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  • 1 raritas

    I.
    Lit.:

    in pulmonibus inest raritas quaedam et assimilis spongiis mollitudo ad hauriendum spiritum aptissima,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 136:

    dentium,

    Quint. 11, 3, 55:

    (asini) nec pontes transeunt, per raritatem eorum translucentibus fluviis,

    Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 169.—In plur.:

    foraminum raritates,

    Vitr. 2, 5:

    venarum,

    id. 8, 3.—
    II.
    Transf., small number, fewness, rarity:

    capillorum,

    thinness, Suet. Oth. 12; cf.

    superciliorum,

    Plin. 28, 11, 46, § 163:

    stellarum (opp. multitudo),

    id. 2, 18, 16, § 80:

    remanentium (hominum),

    Suet. Aug. 43:

    exemplorum,

    Plin. 7, 13, 11, § 58; cf. Cels. 7, 14:

    raritas dictorum distinguet oratorem a scurrā,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 247; cf.

    figurarum,

    Quint. 9, 3, 27:

    lavandi,

    Suet. Aug. 82:

    in raritate videre,

    Lampr. Elag. 28. —
    b.
    Concr., a rarity:

    Alexandro equi magna raritas contigit,

    Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 154.— In plur.:

    raritates,

    Gell. 3, 16, 9.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > raritas

  • 2 albus

        albus adj.,    white (without lustre, opp. ater; cf. candidus, opp. niger): color: hedera, V.: plumbum, i. e. tin, Cs.: parma, i. e. unadorned, V.: canities, O.: vitis, bryony, O.: pallor, ghastly, H.: lapis, marble, H.: pedibus vēnire albis, i. e. with chalked feet (as of slaves for sale), Iu.: stella, propitious, H.: Notus, clear, H.—Prov.: avis alba, a white bird (i. e. a rarity): filius albae gallinae, a white hen's son, i. e. a son of fortune, Iu.—Ater an albus, black or white, i. e. I care not who or what: unde illa scivit ater an albus nascerer, Ph.: is qui albus aterve fuerit ignoras.—Equis albis praecurrere alqm, greatly to surpass (in allusion to the triumphal chariot), H.
    * * *
    alba -um, albior -or -us, albissimus -a -um ADJ
    white, pale, fair, hoary, gray; bright, clear; favorable, auspicious, fortunate

    Latin-English dictionary > albus

  • 3 novitās

        novitās ātis, f    [novus], newness, novelty: rei novitas: regni, V.: grata, H.: dulcis, O.: anni, i. e. the spring, O.— Plur: novitates, new acquaintances. —Rareness, strangeness, unusualness: sceleris atque periculi, S.: pugnae, Cs.: decretorum: Adiuta est novitas numine nostra dei, novel attempt, O.: in novitate fama antecedit, rumor anticipates an unexpected event, Cs.— Newness of rank, low origin: mea, C., S.: novitati invidere, i. e. an upstart.
    * * *
    newness; strangeness/novelty/unusualness/rarity; unfamilarity; freshness; restored state (as new); being new appointed/promoted; surprise; modern times

    Latin-English dictionary > novitās

  • 4 rāritās

        rāritās ātis, f    [rarus], looseness of texture: in pulmonibus.— Small number, rarity: dictorum.

    Latin-English dictionary > rāritās

  • 5 tenuitas

    tĕnŭĭtas, ātis. f. [tenuis], thinness, slenderness, fineness, smallness, tenuity (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    casurusne in conspectum videatur animus, an tanta sit ejus tenuitas, ut fugiat aciem,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 22, 50:

    valetudo modo bona sit, tenuitas ipsa delectat,

    slimness, id. Brut. 16, 64:

    crurum,

    Phaedr. 1, 12, 6: aëris, rarity (with siccitas), Sen. Q. N. 2, 10, 1:

    lini,

    Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 9:

    chartae,

    id. 13, 12, 24, § 79:

    capillamenti,

    id. 11, 37, 65, § 171:

    liniam duxit summae tenuitatis per tabulam,

    id. 35, 10, 36, § 81:

    caudae,

    id. 8, 33, 51, § 121:

    cribri,

    id. 18, 11, 27, § 105:

    aquae,

    thinness, clearness, purity, id. 31, 3, 23, § 38; cf.

    sanguinis,

    id. 11, 39, 92, § 226 et saep.—
    B.
    Transf. (acc. to tenuis, I. B.), smallness, insignificance, poverty, indigence, scarcity:

    Magii,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265:

    alicujus,

    Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 4; Caes. B. G. 7, 17:

    aerarii,

    Cic. Off. 2, 21, 74:

    earum rerum, quas terra procreet, vel ubertatem vel tenuitatem,

    id. Div. 2, 13, 30.—
    II.
    Trop., fineness, acuteness, minuteness in language:

    limata tenuitas et rerum et verborum,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 12, 40; id. Opt. Gen. Or. 3, 9:

    (dialectica) sectas ad tenuitatem suam vires ipsā subtilitate consumet,

    Quint. 12, 2, 13; 12, 10, 35; 10, 2, 23:

    discriminum ac differentiarum tenuitates,

    fine shades, Gell. 1, 3, 29.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > tenuitas

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