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1 catachresis
improper use of a word; (pure Latin abusio) -
2 catachresis
cătăchrēsis, is, f., = katachrêsis, a rhet. figure, an improper use of a word; in pure Lat. abusio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 58 Müll.; cf. Quint. 8, 6, 34; 8, 2, 5; and Don. p. 1775 P. (where, as in Cic. Or. 27, 94, it is written as Greek). -
3 abūsiō
abūsiō ōnis, f [abutor]; in rhetoric, the improper use of a word, C.* * *use of wrong synonym; catachresis, loose/improper use of a word/term/metaphor -
4 aegrotatio
aegrōtātĭo, ōnis, f. [aegroto], illness, sickness, disease, infirmity (prop. only of the body, while aegritudo also desig. that of the mind;much used in the philos. writings of Cic.): ut aegrotatio in corpore, sic aegritudo in animo,
Cic. Tusc. 3, 10:cum sanguis corruptus est, morbi aegrotationesque nascuntur,
id. ib. 4, 10:aegrotationes nostras portavit,
Vulg. Matt. 8, 17; ib. Jer. 16, 4.—The distinction between aegrotatio and morbus Cicero gives as follows:Morbum appellant totius corporis corruptionem, aegrotationem morbum cum imbecillitate,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 29.—Only by catachresis, of the mind, morbid state or condition, disease, but never strictly for aegritudo.—Thus Cicero says, after giving, in the passage above quoted, the distinction between morbus and aegrotatio, in reference to the body:sed in animo tantum modo cogitatione possumus morbum ab aegrotatione sejungere.— So also: nomen insaniae significat mentis aegrotationem et morbum, id est insanitatem et aegrotum animum, quam appellārunt insaniam,
Cic. Tusc. 3, 4; and:aegrotationes animi, qualis est avaritia, gloriae cupiditas, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 37, 79.—In Pliny, of plants, 17, 24, 37, § 231. -
5 liberalitas
lībĕrālĭtas, ātis, f. [1. liber], a way of thinking befitting a freeman; a noble, kind, or friendly disposition, noble spirit, kindness, affability.I.In gen. (rare):II.liberalitate liberos retinere satius est, quam metu,
Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 32:qui ita vivunt, ut eorum probetur fides, liberalitas,
kindness, Cic. Lael. 5, 19:(L. Cassius) homo, non liberalitate, ut alii, sed ipsa tristitia et severitate popularis,
id. Brut. 25, 97.—In partic., generosity, liberality (the usual signif. of the word;B.syn.: bonitas, beneficentia, benignitas): beneficentia, quam eandem vel benignitatem vel liberalitatem appellari licet,
Cic. Off. 1, 7, 20:liberalitas ac benignitas,
id. de Or. 2, 25, 105:magnificentia liberalitatis,
id. Rosc. Com. 8, 24:ut ea liberalitate utamur, quae prosit amicis, noceat nemini,
id. Off. 1, 14, 43:quid dicam de pietate in matrem, liberalitate in sorores?
id. Lael. 3, 11:liberalitatis virtutes,
Quint. 6 prooem. § 10: illa quidam catachresis volunt esse, cum... pro luxuria liberalitas dicitur;a quibus equidem dissentio,
id. 8, 6, 36.—Transf. (abstr. pro concr.), a gift, present (post-Aug.):decima parte liberalitatis apud quemque eorum relicta,
Tac. H. 1, 20; Suet. Tib. 46: unaque et altera liberalitate locupletavit, id. Vit. Hor.— Plur.:revocatae liberalitates ejus,
gifts, grants, Suet. Claud. 29:liberalitates Neronis revocandas curavit,
id. Galb. 15.
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