changeableness

estrosità s.f.

1 ( estro) creativity, imaginativeness, elan, flair

2 ( bizzarria) changeableness, moodiness.

lunaticheria s.f. (non com.)

1 (l'essere lunatico) moodiness, changeableness

2 (comportamento lunatico) eccentricity; lunacy.

1) ( подверженность изменениям) changeability, changeableness, mutability; ( неустойчивость) unsteadiness; ( непостоянство) fickleness

2) биол. variability

(gen) Bio variability, (di tempo, umore) changeableness

fŏlĭum, ii, n. [Gr. phullon, for phulion; cf. alius, allos; root prob. phla-, phlasmos; Lat. flos, Flora], a leaf (cf. frons).

Lit., of plants:

quid in arboribus? in quibus non truncus, non rami, non folia sunt denique, nisi, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 179:

latissima (folia) fico, angusta myrto, capillata pino, aculeata aquifolio, etc.,

Plin. 16, 24, 38, § 90:

concava caepae,

id. 19, 6, 31, § 100:

foliis ex arboribus strictis,

Caes. B. C. 3, 58, 3:

mobilia,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 5:

amara,

id. S. 2, 3, 114:

arida laureae,

Cic. Pis. 40, 97.—

Prov.: folia nunc cadunt, si triduom hoc hic erimus, tum arbores in te cadent,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 24.—As a proverb of mobility or changeableness:

nec me consules movent, qui ipsi pluma aut folio facilius moventur,

Cic. Att. 8, 15, 2.—The Sibyl wrote her oracles on leaves (acc. to Varro, on palmleaves), Verg. A. 3, 444; 6, 74 Serv.;

hence, prov.: credite me vobis folium recitare Sibyllae,

i. e. I am talking gospel, absolute truth, Juv. 8, 126.—

Trop., a thing of no consequence, a trifle:

folia sunt artis et nugae merae,

App. M. 1, p. 106, 8.—

Transf., a leaf of paper (late Lat. for plagula, charta, or schedula):

ille manu retractis in calcem foliis sic exorsus est,

Macr. S. 5, 4, 1. (In Plin. 37, 7, 29, § 103, the better read. is fila; v. Jan. and Sillig, ad h. l.).

inconstantĭa, ae, f. [inconstans], inconstancy, changeableness, fickleness (class.).

Of persons:

quid est inconstantia, mobilitate, levitate, cum singulis hominibus, tum vero universo senatui turpius?

Cic. Phil. 7, 3, 9:

levitate implicata,

id. Vatin. 1, 3:

fama inconstantiae,

id. Fam. 1, 9:

inconstantiae notam habere, Plin. ap. Trogas, 11, 52, 114, § 276: nemo doctus umquam mutationem consilii inconstantiam dixit esse,

Cic. Att. 16, 7, 3; id. N. D. 3, 14.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

fulgoris,

Plin. 37, 13, 76, § 199:

artis,

id. 7, 49, 50, § 162:

mensurae,

id. 6, 26, 30, § 124:

frontis ac luminum,

Quint. 9, 3, 101:

mutabilitasque mentis,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 35, 76; id. Dom. 2.

lĕvĭtas, ātis, f. [1. levis], lightness, as to weight.

Lit. (rare):

plumarum,

Lucr. 3, 387; id. 4, 745:

armorum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 34:

nulli fruticum levitas major,

Plin. 13, 22, 42, § 123.—

Transf., poet., movableness, mobility:

Termine, post illud levitas tibi libera non est: Qua positus fueris in statione, mane,

Ov. F. 2, 673.—

Trop.

Light-mindedness, changeableness, fickleness, inconstancy, levity (freq. and class.):

quid est inconstantiā, mobilitate, levitate turpius?

Cic. Phil. 7, 3, 9:

temere assentientium,

id. Ac. 2, 38, 120:

in populari ratione,

id. Brut. 27, 103:

mobilitas et levitas animi,

Caes. B. G. 2, 1:

ut adversas res, sic secundas immoderate ferre, levitatis est,

lightness of mind, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

amatoriis levitatibus dediti,

frivolities, id. Fin. 1, 18, 62:

manet in rebus temere congestis levitas,

Quint. 10, 3, 17:

contemnamus igitur omnis ineptias—quod enim lenius huic levitati nomen inponam,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 95.—

In partic., of speech, shallowness, superficialness (rare):

opinionis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 17, 45.

lēvĭtas ( laev-), ātis, f. [2. lēvis], smoothness.

Lit. (class.):

speculorum,

Cic. Univ. 14; id. de Or. 3, 25, 99; id. Univ. 6; Plin. 2, 3, 3, § 7:

intestinorum,

slipperiness, lubricity, Cels. 4, 16; 2, 8.—

Trop., of speech, smoothness, fluency, facility:

Demosthenes nihil levitate Aeschini et splendore verborum cedit,

Cic. Or. 31, 110:

verborum,

Quint. 10, 1, 52:

effeminata,

id. 8, 3, 6.

lĕvĭtas, ātis, f. [1. levis], lightness, as to weight.

Lit. (rare):

plumarum,

Lucr. 3, 387; id. 4, 745:

armorum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 34:

nulli fruticum levitas major,

Plin. 13, 22, 42, § 123.—

Transf., poet., movableness, mobility:

Termine, post illud levitas tibi libera non est: Qua positus fueris in statione, mane,

Ov. F. 2, 673.—

Trop.

Light-mindedness, changeableness, fickleness, inconstancy, levity (freq. and class.):

quid est inconstantiā, mobilitate, levitate turpius?

Cic. Phil. 7, 3, 9:

temere assentientium,

id. Ac. 2, 38, 120:

in populari ratione,

id. Brut. 27, 103:

mobilitas et levitas animi,

Caes. B. G. 2, 1:

ut adversas res, sic secundas immoderate ferre, levitatis est,

lightness of mind, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

amatoriis levitatibus dediti,

frivolities, id. Fin. 1, 18, 62:

manet in rebus temere congestis levitas,

Quint. 10, 3, 17:

contemnamus igitur omnis ineptias—quod enim lenius huic levitati nomen inponam,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 95.—

In partic., of speech, shallowness, superficialness (rare):

opinionis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 17, 45.

lēvĭtas ( laev-), ātis, f. [2. lēvis], smoothness.

Lit. (class.):

speculorum,

Cic. Univ. 14; id. de Or. 3, 25, 99; id. Univ. 6; Plin. 2, 3, 3, § 7:

intestinorum,

slipperiness, lubricity, Cels. 4, 16; 2, 8.—

Trop., of speech, smoothness, fluency, facility:

Demosthenes nihil levitate Aeschini et splendore verborum cedit,

Cic. Or. 31, 110:

verborum,

Quint. 10, 1, 52:

effeminata,

id. 8, 3, 6.

mōbĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [mobilis], movableness, mobility, activity, speed, rapidity, quickness (class.).

Lit.:

animal mobilitate celerrimā,

Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 42:

linguae,

volubility, id. de Or. 1, 28, 127: equitum, agility, rapidity (opp. stabilitas peditum), Caes. B. G. 4, 33:

fulminis,

quickness, Lucr. 6, 323. sanare mobilitates dentium, looseness, Plin. 20, 21, 84, § 224.—

Trop.

Changeableness, fickleness, inconstancy:

quid est inconstantiā, mobilitate, levitate turpius?

Cic. Phil. 7, 3, 9:

fortunae,

Nep. Dion. 6, 1:

ingenii,

inconstancy of character, Sall. J. 88, 6:

vulgi,

Tac. H. 5, 8.—

Quickness, vivacity:

opus est naturali quādam mobilitate animi,

Quint. 10, 7, 8.

vărĭĕtas, ātis, f. [varius], difference, diversity, variety (class.; used alike in sing. and plur.): varietas Latinum verbum est, idque proprie quidem in disparibus coloribus dicitur: sed transfertur in multa disparia: varium poëma, varia oratio, varii mores, varia fortuna;

voluptas etiam varia dici solet, cum percipitur ex multis dissimilibus rebus dissimiliter efficientibus voluptates,

Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 10:

florum omnium,

id. Sen. 15, 54:

Asia varietate fructuum facile omnibus terris antecedit,

id. Imp. Pomp. 6, 14:

ut in corporibus magnae dissimilitudines sunt, sic in animis exsistunt majores etiam varietates,

id. Off. 1, 30, 107; cf. id. Div. 2, 44, 92:

varietates vocum,

id. ib. 2, 3, 9:

caeli,

id. ib. 1, 36, 79:

rerum publicarum,

id. Rep. 3, 3, 4:

bellum in multā varietate terrā marique versatum,

i. e. changes, vicissitudes, id. Arch. 9, 21:

(Timaeus) sententiarum varietate abundantissimus,

id. de Or. 2, 14, 58:

esse in varietate ac dissensione,

variety of opinion, id. N. D. 1, 1, 2:

voluntatis,

difference of wish, id. Att. 1, 17, 1:

utilitatis varietates,

id. Rep. 1, 32, 49:

nec varietatem natura patitur,

id. ib. 3, 11, 18: extimescens varietatem atque infidelitatem exercitūs, changeableness, fickleness, inconstancy, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 2:

ad varietates annonae horreum fore,

vicissitudes, Liv. 7, 31, 1:

figurarum,

Quint. 10, 2, 1:

juris,

id. 3, 6, 90:

nullum exspirantem versicolori quādam et numerosā varietate spectari proceres gulae narrant,

Plin. 9, 17, 30, § 66:

cum videamus tot varietates circumagi,

fluctuations of fortune, Plin. Ep. 4, 24, 6.—

Transf., varied clothing, colored attire:

circumamictā varietate, Aug. Civ. Dei, 17, 16, 2: circumamicta varietatibus,

Vulg. Psa. 44, 15.

vŏlūbĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [volubilis], a rapid [p. 2012] whirling motion.

Lit.:

mundi,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49; id. Fat. 19, 43; id. Univ. 10; Ov. F. 6, 271; App. Asclep. p. 100, 41.—

Transf., roundness, round form:

fracta capitis latissima,

Ov. M. 12, 434.—

Trop.

Of speech, rapidity, fluency, volubility:

linguae volubilitas,

Cic. Planc. 25, 62:

flumen aliis verborum volubilitasque cordi est,

id. Or. 16, 53; id. de Or. 1, 5, 17:

nimia vocis,

Quint. 11, 3, 52 (opp. tarditas); 10, 1, 8; Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 4.—

Of fate, changeableness, mutability:

quod temere fit caeco casu et volubilitate fortunae,

Cic. Div. 2, 6, 15; Plin. 37, 1, 2, § 3.

εὐμετα-βλησία, ἡ,

A changeableness, Sch.Th.3.37.

πᾰλίν-τροπος, ον,

A turned away, averted, ὄμματα, ὄψις, A.Ag. 777(lyr.), Supp. 173 (lyr.).

II turning back, π. ἕρπειν, στρέφεσθαι, S.Ph. 1222, E.HF 1069 (lyr.);

π. ἐκ πολέμοιο AP9.61

;

π. κέλευθος Parm.6.9

.

2 changing to the other side, contrary,

πλάστιγξ τοῦ βίου S.Fr.576.5

(s. v.l.);

π. τῆς ἐλπίδος ἀποβαινούσης πρὸς τὰς ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἐπιβολάς Plb. 14.6.6

; π. ταῖς ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἐλπίσιν exactly contrary to their original expectations, Id.5.16.9, cf. 9.21.1;

π. ποιῆσαι τὴν μάχην D.S. 15.85

, cf. App.Mith.88;

π. ποιήσασθαι τὴν δίωξιν Onos.27

(v.l. παλίστροφον) ; τὸ π. τοῦ δαιμονίου changeableness, Id.35.4.

III [voice] Act., turning to flight,

νόημα B. 10.54

.

IV v. παλίντονος 1.3.

See Changeableness.

Changeableness: P. τὸ ἀστάθμητον.

Who would not be sorry when he sees such inconsistencies in household economy: P. τίς... οὐκ ἂν ἀλγήσειεν ὅταν ἴδῃ... τοιαύτας ἐναντιώσεις πρὸς τὴν διοίκησιν (Isoc. 150^D).

Changeableness: P. τὸ ἀστάθμητον.

Cunning: Ar. πυκνότης, ἡ, P. and V. πανουργία, ἡ.