concinnĭter

con-cinnus, a, um, adj. [etym. dub.; acc. to Non. p. 43, 21, and p. 59, 30, from cinnus], fitly, skilfully put together or joined, well adjusted, beautiful (class.; esp. freq. in Cic. of discourse).

Object.

Prop.:

sat edepol concinna est (virgo) facie,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 77:

Samos ( = venusta, elegans),

pretty, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 2:

tectorium,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1, § 1: helicis folia angulosa et concinniora (for euruthmotera, in Theophr. H. P. 3, 18), Plin. 16, 34, 62, § 148:

heluo,

elegant, Cic. Pis. 10, 22.—

Trop., of discourse, beautiful, elegant, polishcd, neat, striking, etc.:

(oratio) concinna, distincta, ornata, festiva, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 100:

sententiae non tam graves et severae quam concinnae et venustae,

id. Brut. 95, 325; cf.:

concinnae sententiae (opp. probabiles),

id. Or. 19, 65; and:

concinnae acutaeque sententiae,

id. Brut. 78, 272:

versus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 74:

sermo,

id. S. 1, 10, 23:

reditus ad rem aptus et concinnus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 203:

transgressio verborum, id est hyperbaton,

Quint. 9, 3, 91.—

Transf. to the person:

alii in eādem jejunitate concinniores, id est, faceti, florentes etiam et leviter ornati,

Cic. Or. 6, 20; Nep. Epam. 5, 1:

concinnus et elegans Aristo,

Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 13; cf.

also of the painter Nicophanes: elegans et concinnus (pictor),

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 111. —

Subject. ( = commodus, II.): concinnus alicui, suited to, fit, appropriate for; of persons, suiting one's self to, courteous, pleasing, etc. (rare): viris Venus ut concinnior esset, * Lucr. 4, 1276:

concinnus amicis,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 50.—

Concinnum est = commodum est:

age, age, ut tibi maxime concinnum est,

it is pleasing, agreeable, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 33.— Adv.

In the form concinnē, fitly, beautifully:

concinne et lepide vestita,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 38. —Of discourse, elegantly, neatly, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 81; id. N. D. 2, 27, 69; id. Rosc. Com. 16, 49.— Comp.:

eloqui,

Aus. Grat. Act. ad Gratian. 8: saliunt aquae, Fronto de Orat. 1, p. 242 Mai.— Sup. of the adj. and adv. apparently not in use.—

In the form concinnĭter, Gell. 18, 2.