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  • 21 īgnōbilis

        īgnōbilis e, adj.    [2 in+(g)nobilis], unknown, unrenowned, undistinguished, obscure: ad supremum diem perventurus: civitas, obscure, Cs.: otium, inglorious peace, V.—Of low birth, baseborn, ignoble: familia: virgo, T.: volgus, V.: regnum Tulli, H.
    * * *
    ignobilis, ignobile ADJ
    ignoble; unknown, obscure; of low birth

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  • 22 īgnōbilitās

        īgnōbilitās ātis, f    [ignobilis], want of fame, obscurity: ignobilitas aut humilitas: virorum, O. —Low birth, mean origin: Iugurthae, S.: generis: paterna, L.
    * * *
    obscurity, want of fame; low birth

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  • 23 nātālīcius

        nātālīcius adj.    [natalis], of the hour of birth, of a birthday, natal: Chaldaeorum praedicta, a casting of nativities: sidera: lardum, Iu.—As subst f. (sc. cena), a birthday entertainment: Dat nataliciam in hortis.
    * * *
    natalicia, natalicium ADJ

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  • 24 nātīvus

        nātīvus adj.    [GEN-], that has arisen by birth, born: opinio est, nativos esse deos, i. e. not eternal. —Imparted by birth, inborn, innate, original: in alquo lepor, N.: sensus.— Produced by nature, not artificial, natural, native: (silva) pro nativo muro obiecta, Cs.: urbis praesidia: coma, genuine, O.— In gram., primitive: verba.
    * * *
    nativa, nativum ADJ
    original; innate; natural; born

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  • 25 nātūra

        nātūra ae, f    birth: Naturā illi pater es, T.: naturā frater, adoptione filius, L.— Nature, natural constitution, property, quality: propria natura animae: qualis esset natura montis, qui cognoscerent, misit, Cs.: tigna secundum naturam fluminis procumberent, natural course of the river, Cs.: insula naturā triquetra, i. e. in shape, Cs.: naturas apibus quas Iuppiter ipse Addidit, expediam, V. —Nature, natural disposition, inclination, bent, temper, character: fera inmanisque: prolixa beneficaque: mitis contra naturam suam esse, L.: mihi benefacere iam ex consuetudine in naturam vertit, has become natural, S.: quasi altera, a second nature: Naturam expelles furcā, tamen usque recurret, H.—The order of the world, nature, course of things: quod rerum natura non patitur: naturae satis facere, i. e. die: naturae concedere, S.— Person.: ratio a naturā data: omnis natura volt esse conservatrix sui.—The world, universe, nature: totius naturae mens atque animus.—An element, thing, substance: quinta quaedam: edax, O.—The organs of generation.
    * * *
    nature; birth; character

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  • 26 nōbilitās

        nōbilitās ātis, f    [nobilis], celebrity, fame, renown: nobilitatem despicere: repentini, L.: eum nobilitate praecurrere, N.— High birth, noble origin, nobility: sua: nobilitate sui municipi facile primus.— The nobility, nobles, aristocracy: nobilitatis fautor: omnis noster nobilitas interiit, Cs.: nobilitas rem p. deseruerat, L.: superbia commune, nobilitatis malum, S.— Nobleness, excellence, superiority: florere nobilitate discipulorum: eloquio tantum nobilitatis inest, O.: nobilitas sola est virtus, Iu.: nobilitate ingenitā, Ta.
    * * *
    nobility/noble class; (noble) birth/descent; fame/excellence; the nobles; rank

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  • 27 orīgō

        orīgō inis, f    [orior], a beginning, commencement, source, start, descent, lineage, birth, origin: originem rerum quaerere: tyranni: principii nulla est origo, nam e principio oriuntur omnia: ab origine gentem (conripiunt morbi), V.: fontium qui celat origines Nilus, source, H.: Auctore ab illo ducis originem, are descended from, H.: Mentis malae est origo penes te, Iu.—Plur. (as a title), a work by Cato upon the early history of the Italian cities, C., N.—A race, stock, family: Ille tamen nostrā deducit origine nomen, V.: ab origine ultimā stirpis Romanae generatus, one of the oldest families, N.—An ancestor, progenitor, founder: Aeneas, Romanae stirpis origo, V.: gentis, Ta.: mundi melioris origo, creator, O.: (urbes)... pars originibus suis praesidio fuere, their mother-cities, S.
    * * *
    origin, source; birth, family; race; ancestry

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  • 28 partus

        partus ūs, m    [pario], a bearing, bringing forth, birth, delivery: partus instabat prope, T.: cum iam appropinquare partus putaretur: maturos aperire partūs Lenis, H.—Fig.: Graeciae oratorum partūs atque fontīs vides, i. e. beginnings.— Young, offspring: bestia pro suo partu propugnant: plurīs enisa partūs, L.: partūs Missos ad Orcum, H.: tanti partus equae constat, foal, Iu.
    * * *
    birth; offspring

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  • 29 enitor

    I
    eniti, enisus sum V DEP
    bring forth, bear, give birth to; struggle upwards, mount, climb, strive
    II
    eniti, enixus sum V DEP
    bring forth, bear, give birth to; struggle upwards, mount, climb, strive

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  • 30 genes

    birth, nativity, begining; one's birth (astrologically), horoscope, destiny

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  • 31 adoptivus

    ădoptīvus, a, um, adj. [adopto], pertaining to adoption, made or acquired by adoption, adoptive: filius, an adopted son: P. Scipio, Fragm. ap. Gell. 5, 19 (opp. naturalis, a son by birth):

    filiorum neque naturalem Drusum neque adoptivum Germanicum patria caritate dilexit,

    Suet. Tib. 52: pater adoptivus, who has adopted one as son (or grandson, v. adoptio), an adoptive father, Dig. 45, 1, 107: frater, soror, etc., a brother, sister, etc., by adoption, not by birth, ib. 23, 2, 12, and 38, 8, 3;

    so also, familia,

    the family into which one has been received by adoption, ib. 37, 4, 3: adoptiva sacra, of the family into which one has been adopled (opp. paterna):

    neque amissis sacris paternis in haec adoptiva venisti,

    Cic. Dom. 13, 35: nomen, received by adoption (opp. nomen gentile), Suet. Ner. 41:

    nobilitas,

    nobility acquired by adoption, Ov. F. 4, 22.— Transf., of the ingrafting of plants (cf. adoptio):

    fissaque adoptivas accipit arbor opes,

    bears fruits not natural to it, ingrafted, Ov. Med. Fac. 5; Mart. 13, 46:

    quae sit adoptivis arbor onusta comis,

    Pall. de Insit. 20; cf. 144, 160 (cf. Verg. G. 2, 82: Miraturque (arbos) novas frondes et non sua poma).

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  • 32 antegenitalis

    antĕ-gĕnĭtālis, e, adj., before birth:

    experimentum antegenitale,

    of that which was before our birth, Plin. 7, 55, 56, § 190.

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  • 33 genesis

    gĕnĕsis, is, f., = genesis, generation, birth, creation.
    I.
    Lit.:

    in basi (statuae Minervae) quod caelatum est, Pandoras genesin appellavit (Phidias),

    Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 19. —
    B.
    Genesis, the name of the first book of Moses (the history of the creation), Tert. de Or. 6.—
    II.
    Transf., the star that is rising at one's birth, a natal-star, nativity, horoscope:

    inspecta genesi,

    Juv. 6, 579:

    nota mathematicis genesis tua,

    id. 14, 248:

    quod vulgo crederetur (Mettius) genesim habere imperatoriam,

    Suet. Vesp. 14; id. Dom. 10.

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  • 34 genetivus

    gĕnĕtīvus (not gĕnĭtīvus; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. II. p. 15 sq.), a, um, adj. [genitus, from gigno], of or belonging to generation or birth.
    I.
    In gen. (rare; not in Cic.): Apollinis Genetivi ara, the generator, fertilizer, Cato ap. Macr. S. 3, 6;

    for which: Phoebi Genitoris ad aras,

    Val. Fl. 5, 404:

    forma prior rediit genetivaque rursus imago,

    native, original nature, Ov. M. 3, 331:

    dispersis per pectus genetivis notis,

    birth-marks, Suet. Aug. 80: nomina, i. e. belonging to a family or gens, Ov. P. 3, 2, 107.—
    II.
    In partic., in gram., genetivus (genit-) casus, the genitive case (in Varr. L. L. called patricius casus): si ut Maecenas Suffenas. Asprenas dicerentur, genetivo casu non e littera, sed tis syllaba terminarentur, Quint. 1, 5, 62; 1, 6, 14; Suet. Aug. 87 et saep.; and with equal frequency subst.: gĕnĕtīvus, i, m., the genitive, Quint. 1, 5, 63; 1, 6, 14; Gell. 4, 16, 3 et saep.

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  • 35 genitivus

    gĕnĕtīvus (not gĕnĭtīvus; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. II. p. 15 sq.), a, um, adj. [genitus, from gigno], of or belonging to generation or birth.
    I.
    In gen. (rare; not in Cic.): Apollinis Genetivi ara, the generator, fertilizer, Cato ap. Macr. S. 3, 6;

    for which: Phoebi Genitoris ad aras,

    Val. Fl. 5, 404:

    forma prior rediit genetivaque rursus imago,

    native, original nature, Ov. M. 3, 331:

    dispersis per pectus genetivis notis,

    birth-marks, Suet. Aug. 80: nomina, i. e. belonging to a family or gens, Ov. P. 3, 2, 107.—
    II.
    In partic., in gram., genetivus (genit-) casus, the genitive case (in Varr. L. L. called patricius casus): si ut Maecenas Suffenas. Asprenas dicerentur, genetivo casu non e littera, sed tis syllaba terminarentur, Quint. 1, 5, 62; 1, 6, 14; Suet. Aug. 87 et saep.; and with equal frequency subst.: gĕnĕtīvus, i, m., the genitive, Quint. 1, 5, 63; 1, 6, 14; Gell. 4, 16, 3 et saep.

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  • 36 gens

    gens, gentis, f. [root GEN, gigno, that which belongs together by birth or descent], a race or clan, embracing several families united together by a common name and by certain religious rites; orig. only patrician, but, after the granting of the connubium between patricians and plebeians, also plebeian (syn.: familia, stirps, genus; natio, populus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    Sulla gentis patriciae (sc. Corneliae) nobilis fuit, familia prope jam exstincta majorum ignaviā,

    Sall. J. 95, 3:

    vera decora, non communiter modo Corneliae gentis, sed proprie familiae suae,

    Liv. 38, 58, 3:

    L. Tarquitius patriciae gentis,

    id. 3, 27, 1:

    apud P. Sestium patriciae gentis virum,

    id. 3, 33, 9; 6, 11, 2:

    cum Marcelli ab liberti filio stirpe, Claudii patricii ejusdem hominis hereditatem, gente ad se rediisse dicerent,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 176:

    gens Tarquiniorum,

    id. Rep. 2, 25 fin.:

    Julia,

    Liv. 1, 3, 2: L. Tarquinius duplicavit illum pristinum patrum numerum, et antiquos patres majorum gentium appellavit, quos priores sententiam rogabat;

    a se ascitos minorum,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 20 Mos.; cf. Liv. 1, 35, 6:

    ex gente Domitia duae familiae claruerunt, Calvinorum et Aenobarborum,

    Suet. Ner. 1; cf. Liv. 2, 29, 4:

    patricii minorum gentium,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 2; Liv. 1, 47, 7; Capitol. ap. Gell. 10, 20, 5:

    anni principio de connubio patrum et plebis C. Canuleius tribunus plebis rogationem promulgavit, qua contaminari sanguinem suum patres confundique jura gentium rebantur,

    Liv. 4, 1, 1; cf. id. 4, 2, 5; 10, 8, 9: uti Feceniae Hispalae gentis enuptio, tutoris optio esset, etc., the right of marrying out of her gens, id. 39, 19, 5:

    perjurus, sine gente,

    i. e. of no family, of vulgar birth, Hor. S. 2, 5, 15; cf. respecting the Roman gens, Dict. of Antiq.
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In a manner borrowed from the division of the senators into majorum and minorum gentium (v. above): ipsi illi majorum gentium dii qui habentur, hinc a nobis profecti in caelum reperientur, the superior deities (the consentes), Cic. Tusc. 1, 13, 29:

    Cleanthes, qui quasi majorum est gentium Stoicus,

    id. Ac. 2, 41, 126.—
    B.
    Poet., like genus and stirps, of a single descendant, offspring of an entire race:

    vigilasne, deūm gens, Aenea?

    Verg. A. 10, 228 (for which:

    Dis genite,

    id. ib. 9, 642):

    Tirynthia gens est (i. e. Fabius),

    Sil. 7, 35:

    extrema viri,

    the last descendant, id. 2, 185.—
    * C.
    In a contemptuous sense, like our tribe, brood, crew:

    si illo die gens ista Clodiana, quod facere voluit, effecisset,

    Cic. Sest. 38, 81; so,

    Clodia,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 1.—
    D.
    In the widest sense = genus, the race; gens humana, the human race, Cic. Fin. 5, 23, 65; Hor. C. 1, 3, 26.—
    E.
    Of beasts, etc., a race, herd, brood, swarm ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    intestino bello totae gentes consumuntur,

    Col. 9, 9, 6:

    quos (equos) in spem statues summittere gentis,

    of the race, breed, Verg. G. 3, 73:

    utque luat poenas gens haec (i. e. vulpes),

    breed, race, Ov. F. 4, 711.—
    F.
    In a more extended sense (as also genos), a race, nation, people (sometimes more restricted than natio and populus, and sometimes put for them; v. in the foll., and cf. Drak. Liv. 23, 42, 1;

    freq. and class.): Qui gentis omnis mariaque et terras movet,

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 1: cf.:

    nos per gentis disparat,

    id. ib. v. 10:

    gradus plures sunt societatis hominum. Ut enim ab illa infinita discedatur, propior est ejusdem gentis, nationis, linguae, qua maxime homines conjunguntur: interius etiam est ejusdem esse civitatis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 17, 53; cf.:

    (Deus) non curat singulos homines... ne civitates quidem... ne nationes quidem et gentes,

    id. N. D. 3, 39, 93:

    ita nationis nomen, non gentis evaluisse paulatim,

    Tac. G. 2:

    Suebi, quorum non una gens...propriis adhuc nationibus nominibusque discreti,

    id. ib. 38:

    atrox in Thracia bellum ortum, omnibus ejus gentis nationibus in arma accensis,

    Vell. 2, 98:

    omnes exterae gentes ac nationes,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 11, 31; cf.:

    per omnes gentes nationesque,

    Quint. 11, 3, 87;

    for which, in an inverted order: exterae nationes ac gentes,

    Cic. Font. 11, 25:

    aut gentes aut populos,

    Quint. 11, 1, 86: inter multas regum gentiumque [p. 809] et populorum legationes, Liv. 45, 19, 1; 45, 22, 8; cf.

    in an inverse order: populi et gentes,

    Quint. 12, 2, 3:

    postquam bello subegit Aequorum magnam gentem et ferocem,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 20:

    Sabina aut Volsca,

    id. ib. 3, 4:

    Transalpinae,

    id. ib. 3, 9:

    Allobrogum,

    id. Cat. 4, 6, 12:

    Nerviorum,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 28, 1:

    Germanorum,

    id. ib. 6, 32 init.:

    Suevorum longe maxima Germanorum omnium,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 3;

    so of the Etruscan nation,

    Liv. 5, 1, 6;

    and in a wider sense than populus: non ex iisdem semper populis exercitus scriptos, quamquam eadem semper gens bellum intulerit,

    id. 6, 12, 4; 40, 15, 6; 2, 50, 2.—Also for civitas, the inhabitants of a city or town:

    Caesar Gomphos pervenit, quod est oppidum primum Thessaliae venientibus ab Epiro, quae gens ultro ad Caesarem legatos miserat,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 80, 1:

    atqui ad hoc, de quo agitur, non quaerimus gentem, ingenia quaerimus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 37 fin.; cf.:

    gladio pugnacissima gens Romani,

    Quint. 9, 3, 8; Liv. 5, 48, 3:

    Segni Condrusique, ex gente et numero Germanorum,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 32, 1:

    in illa incorrupta maxime gente Aegyptiorum,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 14:

    nos plurimis ignotissimi gentibus,

    id. ib. 1, 17, 26:

    jus gentium,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 2; cf.:

    quod naturalis ratio inter omnes homines constituit, id... vocatur jus gentium quasi quo jure omnes gentes utuntur,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 1.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    As a partit. gen., gentium, like terrarum, for the sake of emphasis, in the world, on earth (freq. and class.):

    ubicumque terrarum et gentium violatum jus civium Romanorum sit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 55, § 143:

    quod ubique gentium est,

    id. Rep. 2, 4:

    ubinam gentium sumus,

    where in the world? id. Cat. 1, 4, 9:

    ubi ubi est gentium?

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 21:

    obsecro, unde haec gentium?

    id. Cist. 4, 1, 16:

    ubi tu's gentium,

    id. Rud. 2, 5, 11:

    quaerit quod nusquamst gentium,

    id. Ps. 1, 4, 9:

    non hercle quo hinc nunc gentium aufugiam scio,

    id. Rud. 3, 5, 44:

    ubivis gentium agere aetatem quam, etc.,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 4:

    an quisquam usquam gentium est aeque miser?

    id. ib. 13:

    equidem te nisi nunc hodie nusquam vidi gentium,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 54:

    fratrem nusquam invenio gentium,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 1:

    abeat multo malo quovis gentium, Quam hic, etc.,

    id. Heaut. 5, 1, 55:

    res est in manibus: tu autem abes longe gentium,

    Cic. Att. 6, 3, 1: nostri turannoktonoi longe gentium absunt, id. Fam. 12, 22, 2:

    ah! minime gentium, non faciam,

    by no means, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 44; so,

    minime gentium,

    id. Eun. 4, 1, 11; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 44.—
    b.
    Gentes, opp. to the Romans, foreign nations, foreigners (post-Aug. and rare):

    maneat, quaeso, duretque gentibus si non amor nostri at certe odium sui,

    Tac. G. 33; Auct. B. Hisp. 17 fin. —
    c.
    In the eccl. fathers, gentes, like ethnos, opp. to Jews and Christians, pagan nations, heathen, gentiles, Lact. 2, 13 fin.; Vulg. Psa. 2, 1 et saep.— Hence the title of Arnobius's work, Adversus Gentes.—
    3.
    Transf., a region, country (very rare):

    ut Aspim aggrederetur, qui Cataoniam tenebat: quae gens jacet supra Ciliciam,

    Nep. Dat. 4:

    gentes viduatas esse suis cultoribus et desolatas,

    Arn. 1, 4.

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  • 37 honestiores

    hŏnestus, a um, adj. [honos, honor, qs. furnished or clothed with honor], full of honor, honorable.
    I.
    Regarded with honor, enjoying respect or consideration, honored, distinguished, honorable, respectable, noble, = honoratus:

    qui me honore honestiorem fecit,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 32: cum honos sit praemium virtutis judicio studioque civium delatum ad aliquem;

    qui eum sententiis, qui suffragiis adeptus est, is mihi et honestus et honoratus videtur, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 81, 281:

    satis honestam honoratamque imaginem fore,

    Liv. 36, 40, 9: magnus atque honestus, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 4; cf.:

    salvi et honesti,

    id. ib. 11, 2, 2:

    honestus homo et nobilis,

    Cic. Mur. 36, 75:

    cum honesto aliquo homine,

    id. Fam. 16, 9, 4:

    amplae et honestae familiae,

    illustrious and honorable families, id. Mur. 7, 15; cf.: homines honestis parentibus ac majoribus nati, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 85:

    bonis parentibus atque honesto loco natus,

    id. Tusc. 5, 20, 58:

    cum Sabinas honesto ortas loco virgines rapi jussit,

    id. Rep. 2, 7:

    loco natus honesto,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 45, 2:

    Polla, Nursiae honesto genere orta,

    Suet. Vesp. 1:

    equite Romano in primis honesto et ornato,

    distinguished, eminent, Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 1; 13, 31, 1:

    eques Romanus,

    id. ib. 13, 62; cf.:

    erant complures honesti adulescentes, senatorum filii et ordinis equestris,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 51, 3:

    publicani, homines honestissimi atque ornatissimi,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 17:

    homo honestissimus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 6:

    milites honestissimi sui generis,

    id. B. C. 1, 20, 1:

    virginis honestae vaticinatione,

    Suet. Galb. 9 et saep.:

    quia deus auctor culpae honestior erat,

    Liv. 1, 4, 2:

    tam grave, tam firmum, tam honestum municipium,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 4, 2:

    honestissimus conventus,

    Quint. 1, 2, 9:

    ut honestiore judicio conflictere?

    more honorable, Cic. Quint. 13, 44:

    dies honestissimus nobis,

    id. Fam. 1, 2, 2:

    atque erit illa mihi mortis honesta dies,

    Prop. 3 (4), 21, 34:

    honesta paupertas,

    Vell. 129, 3:

    omnium honestarum rerum egens,

    not able to live suitably to his rank, Sall. J. 14, 17: honestis manibus omnia laetius proveniunt, i. e. of generals (cf. shortly before:

    ipsorum tunc manibus imperatorum colebantur agri),

    Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 19.—As substt.
    1.
    hŏnestĭōres, um, m., men of noble birth:

    qui hominem castraverit... sive is servus sive liber sit, capite punitur: honestiores publicatis bonis in insulam deportantur,

    Paul. Sent. 5, 23, 13; 1, 21, 4 sq.;

    opp. humiliores,

    id. ib. 5, 25, 1 sq.; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 2, 2; 8, 4, 2.—
    2.
    hŏnestum, i, n., honorable conduct, morality, virtue:

    nec honesto quicquam honestius,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 7, 25:

    rigidi servator honesti (Cato),

    Luc. 2, 389.
    II. A.
    In gen.:

    ut (civium vita) opibus firma, copiis locuples, gloria ampla, virtute honesta sit,

    Cic. Att. 8, 11, 1:

    in convivio moderato atque honesto,

    id. Mur. 6, 13:

    aequa et honesta postulatio,

    id. Rosc. Am. 2, 7:

    honestum ac probabile nomen,

    id. Caecin. 25, 71; cf.:

    ut honesta praescriptione rem turpissimam tegerent,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 4:

    causas abeundi quaerat honestas,

    Lucr. 4, 1181:

    certatio,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

    honestam rem actionemve aut non suscipere aut, etc.,

    id. ib. 13, 47:

    res, causa (opp. turpis),

    Auct. Her. 1, 3, 5; cf.:

    honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile,

    id. 3, 2, 3:

    hominum honestissimorum testimoniis non credere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 128; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

    homines honestissimi,

    id. ib. 17, 49:

    quod omnium sit votum parentum, ut honestiores quam sint ipsi, liberos habeant,

    Quint. 1, 1, 82:

    soror,

    virtuous, chaste, Hor. S. 2, 3, 58:

    vita honestissima,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 48; so in sup.:

    labor,

    Quint. 12, 7, 10:

    praecepta,

    id. 12, 2, 27:

    testimonia,

    id. 5, 11, 37:

    vitae instituta sic distant, ut Cretes et Aetoli latrocinari honestum putent,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 9:

    honestum quibusdam rapto vivere,

    Quint. 3, 7, 24:

    honestius est de amicorum pecunia laborare quam de sua,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 2:

    ut neque rectum neque honestum sit, nec fieri possit, ut, etc.,

    id. Lael. 21, 76:

    honestum et rectum,

    id. ib. 22, 82:

    honestum id intellegimus, quod tale est, ut, detracta omni utilitate, sine ullis praemiis fructibusve per se ipsum possit jure laudari,

    id. Fin. 2, 14, 45; cf. id. Inv. 2, 53, 159; id. Leg. 1, 18, 48:

    si maritus uxorem suam in adulterio deprehensam occidit... non inique aliquid ejus honestissimo calori permittitur, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 4, 10, 1: mores honestos tradere,

    Juv. 6, 239.—As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., honesty, integrity, virtue (cf.:

    honor, virtus, etc.): quandoquidem honestum aut ipsa virtus est aut res gesta virtute,

    id. Fin. 5, 23, 66; cf.:

    sive honestum solum bonum est, ut Stoicis placet, sive quod honestum est, id ita summum bonum est, ut, etc.,

    id. Off. 3, 3, 13; 1, 4, 14:

    formam quidem ipsam et tamquam faciem honesti vides,

    id. ib. 1, 5, 14:

    omnis honesti justique disciplina,

    Quint. 12, 2, 1:

    honesti praesens imago,

    id. 12, 1, 28:

    quo (honesto) detracto quid poterit beatum intellegi?

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45:

    de honesto ac bono,

    Quint. 2, 2, 5:

    honesta ac turpia,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44; 1, 17, 46:

    honestis similia sunt quaedam non honesta,

    id. Ac. 2, 16, 50:

    in eodem pectore nullum est honestorum turpiumque consortium,

    Quint. 12, 1, 4:

    de honestis, justis, utilibus quaestiones,

    id. 3, 6, 41.—Prov.:

    honesta mors turpi vita potior,

    Tac. Agr. 33:

    imponit finem sapiens et rebus honestis,

    Juv. 6, 444:

    honestus rumor alterum est patrimonium,

    Pub. Syr. 217 Rib.—
    B.
    In partic., of personal appearance, noble, fine, handsome, beautiful (mostly poet.):

    ille erat honesta facie et liberali,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 15; 2, 1, 24; cf.: ita me di ament, honestus est. id. ib. 3, 2, 21:

    erat forma praeter ceteras honesta,

    id. And. 1, 1, 96:

    facies,

    Suet. Tib. 68:

    caput,

    Verg. A. 10, 133; id. G. 2, 392:

    asini,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 2:

    (equi),

    Verg. G. 3, 81:

    ager honestior,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 2:

    tunc ora rigantur honestis Imbribus (i. e. lacrimis),

    Stat. Th. 2, 234.—As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., beauty:

    nec, si quid honesti est, jactat habetque palam, quaerit, quo turpia celet, = si quid pulchri habent,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 84.—Hence, adv.: hŏ-nestē.
    1.
    (Acc. to I.) Honorably, nobly (very rare):

    honeste natus,

    of noble birth, Suet. Aug. 43.—Far more freq. and class.,
    2.
    (Acc. to II.) Decently, becomingly, properly, creditably, virtuously:

    neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 69; id. Rud. 2, 3, 77:

    sic volo Te ferre (aquam) honeste, ut ego fero,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 7:

    unde Mundior exiret vix libertinus honeste,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 12:

    ut videamur vestiti esse honeste,

    Varr. L. L. 8, § 31 Müll.:

    (Lucretia) tum quoque jam moriens, ne non procumbat honeste, Respicit,

    Ov. F. 2, 833:

    (Caesar) sinum ad ima crura deduxit, quo honestius caderet,

    Suet. Caes. 82; Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 26:

    valde se honeste gerunt,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13:

    honestius hic, quam Q. Pompeius,

    id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

    quae in nostris rebus non satis honeste, in amicorum fiunt honestissime,

    id. Lael. 16, 57:

    aliquid recte honesteque dicere,

    id. Rep. 1, 2:

    beate et honeste vivere,

    id. ib. 4, 3:

    honeste vivere (opp. turpiter),

    Quint. 5, 10, 24:

    facere ac dicere (opp. turpiter),

    id. 11, 1, 14; 10, 5, 13:

    tam jejuna fames, cum possit honestius tremere, etc.,

    Juv. 5, 10. iste quidem veteres inter ponetur honeste, fairly, properly, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 43:

    fastigium nunc honeste vergit in tectum inferioris porticus,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, 14.

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  • 38 honestum

    hŏnestus, a um, adj. [honos, honor, qs. furnished or clothed with honor], full of honor, honorable.
    I.
    Regarded with honor, enjoying respect or consideration, honored, distinguished, honorable, respectable, noble, = honoratus:

    qui me honore honestiorem fecit,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 32: cum honos sit praemium virtutis judicio studioque civium delatum ad aliquem;

    qui eum sententiis, qui suffragiis adeptus est, is mihi et honestus et honoratus videtur, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 81, 281:

    satis honestam honoratamque imaginem fore,

    Liv. 36, 40, 9: magnus atque honestus, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 4; cf.:

    salvi et honesti,

    id. ib. 11, 2, 2:

    honestus homo et nobilis,

    Cic. Mur. 36, 75:

    cum honesto aliquo homine,

    id. Fam. 16, 9, 4:

    amplae et honestae familiae,

    illustrious and honorable families, id. Mur. 7, 15; cf.: homines honestis parentibus ac majoribus nati, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 85:

    bonis parentibus atque honesto loco natus,

    id. Tusc. 5, 20, 58:

    cum Sabinas honesto ortas loco virgines rapi jussit,

    id. Rep. 2, 7:

    loco natus honesto,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 45, 2:

    Polla, Nursiae honesto genere orta,

    Suet. Vesp. 1:

    equite Romano in primis honesto et ornato,

    distinguished, eminent, Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 1; 13, 31, 1:

    eques Romanus,

    id. ib. 13, 62; cf.:

    erant complures honesti adulescentes, senatorum filii et ordinis equestris,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 51, 3:

    publicani, homines honestissimi atque ornatissimi,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 17:

    homo honestissimus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 6:

    milites honestissimi sui generis,

    id. B. C. 1, 20, 1:

    virginis honestae vaticinatione,

    Suet. Galb. 9 et saep.:

    quia deus auctor culpae honestior erat,

    Liv. 1, 4, 2:

    tam grave, tam firmum, tam honestum municipium,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 4, 2:

    honestissimus conventus,

    Quint. 1, 2, 9:

    ut honestiore judicio conflictere?

    more honorable, Cic. Quint. 13, 44:

    dies honestissimus nobis,

    id. Fam. 1, 2, 2:

    atque erit illa mihi mortis honesta dies,

    Prop. 3 (4), 21, 34:

    honesta paupertas,

    Vell. 129, 3:

    omnium honestarum rerum egens,

    not able to live suitably to his rank, Sall. J. 14, 17: honestis manibus omnia laetius proveniunt, i. e. of generals (cf. shortly before:

    ipsorum tunc manibus imperatorum colebantur agri),

    Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 19.—As substt.
    1.
    hŏnestĭōres, um, m., men of noble birth:

    qui hominem castraverit... sive is servus sive liber sit, capite punitur: honestiores publicatis bonis in insulam deportantur,

    Paul. Sent. 5, 23, 13; 1, 21, 4 sq.;

    opp. humiliores,

    id. ib. 5, 25, 1 sq.; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 2, 2; 8, 4, 2.—
    2.
    hŏnestum, i, n., honorable conduct, morality, virtue:

    nec honesto quicquam honestius,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 7, 25:

    rigidi servator honesti (Cato),

    Luc. 2, 389.
    II. A.
    In gen.:

    ut (civium vita) opibus firma, copiis locuples, gloria ampla, virtute honesta sit,

    Cic. Att. 8, 11, 1:

    in convivio moderato atque honesto,

    id. Mur. 6, 13:

    aequa et honesta postulatio,

    id. Rosc. Am. 2, 7:

    honestum ac probabile nomen,

    id. Caecin. 25, 71; cf.:

    ut honesta praescriptione rem turpissimam tegerent,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 4:

    causas abeundi quaerat honestas,

    Lucr. 4, 1181:

    certatio,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

    honestam rem actionemve aut non suscipere aut, etc.,

    id. ib. 13, 47:

    res, causa (opp. turpis),

    Auct. Her. 1, 3, 5; cf.:

    honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile,

    id. 3, 2, 3:

    hominum honestissimorum testimoniis non credere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 128; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

    homines honestissimi,

    id. ib. 17, 49:

    quod omnium sit votum parentum, ut honestiores quam sint ipsi, liberos habeant,

    Quint. 1, 1, 82:

    soror,

    virtuous, chaste, Hor. S. 2, 3, 58:

    vita honestissima,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 48; so in sup.:

    labor,

    Quint. 12, 7, 10:

    praecepta,

    id. 12, 2, 27:

    testimonia,

    id. 5, 11, 37:

    vitae instituta sic distant, ut Cretes et Aetoli latrocinari honestum putent,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 9:

    honestum quibusdam rapto vivere,

    Quint. 3, 7, 24:

    honestius est de amicorum pecunia laborare quam de sua,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 2:

    ut neque rectum neque honestum sit, nec fieri possit, ut, etc.,

    id. Lael. 21, 76:

    honestum et rectum,

    id. ib. 22, 82:

    honestum id intellegimus, quod tale est, ut, detracta omni utilitate, sine ullis praemiis fructibusve per se ipsum possit jure laudari,

    id. Fin. 2, 14, 45; cf. id. Inv. 2, 53, 159; id. Leg. 1, 18, 48:

    si maritus uxorem suam in adulterio deprehensam occidit... non inique aliquid ejus honestissimo calori permittitur, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 4, 10, 1: mores honestos tradere,

    Juv. 6, 239.—As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., honesty, integrity, virtue (cf.:

    honor, virtus, etc.): quandoquidem honestum aut ipsa virtus est aut res gesta virtute,

    id. Fin. 5, 23, 66; cf.:

    sive honestum solum bonum est, ut Stoicis placet, sive quod honestum est, id ita summum bonum est, ut, etc.,

    id. Off. 3, 3, 13; 1, 4, 14:

    formam quidem ipsam et tamquam faciem honesti vides,

    id. ib. 1, 5, 14:

    omnis honesti justique disciplina,

    Quint. 12, 2, 1:

    honesti praesens imago,

    id. 12, 1, 28:

    quo (honesto) detracto quid poterit beatum intellegi?

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45:

    de honesto ac bono,

    Quint. 2, 2, 5:

    honesta ac turpia,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44; 1, 17, 46:

    honestis similia sunt quaedam non honesta,

    id. Ac. 2, 16, 50:

    in eodem pectore nullum est honestorum turpiumque consortium,

    Quint. 12, 1, 4:

    de honestis, justis, utilibus quaestiones,

    id. 3, 6, 41.—Prov.:

    honesta mors turpi vita potior,

    Tac. Agr. 33:

    imponit finem sapiens et rebus honestis,

    Juv. 6, 444:

    honestus rumor alterum est patrimonium,

    Pub. Syr. 217 Rib.—
    B.
    In partic., of personal appearance, noble, fine, handsome, beautiful (mostly poet.):

    ille erat honesta facie et liberali,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 15; 2, 1, 24; cf.: ita me di ament, honestus est. id. ib. 3, 2, 21:

    erat forma praeter ceteras honesta,

    id. And. 1, 1, 96:

    facies,

    Suet. Tib. 68:

    caput,

    Verg. A. 10, 133; id. G. 2, 392:

    asini,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 2:

    (equi),

    Verg. G. 3, 81:

    ager honestior,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 2:

    tunc ora rigantur honestis Imbribus (i. e. lacrimis),

    Stat. Th. 2, 234.—As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., beauty:

    nec, si quid honesti est, jactat habetque palam, quaerit, quo turpia celet, = si quid pulchri habent,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 84.—Hence, adv.: hŏ-nestē.
    1.
    (Acc. to I.) Honorably, nobly (very rare):

    honeste natus,

    of noble birth, Suet. Aug. 43.—Far more freq. and class.,
    2.
    (Acc. to II.) Decently, becomingly, properly, creditably, virtuously:

    neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 69; id. Rud. 2, 3, 77:

    sic volo Te ferre (aquam) honeste, ut ego fero,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 7:

    unde Mundior exiret vix libertinus honeste,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 12:

    ut videamur vestiti esse honeste,

    Varr. L. L. 8, § 31 Müll.:

    (Lucretia) tum quoque jam moriens, ne non procumbat honeste, Respicit,

    Ov. F. 2, 833:

    (Caesar) sinum ad ima crura deduxit, quo honestius caderet,

    Suet. Caes. 82; Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 26:

    valde se honeste gerunt,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13:

    honestius hic, quam Q. Pompeius,

    id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

    quae in nostris rebus non satis honeste, in amicorum fiunt honestissime,

    id. Lael. 16, 57:

    aliquid recte honesteque dicere,

    id. Rep. 1, 2:

    beate et honeste vivere,

    id. ib. 4, 3:

    honeste vivere (opp. turpiter),

    Quint. 5, 10, 24:

    facere ac dicere (opp. turpiter),

    id. 11, 1, 14; 10, 5, 13:

    tam jejuna fames, cum possit honestius tremere, etc.,

    Juv. 5, 10. iste quidem veteres inter ponetur honeste, fairly, properly, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 43:

    fastigium nunc honeste vergit in tectum inferioris porticus,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, 14.

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  • 39 honestus

    hŏnestus, a um, adj. [honos, honor, qs. furnished or clothed with honor], full of honor, honorable.
    I.
    Regarded with honor, enjoying respect or consideration, honored, distinguished, honorable, respectable, noble, = honoratus:

    qui me honore honestiorem fecit,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 32: cum honos sit praemium virtutis judicio studioque civium delatum ad aliquem;

    qui eum sententiis, qui suffragiis adeptus est, is mihi et honestus et honoratus videtur, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 81, 281:

    satis honestam honoratamque imaginem fore,

    Liv. 36, 40, 9: magnus atque honestus, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 4; cf.:

    salvi et honesti,

    id. ib. 11, 2, 2:

    honestus homo et nobilis,

    Cic. Mur. 36, 75:

    cum honesto aliquo homine,

    id. Fam. 16, 9, 4:

    amplae et honestae familiae,

    illustrious and honorable families, id. Mur. 7, 15; cf.: homines honestis parentibus ac majoribus nati, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 85:

    bonis parentibus atque honesto loco natus,

    id. Tusc. 5, 20, 58:

    cum Sabinas honesto ortas loco virgines rapi jussit,

    id. Rep. 2, 7:

    loco natus honesto,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 45, 2:

    Polla, Nursiae honesto genere orta,

    Suet. Vesp. 1:

    equite Romano in primis honesto et ornato,

    distinguished, eminent, Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 1; 13, 31, 1:

    eques Romanus,

    id. ib. 13, 62; cf.:

    erant complures honesti adulescentes, senatorum filii et ordinis equestris,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 51, 3:

    publicani, homines honestissimi atque ornatissimi,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 17:

    homo honestissimus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 6:

    milites honestissimi sui generis,

    id. B. C. 1, 20, 1:

    virginis honestae vaticinatione,

    Suet. Galb. 9 et saep.:

    quia deus auctor culpae honestior erat,

    Liv. 1, 4, 2:

    tam grave, tam firmum, tam honestum municipium,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 4, 2:

    honestissimus conventus,

    Quint. 1, 2, 9:

    ut honestiore judicio conflictere?

    more honorable, Cic. Quint. 13, 44:

    dies honestissimus nobis,

    id. Fam. 1, 2, 2:

    atque erit illa mihi mortis honesta dies,

    Prop. 3 (4), 21, 34:

    honesta paupertas,

    Vell. 129, 3:

    omnium honestarum rerum egens,

    not able to live suitably to his rank, Sall. J. 14, 17: honestis manibus omnia laetius proveniunt, i. e. of generals (cf. shortly before:

    ipsorum tunc manibus imperatorum colebantur agri),

    Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 19.—As substt.
    1.
    hŏnestĭōres, um, m., men of noble birth:

    qui hominem castraverit... sive is servus sive liber sit, capite punitur: honestiores publicatis bonis in insulam deportantur,

    Paul. Sent. 5, 23, 13; 1, 21, 4 sq.;

    opp. humiliores,

    id. ib. 5, 25, 1 sq.; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 2, 2; 8, 4, 2.—
    2.
    hŏnestum, i, n., honorable conduct, morality, virtue:

    nec honesto quicquam honestius,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 7, 25:

    rigidi servator honesti (Cato),

    Luc. 2, 389.
    II. A.
    In gen.:

    ut (civium vita) opibus firma, copiis locuples, gloria ampla, virtute honesta sit,

    Cic. Att. 8, 11, 1:

    in convivio moderato atque honesto,

    id. Mur. 6, 13:

    aequa et honesta postulatio,

    id. Rosc. Am. 2, 7:

    honestum ac probabile nomen,

    id. Caecin. 25, 71; cf.:

    ut honesta praescriptione rem turpissimam tegerent,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 4:

    causas abeundi quaerat honestas,

    Lucr. 4, 1181:

    certatio,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

    honestam rem actionemve aut non suscipere aut, etc.,

    id. ib. 13, 47:

    res, causa (opp. turpis),

    Auct. Her. 1, 3, 5; cf.:

    honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile,

    id. 3, 2, 3:

    hominum honestissimorum testimoniis non credere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 128; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

    homines honestissimi,

    id. ib. 17, 49:

    quod omnium sit votum parentum, ut honestiores quam sint ipsi, liberos habeant,

    Quint. 1, 1, 82:

    soror,

    virtuous, chaste, Hor. S. 2, 3, 58:

    vita honestissima,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 48; so in sup.:

    labor,

    Quint. 12, 7, 10:

    praecepta,

    id. 12, 2, 27:

    testimonia,

    id. 5, 11, 37:

    vitae instituta sic distant, ut Cretes et Aetoli latrocinari honestum putent,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 9:

    honestum quibusdam rapto vivere,

    Quint. 3, 7, 24:

    honestius est de amicorum pecunia laborare quam de sua,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 2:

    ut neque rectum neque honestum sit, nec fieri possit, ut, etc.,

    id. Lael. 21, 76:

    honestum et rectum,

    id. ib. 22, 82:

    honestum id intellegimus, quod tale est, ut, detracta omni utilitate, sine ullis praemiis fructibusve per se ipsum possit jure laudari,

    id. Fin. 2, 14, 45; cf. id. Inv. 2, 53, 159; id. Leg. 1, 18, 48:

    si maritus uxorem suam in adulterio deprehensam occidit... non inique aliquid ejus honestissimo calori permittitur, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 4, 10, 1: mores honestos tradere,

    Juv. 6, 239.—As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., honesty, integrity, virtue (cf.:

    honor, virtus, etc.): quandoquidem honestum aut ipsa virtus est aut res gesta virtute,

    id. Fin. 5, 23, 66; cf.:

    sive honestum solum bonum est, ut Stoicis placet, sive quod honestum est, id ita summum bonum est, ut, etc.,

    id. Off. 3, 3, 13; 1, 4, 14:

    formam quidem ipsam et tamquam faciem honesti vides,

    id. ib. 1, 5, 14:

    omnis honesti justique disciplina,

    Quint. 12, 2, 1:

    honesti praesens imago,

    id. 12, 1, 28:

    quo (honesto) detracto quid poterit beatum intellegi?

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45:

    de honesto ac bono,

    Quint. 2, 2, 5:

    honesta ac turpia,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44; 1, 17, 46:

    honestis similia sunt quaedam non honesta,

    id. Ac. 2, 16, 50:

    in eodem pectore nullum est honestorum turpiumque consortium,

    Quint. 12, 1, 4:

    de honestis, justis, utilibus quaestiones,

    id. 3, 6, 41.—Prov.:

    honesta mors turpi vita potior,

    Tac. Agr. 33:

    imponit finem sapiens et rebus honestis,

    Juv. 6, 444:

    honestus rumor alterum est patrimonium,

    Pub. Syr. 217 Rib.—
    B.
    In partic., of personal appearance, noble, fine, handsome, beautiful (mostly poet.):

    ille erat honesta facie et liberali,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 15; 2, 1, 24; cf.: ita me di ament, honestus est. id. ib. 3, 2, 21:

    erat forma praeter ceteras honesta,

    id. And. 1, 1, 96:

    facies,

    Suet. Tib. 68:

    caput,

    Verg. A. 10, 133; id. G. 2, 392:

    asini,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 2:

    (equi),

    Verg. G. 3, 81:

    ager honestior,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 2:

    tunc ora rigantur honestis Imbribus (i. e. lacrimis),

    Stat. Th. 2, 234.—As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., beauty:

    nec, si quid honesti est, jactat habetque palam, quaerit, quo turpia celet, = si quid pulchri habent,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 84.—Hence, adv.: hŏ-nestē.
    1.
    (Acc. to I.) Honorably, nobly (very rare):

    honeste natus,

    of noble birth, Suet. Aug. 43.—Far more freq. and class.,
    2.
    (Acc. to II.) Decently, becomingly, properly, creditably, virtuously:

    neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 69; id. Rud. 2, 3, 77:

    sic volo Te ferre (aquam) honeste, ut ego fero,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 7:

    unde Mundior exiret vix libertinus honeste,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 12:

    ut videamur vestiti esse honeste,

    Varr. L. L. 8, § 31 Müll.:

    (Lucretia) tum quoque jam moriens, ne non procumbat honeste, Respicit,

    Ov. F. 2, 833:

    (Caesar) sinum ad ima crura deduxit, quo honestius caderet,

    Suet. Caes. 82; Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 26:

    valde se honeste gerunt,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13:

    honestius hic, quam Q. Pompeius,

    id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

    quae in nostris rebus non satis honeste, in amicorum fiunt honestissime,

    id. Lael. 16, 57:

    aliquid recte honesteque dicere,

    id. Rep. 1, 2:

    beate et honeste vivere,

    id. ib. 4, 3:

    honeste vivere (opp. turpiter),

    Quint. 5, 10, 24:

    facere ac dicere (opp. turpiter),

    id. 11, 1, 14; 10, 5, 13:

    tam jejuna fames, cum possit honestius tremere, etc.,

    Juv. 5, 10. iste quidem veteres inter ponetur honeste, fairly, properly, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 43:

    fastigium nunc honeste vergit in tectum inferioris porticus,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, 14.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > honestus

  • 40 natio

    nātĭo, ōnis, f. [nascor], a being born, birth; hence, transf.
    I.
    Personified, Natio, the goddess of birth:

    Natio quoque dea putanda est, quae, quia partus matronarum tueatur, a nascentibus Natio nominata est,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 47 (al. Nascio).—
    II.
    A breed, stock, kind, species, race (rare but class.;

    syn.: genus, stirps, familia): in hominibus emendis si natione alter est melior, emimus pluris, etc.,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 93 Müll.;

    Auct. B. Alex. 7, 3: natio optimatium,

    Cic. Sest. 44, 96:

    officiosissima candidatorum,

    id. Pis. 23, 55.—Also in a contemptuous sense, a race, tribe, set:

    salvete, fures maritimi, Famelica hominum natio, quid agitis?

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 6:

    vestra natio (Epicureorum),

    Cic. N. D. 2, 29, 74:

    ardelionum,

    Phaedr. 2, 5, 1.—Of animals:

    praegnantes opere levant: venter enim labore nationem reddit deteriorem,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 4; cf. id. L. L. 9, § 92 Müll.; and: in pecoribus quoque bonus proventus feturae bona natio dicitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 167 Müll.— Transf., of things, a sort, kind (post-Aug.):

    nationes in apium naturā diximus,

    Plin. 22, 24, 50, § 109:

    cera natione Pontica,

    id. 21, 14, 49, § 83; cf. id. 12, 25, 55, § 125.—
    B.
    In a more restricted sense, a race of people, nation, people (used commonly in a more limited sense than gens, and sometimes as identical with it; cf.: gens, populus; usually applied by Cicero to distant and barbarous people): nam itast haec hominum natio;

    in Epidamniis Voluptarii, etc.,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 34:

    omnes nationes servitutem ferre possunt: nostra civitas non potest,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 10, 20; cf.:

    exteris nationibus ac gentibus ostendere, etc.,

    id. Font. 11, 25:

    ne nationes quidem et gentes,

    id. N. D. 3, 39, 93; cf.

    , in the reverse order: omnes exterae gentes ac nationes,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 11, 31:

    per omnes gentes nationesque,

    Quint. 11, 3, 87:

    eruditissima Graecorum natio,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 18:

    Judaei et Syri, nationes natae servituti,

    id. Prov. Cons. 5, 10:

    immanes ac barbarae nationes,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9, § 27:

    quod eas quoque nationes adire volebat,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 7:

    Suevi majorem Germaniae partem obtinent, propriis adhuc nationibus nominibusque discreti,

    Tac. G. 38:

    Gannascus, natione Canninefas,

    id. A. 11, 18:

    patre Camissare, natione Care, matre Scythissā natus,

    Nep. Dat. 1, 1:

    NATIONE CILIX,

    Inscr. Fabr. p. 495, n. 189; so in connection with names of cities: NATIONE ARRETIO, Inscr. Don. cl. 6, n. 181.—
    2.
    Ad Nationes, the name of a portico in Rome, built by Augustus, where the images of all known nations were set up:

    ante aditum porticūs Ad Nationes,

    Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 39; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 721.—
    3.
    In eccl. Lat., like gens, and the Gr. ethnos, opp. to Christians, the heathen:

    per deos nationum,

    Tert. de Idol. 22.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > natio

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