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1 lēnitās
lēnitās ātis, f [lenis], softness, smoothness, gentleness, mildness: Arar in Rhodanum influit incredibili lenitate, Cs.: vocis.—Fig., mildness, gentleness, tenderness, lenity: inepta patris, T.: dare se ad lenitatem: legum.—Of style: elaborant alii in lenitate: genus orationis cum lenitate quādam aequabili profluens.* * *smoothness; gentleness, mildness; lenience -
2 patientia
patientia ae, f [patiens], the quality of suffering, patience, endurance, submission: in inopiā patientiāque permanent, Cs.: famis et frigoris: paupertatis.— Forbearance, indulgence, lenity: patientiam proponit suam, cum, etc., Cs.: quousque tandem abutere patientiā nostrā?: levius fit patientiā alqd, H.— Humility: quem duplici panno patientia velat, H.— Submission to lust, C.— Submissiveness, subjection: Britanniam uno proelio veteri patientiae restituit, Ta.* * *endurance/hardiness; patience/persistence; apathy; sufferance; hardship; tolerance/forbearance; complaisance/submissiveness; submission by prostitute -
3 benignitas
I.Of feeling or external conduct, kindness, friendliness, courtesy, benevolence, benignity:II.si ad vortendum huc animum adest benignitas,
Plaut. Merc. prol. 11:justitia, cui sunt adjunctae pietas, bonitas, liberalitas, benignitas, comitas, quaeque sunt generis ejusdem,
Cic. Fin. 5, 23, 65:etsi me attentissimis animis summā cum benignitate auditis,
id. Sest. 13, 31; id. Caecin. 3, 9; id. Dom. 14, 32; id. Verr. 2, 3, 83, § 191; id. Rosc. Com. 12, 33:benignitas animi,
Tac. H. 2, 30; Dig. 48, 19, 11; 1, 3, 25.—Of deeds, kindness, liberality, bounty, favor:B.num solus ille dona dat? nunc ubi meam Benignitatem sensisti in te claudier?
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 84 (intellegit se et dona obtulisse, et id benigne saepe fecisse, Don.); Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 80:illa quanta benignitas naturae, quod tam multa ad vescendum, tam varia, tamque jucunda gignit,
Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 131:largitio, quae fit ex re familiari, fontem ipsum benignitatis exhaurit. Ita benignitate benignitas tollitur,
id. Off. 2, 15, 52; 2, 15, 54:ne benignitas major esset quam facultates,
id. ib. 1, 14, 44:amicorum benignitas exhausta est in eā re,
id. Att. 4, 2, 7:(Volumnius) benignitatem per se gratam comitate adjuvabat,
Liv. 9, 42, 5: satis superque me benignitas tua Ditavit, *Hor. Epod. 1, 31; August. ap. Suet. Aug. 71:benignitate deūm fractae hostium vires,
Tac. H. 4, 85; id. A. 14, 6.— In plur.:vides, benignitates hominum ut periere,
Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 54.— -
4 commoditas
commŏdĭtas, ātis, f. [commodus].I.Due measure, just proportion, symmetry (so very rare): commoditas et aequitas membrorum, * Suet. Aug. 79.—B.Of discourse, fitness, a suitable oratorical expression, Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 9; id. Inv. 1, 2, 3;II.corresp. to commode dicere,
Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1.—(Acc. to commodus, II.) Easy, unrestrained, free action:2.corporis aliqua commoditas non naturā data, sed studio et industriā parta,
i. e. dexterity, skill, Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 36.—Convenience, ease:B.id, ob commoditatem itineris ponte sublicio... conjungi urbi placuit,
Liv. 1, 33, 6.—Of things, fitness, convenience, a fit occasion, advantage, benefit (class.):2.commoditatis omnes articulos scio,
Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 31:in loco opportunitas, in occasione commoditas ad faciendum idonea (consideranda est),
Cic. Inv. 2, 12, 40; id. Off. 1, 39, 138; Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 94; Ter. And. 3, 3, 37:o Fors Fortuna, quantis commoditatibus hunc onerastis diem!
id. Phorm. 5, 6, 1:plurimas et maximas commoditates amicitia continet,
Cic. Lael. 7, 23; cf. id. N. D. 3, 36, 86; id. Fin. 4, 12, 29:percipere fructum aut commoditatem ex re,
id. Off. 2, 4, 14:cum commoditas juvaret,
Liv. 4, 60, 2.—Of persons, pleasantness, complaisance, courteousness, forbearance, lenity (only ante-class. and in Ov.):b.vir lepidissime, Cumulate commoditate,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 9, 6; Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 76: patris, Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 73:viri,
Ov. H. 17, 176; 16, 310.—Meton. in Plaut.:commoditas mea, as a term of endearment,
Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 8; id. Men. 1, 2, 28; id. Poen. 1, 3, 12. -
5 lenitas
lēnĭtas, ātis, f. [1. lenis], softness, smoothness, gentleness, mildness.I.Lit.:II.vini, opp. asperitas,
Plin. 14, 19, 24, § 120:lini,
id. 13, 12, 26, § 82:Arar in Rhodanum influit incredibili lenitate,
slowness, Caes. B. G. 1, 12:vocis,
mildness, Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 182:smaragdi viridis lenitas,
delicate green, Plin. 37, 5, 16, § 63.—Trop.A.In gen., mildness, gentleness, tenderness, lenity:B.non est jam lenitati locus, severitatem res ipsa flagitat,
Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 6:dare se ad lenitatem,
id. Fam. 13, 1, 4:animi, with mollitia,
id. Sull. 6, 18:animadvertendi,
id. Part. Or. 22, 78:legum,
id. Rab. Perd. 3, 10:remissa nimis lenitate uti,
Gell. 11, 18, 6.—In partic., of speech:elaborant alii in lenitate et aequabilitate, et puro quasi quodam et candido genere dicendi,
Cic. Or. 16, 53:lenitas ejus sine nervis perspici potest,
id. Brut. 48, 177:genus orationis cum lenitate quadam aequabili profluens,
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6 patientia
I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.pati entia est honestatis aut utilitatis causā rerum arduarum ac difficilium voluntaria ac diuturna perpessio,
Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 163:patientia famis et frigoris,
id. Cat. 1, 10, 26:hominum ea patientia, virtus frugalitasque est,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 7:paupertatis,
id. Agr. 2, 24, 64:audiendi,
Quint. 11, 2, 8; 12, 9, 9.—In partic., submission to unnatural lust, pathicism, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 34; Sen. Q. N. 1, 16, 5; id. Vit. Beat. 13, 3; Tac. A. 6, 1; Petr. 9 and 25; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 5, 3, 2.—II.Transf.A.Forbearance, indulgence, lenity:B.constantiam dico? nescio an melius patientiam possem dicere,
Cic. Lig. 9, 26:quousque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientiā nostrā?
id. Cat. 1, 1, 1; id. Pis. 2, 5:quem duplici panno patientia velat,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 25:levius fit patientiā Quicquid corrigere est nefas,
id. C. 1, 24, 19.—In a bad sense, indolence, want of spirit: ne quis in me aut nimiam patientiam, aut nimium stuporem arguat, Porc. Latro ap. Sen. Contr. 2, 15; Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 5:C.in patientiā firmitudinem simulans,
Tac. A. 6, 46.—Submissiveness, subjection:usque ad servilem patientiam demissus,
Tac. A. 14, 26:Britanniam uno praelio veteri patientiae restituit,
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7 remissio
I.Lit. (rare).1.A sending back, returning; of persons:2. II.obsidum captivorumque,
Liv. 27, 17, 1.—Of things, a throwing back, reflecting:splendoris,
Vitr. 7, 3, 9.—Trop.A.A slackening, relaxing, abating, diminishing, remitting; remission, relaxation, abatement (syn. relaxatio):2.animus intentione suā depellit pressum omnem ponderum, remissione autem sic urgetur, ut se nequeat extollere,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54:contentiones vocis et remissiones,
id. de Or. 1, 61, 261; cf. id. Brut. 91, 314; so,vocis,
Quint. 1, 10, 25: sphugmos est intentio motūs et remissio in corde et in arteria, Gell. 18, 10, 10:remissio lenitatis quādam gravitate et contentione firmatur,
laxity, Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 212:operis,
Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 7; cf.laboris,
id. ib. 2, 6, 4; Quint. 3, 8, 29:tales igitur amicitiae sunt remissione usus eluendae,
Cic. Lael. 21, 76:senescentis morbi remissio,
id. Fam. 7, 26, 1; so,febris,
Suet. Tib. 73:doloris,
Scrib. Comp. 99.—Slackness, laxness, want of spirit:3.in acerbissimā injuriā remissio animi ac dissolutio,
Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 9.—Relaxation, recreation:4.ad omnem animi remissionem ludumque descendere,
Cic. de Or 2, 6, 22; so,animorum,
id. Fam. 9, 24, 3; id. Arch. 7, 16.— Absol.:quem non quies, non remissio, non aequalium studia, non ludi delectarent,
Cic. Cael. 17, 39:danda est omnibus aliqua remissio,
Quint. 1, 3, 8.— Absol. in plur., Quint. 1, 3, 8, § 11; Gell. 15, 2, 5; Plin. Ep. 4, 3, 1, id. Pan. 49, 4:tempora curarum remissionumque,
Tac. Agr. 9; id. Or. 28.—Mildness, gentleness, lenity:B.(Adversarius) tum ad severitatem, tum ad remissionem animi est contorquen dus,
Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72 (cf. remissus, B. 1.): so,remissione poenae,
by a relaxing, diminishing of punishment, by a milder punishment, id. Cat. 4, 6, 13.—(Acc. to remitto, I. B. 2. b.) A remitting of a penalty, etc., a remission, Col. 1, 7, 1; Suet. Caes. 20; Plin. Ep. 8, 2, 6; 10, 8, 5:C.remissio tributi in triennium,
Tac. A. 4, 13:nuntiationis,
remission, abrogation, Dig. 39, 1, 8, § 4.— Plur.:post magnas remissiones,
reduction of rent, Plin. Ep. 9, 37, 2.—In eccl. Lat., remission, forgiveness of sin, etc.:* III.delicti,
Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 28: peccatorum, Ambros. de Isaac et Anim. 1, 1; Vulg. Matt. 26, 28; id. Act. 2, 38.—A repetition:nova ludorum remissio,
Petr. 60, 5.
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