelia si petulantius jactatur, convicium;B.si facetius, urbanitas nominatur,
Cic. Cael. 3, 6:in quantam hominum facetorum urbanitatem incurratis, non dico,
id. Fin. 2, 31, 103:ut aliquando subtilitatem veteris urbanitatis et humanissimi sermonis attingerem,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 10, 2:vides exaruisse jam veterem urbanitatem,
id. Fam. 7, 31, 2:mancipiorum urbanitas in dominos contumeliosa,
Sen. Const. 11, 3:in jocis,
Quint. 2, 5, 8:oratoria,
id. 6, 3, 14:risus si aptus est, urbanitatis nomen adsequitur,
id. 8, 6, 74; 10, 1, 115.—
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