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  • 1 decēns

        decēns entis, adj. with comp.    [P. of decet], seemly, becoming, decent, proper, fit: amictus, O.: motus, H.: quid verum atque decens, H.: (habitus) decentior quam sublimior, Ta.— Symmetrical, well-formed, beautiful, noble: mālae, H.: Venus, H.: quā nulla decentior, O.
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    decentis (gen.), decentior -or -us, decentissimus -a -um ADJ
    appropriate, decent/seemly/becoming, in approved standard; pleasing/graceful

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  • 2 decens

    dĕcens, entis, v. decet, P. a.

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  • 3 decens

    properly, fittingly, suitably

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  • 4 decet

    dĕcet, cuit, 2, v. impers. [Sanscr. dacas, fame; Gr. dokeô, to seem, think; Lat. decus, dignus]. It is seemly, comely, becoming,; it beseems, behooves, is fitting, suitable, proper (for syn. v. debeo init.):

    decere quasi aptum esse consentaneumque tempori et personae,

    Cic. Or. 22, 74; cf. also nunc quid aptum sit, hoc est, quid maxime deceat in oratione videamus, id. de Or. 3, 55, 210 (very freq. and class.; not in Caes.).—Constr., with nom. or inf. of the thing, and with acc.; less freq. with dat. of the pers.; sometimes absol.
    a.
    With nom. rei
    (α).
    and acc. pers.: Ph. Quin me aspice et contempla, ut haec (sc. vestis) me decet. Sc. Virtute formae id evenit, te ut deceat, quicquid habeas, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 16 sq.; cf.:

    quem decet muliebris ornatus, quem incessus psaltriae, Cic. Clod. fragm. 5, p. 105 ed. Beier: te toga picta decet,

    Prop. 4, 4, 53 al.; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 30; Quint. 8, 5, 28;

    and nec habitus triumphalis feminas deceat,

    id. 11, 1, 3; cf.:

    omnis Aristippum color decuit,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 23:

    intonsus crinis deum,

    Tib. 1, 4, 38; cf.:

    neglecta decet multas coma,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 153; id. F. 2, 106 et saep.:

    id maxime quemque decet, quod est cujusque maxime suum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 31, 113:

    quod omnes et semper et ubique decet,

    Quint. 11, 1, 14:

    non si quid Pholoen satis, Et te, Chlori, decet,

    Hor. Od. 3, 15, 8 et saep.:

    qui flexus deceat miserationem,

    Quint. 1, 11, 12:

    civitatem quis deceat status,

    Hor. Od. 3, 29, 25 et saep.—In plur.:

    quem tenues decuere togae nitidique capilli,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 32:

    te non citharae decent,

    id. Od. 3, 15, 14:

    alba decent Cererem: vestes Cerealibus albas Sumite,

    Ov. F. 4, 619; id. M. 1, 457 et saep.:

    nec velle experiri, quam se aliena deceant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 31, 113; Quint. 6, 1, 25:

    illa quoque diversa bonum virum decent,

    id. 11, 1, 42 et saep.:

    duo verba uni apposita ne versum quidem decuerint,

    id. 8, 6, 43.—
    (β).
    Without acc. pers.:

    nihil est difficilius quam quid deceat videre,

    Cic. Or. 21, 70; cf.:

    quid deceat et quid aptum sit personis,

    id. Off. 1, 34 fin.:

    casus singularis magis decuit,

    Quint. 8, 3, 20; id. 11, 3, 161 et saep.:

    idem fere in omni genere causarum et proderit et decebit,

    id. 11, 1, 14; cf. id. 9, 4, 21.—In plur.:

    ubi lepos, joci, risus, vinum, ebrietas decent,

    Plaut. Ps. prol. 20:

    cum magna pars est exhausta orationis, pene omnia decent,

    Quint. 11, 3, 147; 150; id. 11, 1, 48 et saep. —
    (γ).
    With dat.:

    istuc facinus nostro generi non decet,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 188: certa est ratio quae deceat philosopho, Apul. Flor. 3, p. 355, 13; Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 34; cf. infra. —
    b.
    With inf.
    (α).
    and acc. pers.:

    non te mihi irasci decet,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 24:

    hanc maculam nos decet effugere,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 31:

    oratorem irasci minime decet,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 25; Quint. 12, 6, 3; Ov. M. 3, 265; so freq. with inf. pass.:

    specimen naturae capi debet ex optima quaque natura,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32:

    mortalin' decuit violari vulnere divum?

    Verg. A. 12, 797; Ter. And. prol. 16. —
    (β).
    Without acc.:

    injusta ab justis impetrare non decet,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 35:

    exemplis grandioribus decuit uti,

    Cic. Div. 1, 20; Ov. M. 8, 27:

    nunc decet caput impedire myrto: nunc et in umbrosis Fauno decet immolare lucis,

    Hor. Od. 1, 4, 9 sq.; id. Ep. 1, 17, 2; Pers. 3, 27.—
    (γ).
    With dat.:

    decet tantae majestati eas servare leges, quibus, etc.,

    Dig. 32, 1, 23:

    ita uti liberali esse ingenio decet,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 89:

    prima certe pensari decet populo utrum, etc.,

    Liv. 34, 58, 8.
    c.
    Absol.
    (α).
    with acc. pers.:

    ita ut vos decet,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 40; cf.:

    facis, ut te decet,

    Ter. Andr. 2, 5, 10; id. Heaut. 5, 5, 10:

    ita uti fortes decet milites,

    id. Eun. 4, 7, 44; cf.: id. Andr. 2, 6, 14:

    illum decet,

    Quint. 9, 4, 15 et saep.—
    (β).
    Without case:

    eia haud sic decet,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 35; cf. id. Hec. 2, 2, 10:

    fecisti ut decuerat,

    id. ib. 4, 4, 66:

    minus severe quam decuit,

    Cic. Phil. 6, 1:

    velata parte oris, quia sic decebat,

    it was becoming, Tac. A. 13, 45:

    nihil aliter ac deceat,

    id. Att. 6, 3, 8: perge;

    decet,

    Verg. A. 12, 153 et saep.—
    (γ).
    With dat.:

    ita nobis decet,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 5; id. Heaut. 5, 2, 12:

    locum editiorem quam victoribus decebat,

    Sall. H. 1, 98 (Serv. Verg. A. 8, 127.)— Hence, dĕcens, entis, P. a. (freq. in Hor., Ov., and post-Aug. prose, esp. Quint.; not in Verg.; in Cic. once adverbially, and cf. decentia), seemly, becoming, decent, proper, fit:

    amictus,

    Ov. Pont. 2, 5, 52; cf.:

    decentior amictus,

    Quint. 11, 3, 156;

    and sinus (togae) decentissimus,

    id. 11, 3, 140:

    ornatus,

    id. 2, 15, 21:

    motus,

    Hor. Od. 4, 13, 17; Quint. 1, 10, 26; cf.:

    corporis decens et accommodatus orationi motus,

    id. 11, 3, 29;

    and allevatio atque contractio humerorum,

    id. 11, 3, 83:

    decentissimum sponsalium genus,

    Sen. Ben. 1, 9 et saep.:

    quid verum atque decens,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 11:

    decentius erit servare pudorem,

    Quint. 11, 1, 78; cf. 8, 6, 6.—
    2.
    Esp. of corporeal fitness and symmetry, regularly, symmetrically, handsomely shaped; well-formed; noble:

    forma,

    Ov. Am. 3, 1, 9; cf.:

    habitus decentior quam sublimior,

    Tac. Agr. 44:

    facies,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 33:

    malae,

    Hor. Od. 3, 27, 53:

    Venus,

    id. ib. 1, 18, 6; cf.:

    Cynthia,

    Prop. 4, 8, 52 (5, 8, 52 M.):

    Gratiae,

    Hor. Od. 1, 4, 6:

    (Paullus) et nobilis et decens,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 13: pulcher et decens toto corpore, Suct. Dom. 18; cf. Juv. 6, 161:

    sumptis decentior armis Minerva,

    Ov. H. 5, 35; Quint. 8, 3, 10 et saep.— Adv.: decenter (acc. to no. 1), becomingly, decently, properly, fitly:

    fictis nominibus decenter uti,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 21, 5; cf.:

    fieri,

    Quint. 11, 1, 79:

    singula quaeque locum teneant sortita decenter,

    Hor. A. P. 92; cf.:

    maesta,

    Ov. Am. 2, 5, 44.— Comp.: Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 216; Quint. 9, 1, 21 al.— Sup., a false reading for diligentissime, Cic. Caes. 26, 74.

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  • 5 decenter

        decenter adv. with comp.    [decens], becomingly, decently, properly, fitly: Singula quaeque locum teneant sortita decenter, H.: maesta, O.: pulsare decentius, H.
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    decentius, decentissime ADV
    appropriately/decently, with good taste; becomingly, pleasingly, gracefully

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  • 6 decentia

        decentia ae, f    [decens], comeliness, decency.
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    propriety, decency; comeliness, becomingness

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  • 7 rogō

        rogō āvī    (rogāssint, for rogāverint, C.), ātus, āre, to ask, question, interrogate: My. quid vis? Da. At etiam rogas? can you ask? T.: de istac rogas Virgine, T.: de te ipso: Dictura es quod rogo? T.: omnia rogabat: quem igitur rogem? T.: cum eos nemo rogaret: quae te de te ipso rogaro: Hanc (colubram) alia cum rogaret causam facinoris, Ph.: ad ea, quae rogati erunt, respondere: Quodsi me populus R. roget, cur Non, etc., H.: quae sit, rogo, T.: rogavi pervenissentne Agrigentum?: Quid verum atque decens, curo et rogo, H.—In public life, to ask an opinion, call upon to vote: de re p. sententiam rogo: qui ordo in sententiis rogandis servari solet, in calling the roll (of senators): quos priores sententiam rogabat: omnes ante me rogati: primus sententiam rogatus, S.—Of a bill or resolution, to question concerning, bring forward for approval, propose, move, introduce: consules populum iure rogaverunt: ego hanc legem, uti rogas, iubendam censeo, L.: nunc rogari, ut populus consules creet, L.—To propose for election, offer as a candidate, nominate: populus regem, interrege rogante, creavit, on the nomination of: ut consules roget praetor: praetores, cum ita rogentur, ut collegae consulibus sint, etc.: comitia rogando conlegae, L.: ad magistratūs rogandos proficiscitur, S.: ut duo viros aedilīs ex patribus dictator populum rogaret, L. —Of soldiers, with sacramento, to require answer under oath, bind by oath: (milites) consulis sacramento, Cs.: sacramento rogatos arma capere cogebat, swore them into the service and forced them, etc., L.—To ask, beg, request, solicit, implore: neque enim ego sic rogabam, ut, etc., did not solicit in such a way.—Prov.: malo emere quam rogare, i. e. it is absurdly cheap.—With acc: hoc te vehementer: res turpīs: Otium divos rogat, H.: ab Metello missionem, S.: ambiuntur, rogantur, are asked for their votes: etiamsi precario essent rogandi: non suā sponte sed rogatus a Gallis, Cs.: cum consulatus petebatur, non rogabatur, etc., was not begged for: legatos ad Caesarem mittunt rogatum auxilium, Cs.: etiam atque etiam te rogo atque oro, ut eum iuves: ut temptes dissimulare rogat, O.: Caesar consolatus rogat, finem orandi faciat, Cs.: rogat frater, ne abeas longius, T.: ne quid invitus meā causā facias: euntem (eum) morari, Ct.—To invite, ask a visit from: Tertia aderit, modo ne Publius rogatus sit: Pomponiam.
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    rogare, rogavi, rogatus V
    ask, ask for; invite; introduce

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  • 8 apo

    ăpo (or ăpio, Isid. Orig. 19, 30), ĕre, v. a. [cf.: haptô, apiscor, apex].
    I.
    A.. To fasten, attach, join, bind, tie to (syn.: ligo, adligo, jungo, conjungo, recto): comprehendere antiqui vinculo apere dicebant, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. apex, p. 18 Müll.; cf. apex; used only in part. perf. pass. aptus (the P. a. v. infra):

    uteri terrae radicibus apti,

    fastened to the earth, Lucr. 5, 808 (Lachm., terram and apti = adepti):

    bracchia validis ex apta lacertis,

    united with the strong shoulders, id. 4, 829:

    gladium e lacunari setā equinā aptum demitti jussit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62:

    linguam vinclis de pectore imo aptis moveri,

    Gell. 1, 15.—
    B.
    Trop.: ex aliquā re (like pendere ex aliquā re), depending upon, arising from (so only in Cic.):

    rerum causae aliae ex aliis aptae et necessitate nexae,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 25, 70:

    honestum, ex quo aptum est officium,

    id. Off. 1, 18, 60; id. Fin. 2, 14, 47:

    ex quā re (sc. virtute) una vita omnis apta sit,

    id. Ac. 2, 10, 31:

    causa ex aeternis causis apta,

    id. Fat. 15, 34:

    cui viro ex se apta sunt omnia, etc.,

    id. Tusc. 5, 12, 36 (as transl. of Plat. Menex. p. 302: Hotôi gar andri eis heauton anêrtêtai panta, etc.); cf. id. Fam. 5, 13.—Once also with pendere:

    non ex verbis aptum pendere jus,

    Cic. Caecin. 18.—Also without ex:

    vitā modicā et aptā virtute perfrui,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 56:

    rudentibus apta fortuna,

    id. Tusc. 5, 14, [p. 138] 40.—
    II.
    A.. Joined, bound, or tied together, connected:

    aptum conexum et colligatum significat,

    Non. p. 234, 32 (so most freq. in Lucr.):

    conjugio corporis atque animae consistimus uniter apti,

    Lucr. 3, 846; 5, 555; 5, 558:

    genus... validis aptum per viscera nervis,

    bound together by the strong band of the sinews, id. 5, 928:

    quae memorare queam inter se singlariter apta,

    id. 6, 1067 al.:

    facilius est apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere,

    Cic. Or. 71, 235:

    quā ex conjunctione caelum ita aptum est, ut, etc.,

    id. Tim. 5:

    qui tam certos caeli motus, tamque omnia inter se conexa et apta viderit,

    id. N. D. 2, 38, 97; Gell. 6, 2. —
    B.
    Trop.:

    omnia inter se apta et conexa,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 19, 53:

    apta inter se et cohaerentia,

    id. N. D 3, 1, 4:

    efficiatur aptum illud, quod fuerit antea diffiuens ac solutum,

    id. Or. 70, 233.— Poet., with abl., endowed, furnished, or ornamented with something: fides alma, apta pinnis, furnished with wings, winged, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 29, 105:

    stellis fulgentibus apta caeli domus,

    the abode of heaven studded with glittering stars, Lucr. 6, 357 (cf. id. 5, 1205: stellis micantibus aethera fixum);

    imitated by Verg.: caelum stellis fulgentibus aptum,

    Verg. A. 11, 202, and:

    axis stellis ardentibus aptus,

    id. ib. 4, 482:

    veste signis ingentibus aptā,

    Lucr. 5, 1428:

    magis apta figura,

    id. 2, 814: lucus opacus teneris fruticibus aptus, Varr. ap. Non. p. 235, 9:

    Tyrio prodeat apta sinu,

    Tib. 1, 9, 70.—Hence,
    III.
    aptus, a, um, P. a., pr., fitted to something; hence, suited, suitable, proper, apposite, fit, appropriate, adapted, conformable to (cf. accommodatus and appositus, 2.).
    A.
    In gen.: aptus is, qui convenienter alicui junctus est, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. apex, p. 18 Müll. (so most freq. after the Cic. per.); constr. with ad or dat.; of persons always with dat.
    (α).
    With ad:

    ossa habent commissuras ad stabilitatem aptas,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139:

    in pulmonibus inest raritas quaedam ad hauriendum spiritum aptissima,

    id. ib. 2, 55, 136:

    locus ad insidias aptior,

    id. Mil. 20:

    calcei habiles et apti ad pedem,

    id. de Or. 1, 54, 231:

    castra ad bellum ducendum aptissima,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 37; so Vulg. 1 Par. 7, 40; ib. 2 Par. 26, 13:

    aptum ad proelium,

    ib. 1 Reg. 14, 52:

    fornices in muro erant apti ad excurrendum,

    Liv. 36, 23, 3 al. —
    (β).
    With dat.:

    non omnia rebus sunt omnibus apta,

    Lucr. 6, 961:

    aliis alias animantibus aptas Res,

    id. 6, 773:

    initia apta et accommodata naturae,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 17, 46:

    quod verum, simplex sincerumque sit, id esse naturae hominis aptissimum,

    id. Off. 1, 4, 13:

    haec genera dicendi aptiora sunt adulescentibus,

    id. Brut. 95, 223; so id. ib. 62, 326; id. Tusc. 1, 36, 87; id. Or. 22, 1 al.:

    quod aetati tuae esset aptissimum,

    id. Off. 1, 2, 4; so Nep. Att. 16, 1:

    apta dies sacrificio,

    Liv. 1, 45:

    venti aptiores Romanae quam suae classi,

    id. 25, 37 al.:

    notavi portus puppibus aptos,

    Ov. M. 3, 596; 4, 160:

    armis apta magis tellus,

    Prop. 4, 22, 19:

    aptum equis Argos,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 9:

    apta vinculo conjugali,

    Vulg. Ruth, 1, 12; ib. Luc. 9, 62:

    aptus amicis,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 43 et saep.— Other constrr.:
    (γ).
    With in (cf. Rudd. II. p. 96, n. 60):

    in quod (genus pugnae) minime apti sunt,

    Liv. 38, 21:

    formas deus aptus in omnes,

    apt for, easily changed into, Ov. M. 14, 765:

    in ceteros apta usus,

    Vulg. Deut. 20, 20:

    vasa apta in interitum,

    ib. Rom. 9, 22.—
    (δ).
    With qui (cf. Zumpt, §

    568): nulla videbatur aptior persona, quae de illā aetate loqueretur,

    Cic. Am. 1, 4:

    est mihi, quae lanas molliat, apta manus,

    Ov. H. 3, 70.—
    (ε).
    Poet., with inf:

    (Circe) apta cantu veteres mutare figuras,

    Tib. 4, 1, 63:

    aetas mollis et apta regi,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 10.— Esp. freq.,
    (ζ).
    Absol., Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 235, 16:

    amor,

    Prop. 4, 22, 42:

    saltus,

    Ov. M. 2, 498:

    ars,

    Tib. 1, 7, 60:

    apta oscula,

    Tib. 1, 4, 54; Ov. H. 15, 132:

    lar aptus,

    an extensive, satisfying possession, Hor. C. 1, 12, 43.—So in prose:

    aptus exercitus,

    an army good in fight, ready for battle, Liv. 10, 25:

    tempus aptum,

    the right time, id. 35, 19; so Vulg. Eccli. 20, 6 al.—
    B.
    Esp., in rhet., of the fitness, appropriateness of discourse:

    quid aptum sit, hoc est quid maxime decens in oratione,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 210; so apta oratio, which has the appropriate rhet. fulness and periodic rounding: numerosa et apta oratio, id. Or. 50, 168; cf. id. ib. 50, 70; so id. Brut. 17, 68:

    Thucydides verbis aptus et pressus,

    exact and brief in expression, id. de Or. 2, 13, 56.—Hence, aptē, adv., closely, fitly, suitably, nicely, rightly.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Absol.:

    atque ita apte cohaeret (mundi corpus), ut etc.,

    Cic. Tim. 5: altera est nexa cum superiore et inde apteque pendens, id. ap. Non. p. 235, 18:

    capiti apte reponere,

    Liv. 1, 34, 8.—
    B.
    With ad:

    apte convenire ad pedem,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 46.— Sup.,
    C.
    With inter:

    ut inter se quam aptissime cohaereant extrema (verba) cum primis etc.,

    Cic. Or. 44, 149.—
    II.
    Trop., fitly, suitably, properly, duly, rightly.
    A.
    Absol.:

    facile judicabimus, quid eorum apte fiat,

    Cic. Off. 1, 41, 146:

    quod est oratoris proprium, apte, distincte, ornate dicere,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 2:

    apte et quiete ferre,

    id. ib. 4, 17, 38:

    non equite apte locato,

    Liv. 4, 37, 8:

    Qui doceant, apte quid tibi possit emi,

    Ov. Am. 1, 8, 88:

    nec aliter imperium apte regi potest,

    Curt. 8, 8, 13:

    floribus compositis apte et utiliter,

    Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 46. — Comp.:

    qualia aptius suis referentur locis,

    Plin. 2, 62, 62, § 153:

    Aptius haec puero, quam tibi, dona dabis,

    Mart. 13, 26.—
    B.
    With dat.:

    si quid exierit numeris aptius,

    Quint. 10, 12, 26.— Sup.:

    seruntur Parilibus tamen aptissime,

    Plin. 19, 3, 24, § 69.—
    C.
    With ad:

    (ut) ad rerum dignitatem apte et quasi decore (loquamur),

    Cic. de Or. 1, 32, 144:

    spolia ducis hostium caesi suspensa fabricato ad id apte ferculo gerens,

    Liv. 1, 10, 5.

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  • 9 brevio

    brĕvĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [brevis], to shorten, abbreviate, abridge, brachunô brevio, Gloss. Vet. (post-Aug.; cf. Burm. Anth. Lat. 1, p. 76; most freq. in Quint.); Manil. 3, 461; 6, 431:

    breviare quaedam,

    Quint. 1, 9, 2:

    aliquid callide,

    id. 5, 13, 41 Spald. N. cr.:

    prolixa (in scribendo),

    Lact. Epit. 8, 6; Sev. Sulp. Hist. Sacr. 1, 1:

    breviatae horae,

    Paul. Nol. Carm. Nat. S. Fel. 24, 9, 13:

    umerorum raro decens allevatio atque contractio est. Breviatur enim cervix,

    Quint. 11, 3, 83:

    non breviatis augustatisque gradibus ascenditur,

    Sid. Ep. 2, 2.—
    II.
    Transf.:

    Syllabam,

    to pronounce short, Quint. 12, 10, 57.

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  • 10 decentia

    dĕcentĭa, ae, f. [decens], comeliness, decency:

    colorum et figurarum (with venustas),

    Cic. N. D. 2, 58; id. de Or. 3, 52, 200.

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  • 11 decor

    dĕcor, ōris, m. [deceo], what is seemly, becoming; comeliness, elegance, grace, beauty, ornament ( poet. word; in prose perh. not before the Aug. per.; esp. freq. in Quint.; v. decus).
    I.
    In gen.:

    Mobilibusque decor naturis dandus et annis,

    Hor. A. P. 157; cf.: suus cuique decor est, Quint. 10, 2, 22; cf.

    also decor quoque a gestu atque a motu venit,

    id. 11, 3, 67;

    and est et in incessu pars non temnenda decoris, etc.,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 299:

    divini signa decoris,

    Verg. A. 5, 647:

    ovibus sua lana decori est,

    Ov. M. 13, 849; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 11, 29.—In rhetor. lang.:

    non decorem compositionis quaerimus, sed facilitatem,

    Quint. 9, 4, 145; cf. id. 9, 4, 44:

    quantum fuerit illis viris decoris in rebus atque personis,

    id. 10, 2, 27 et saep.—In architecture:

    decor est emendatus operis aspectus probatis rebus compositi cum auctoritate, etc.,

    Vitr. 1, 2.—In plur.:

    varii scenai,

    Lucr. 4, 984.—
    II.
    In partic., of personal comeliness, charms, beauty (cf.: decens, no. 2):

    fugit retro Levis Juventa et Decor,

    Hor. Od. 2, 11, 6; Tib. 4, 2, 8; Ov. M. 1, 488; Curt. 8, 4, 23; Tac. H. 2, 1 al.; cf. Vulg. Isa. 33, 17; id. Thren. 1, 6.
    ► dĕcor, adj., v. decoris.

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  • 12 decus

    1.
    dĕcus, ŏris, n. [Sanscr. daças, fame; Gr. doxa; cf. decet], any thing that ornaments, embellishes, adorns, honors, etc.; ornament, grace, embellishment, splendor, glory, honor, dignity (class. and freq.; a favorite word with Cicero, in oratorical lang.).
    I.
    In gen.
    (α).
    With gen.:

    hostium spolia, decora atque ornamenta fanorum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44; cf.:

    senator populi Romani, splendor ordinis, decus atque ornamentum judiciorum,

    id. Caecin. 10, 28; so,

    too, decus ornamentumque senectutis,

    id. de Or. 1, 45, 199; id. Prov. Cons. 11, 28:

    ut hominis decus ingenium, sic ingenii ipsius lumen est eloquentia,

    id. Brut. 15, 59; cf. id. Phil. 2, 22, 54:

    ad decus et ad laudem civitatis,

    id. N. D. 1, 4; cf. id. Brut. 97; cf. also id. Fin. 1, 10 fin.; id. Ac. 1, 9, 33:

    dignitatem et decus sustinere,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 124 et saep.:

    O decus Phoebi et dapibus supremi Grata testudo Jovis,

    Hor. Od. 1, 32, 13:

    lucidum caeli,

    id. Carm. Sec. 2:

    equitum Maecenas,

    id. Od. 3, 16, 20; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 2 and id. ib. 2, 17, 4: electos juvenes simul et decus innuptarum, the ornaments, i. e. the most beautiful of the maidens, Catull. 64, 78 al.:

    castique decus servare pudoris,

    Ov. M. 13, 480:

    oris,

    i. e. beauty, id. ib. 3, 422:

    decus Asteriae = Asteria decens or pulchra,

    Verg. Cul. 15.—
    (β).
    Absol.: haec omnia, quae habent speciem gloriae contemne...;

    verum decus in virtute positum est,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 12 fin.:

    divitiae, decus, gloria in oculis sita sunt!

    Sall. C. 20, 14; cf. id. ib. 58, 8; id. J. 3 fin.:

    regium,

    id. ib. 72, 2; cf.

    regale,

    Ov. M. 9, 690:

    decus enitet ore,

    Verg. A. 4, 150:

    superimpositum capiti,

    Liv. 1, 34:

    (columnas) scenis decora alta futuris,

    Verg. A. 1, 429:

    muliebre,

    i. e. chastity, Liv. 1, 58:

    immemores decoris liventia pectora tundunt,

    i. e. of their bodily charms, Ov. M. 8, 536:

    imperatori nobilitas, quae antea decori, invidiae esse,

    Sall. J. 73, 4:

    vitis ut arboribus decori est, ut vitibus uvae,

    Verg. E. 5, 32:

    Pilumno quos ipsa decus dedit,

    id. A. 12, 83.—
    II.
    Transf.
    (α).
    A deed of honor:

    tanti decoris testis,

    Tac. A. 15, 50.—Esp., plur., decora, honorable achievements, valiant deeds:

    cum multa referret sua familiaeque decora,

    Liv. 3, 12, 2:

    militiae decora,

    id. 2, 23, 4:

    belli,

    id. 6, 20, 7 (cf.:

    dedecora militiae,

    id. 3, 51, 12):

    Lacedaemonii vetera, Macedones praesentia decora intuebantur,

    Curt. 6, 1, 8.—
    (β).
    Renowned ancestors:

    inter nobiles, et longa decora praeferentes, novitas mea enituit?

    Tac. A. 14, 53; id. Hist. 1, 15.—
    III.
    Esp., moral dignity, virtue, honor:

    cum quod decus antiqui summum bonum esse dixerunt, hic solum bonum dicat, etc.,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55 (for which, shortly before, solum bonum esse quod honestum esset):

    quos (sc. Epicureos) nisi redarguimus, omnis virtus, omne decus, omnis vera laus deserenda est,

    id. Fin. 2, 14, 44;

    so with honestas,

    id. Fin. 2, 17, 56; cf. ib. 2, 11, 35; id. Off. 1, 5 fin.:

    sed ei (sc. Semproniae) cariora semper omnia quam decus atque pudicitia fuit,

    Sall. C. 25, 3; 54, 5.
    2.
    dĕcus, i, m., v. decussis, init.

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  • 13 indecens

    in-dĕcens, tis, adj., unseemly, unbecoming, indecent, improper, unsightly, ugly (post-Aug. and poet.).
    I.
    Of persons:

    numquid indecens sum?

    Petr. 128; Mart. 5, 14, 7. —
    II.
    Of things:

    nasus,

    Mart. 2, 11, 4:

    morbus,

    id. 11, 61, 13:

    risus,

    Suet. Claud. 30:

    morae,

    Quint. 11, 3, 158:

    nihil est tam indecens quam, etc.,

    id. 10, 2, 19; cf. 11, 1, 82.—Hence, indĕcenter, adv., unbecomingly, indecently, disgracefully (post-Aug. and poet.):

    non indecenter efferri,

    Quint. 1, 5, 64:

    lusca,

    Mart. 12, 22, 1. — Comp.:

    numquam vidi hominem beatum indecentius,

    Sen. Ep. 27.— Sup.:

    intersistere indecentissime,

    Quint. 8, 3, 45.

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  • 14 indecenter

    in-dĕcens, tis, adj., unseemly, unbecoming, indecent, improper, unsightly, ugly (post-Aug. and poet.).
    I.
    Of persons:

    numquid indecens sum?

    Petr. 128; Mart. 5, 14, 7. —
    II.
    Of things:

    nasus,

    Mart. 2, 11, 4:

    morbus,

    id. 11, 61, 13:

    risus,

    Suet. Claud. 30:

    morae,

    Quint. 11, 3, 158:

    nihil est tam indecens quam, etc.,

    id. 10, 2, 19; cf. 11, 1, 82.—Hence, indĕcenter, adv., unbecomingly, indecently, disgracefully (post-Aug. and poet.):

    non indecenter efferri,

    Quint. 1, 5, 64:

    lusca,

    Mart. 12, 22, 1. — Comp.:

    numquam vidi hominem beatum indecentius,

    Sen. Ep. 27.— Sup.:

    intersistere indecentissime,

    Quint. 8, 3, 45.

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  • 15 Pulcer

    1.
    pulcher, chra, chrum, and less correctly pulcer, cra, crum, adj. [for pol-cer, root pol-ire, akin with parēre, apparēre, prop. bright, shining; hence], beautiful, beauteous, fair, handsome, in shape and appearance (syn.: speciosus, venustus, formosus).
    I.
    Lit.: homo, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 40 Vahl.):

    o puerum pulchrum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 74:

    pulcher ac decens,

    Suet. Dom. 18:

    virgo pulchra!

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 54:

    pulchra juvenis,

    Phaedr. 2, 2, 5:

    quo pulchrior alter Non fuit Aeneadūm,

    Verg. A. 9, 179:

    formā pulcherrima,

    id. ib. 1, 496; cf.: Venus quem pulcherrima dium Fari donavit, Enn. ap. Prob. ap. Verg. E. 6, 31 (Ann. v. 18 Vahl.):

    O matre pulchrā filia pulchrior,

    Hor. C. 1, 16, 1;

    as an epithet of Apollo,

    Verg. A. 3, 119 Serv.:

    satus Hercule pulchro Pulcher Aventinus,

    id. ib. 7, 656:

    pulcher bos appellatur ad eximiam pinguedinem perductus,

    Fest. p. 238 Müll.:

    pulchro corpore creti,

    Lucr. 5, 1116:

    o faciem pulchram!

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 5:

    fuit vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,

    Suet. Ner. 51:

    color,

    Lucr. 4, 1133 and 1094:

    mulier pulchra nimis,

    Vulg. Gen. 12, 14:

    tunicae,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 33:

    testudo,

    Verg. G. 2, 463:

    recessus,

    Ov. M. 14, 261:

    horti,

    id. P. 1, 8, 37:

    fluvius,

    Verg. G. 2, 137; Val. Fl. 5, 486:

    quid potest esse aspectu pulchrius?

    Cic. Sen. 15, 53:

    urbs pulcherrima,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117; Liv. 7, 30, 16:

    pulcherrimorum agrorum judex,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 16, 43:

    acetum acerrimum et pulcherrimum,

    Cato, R. R. 104:

    panis longe pulcherrimus,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 89:

    pulcherrima opera,

    Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69.— Subst.: pulchrum, i, n., beauty:

    quid habet pulchri constructus acervus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 44.—
    II.
    Trop., in a spiritual or moral sense, beautiful, fine, excellent, noble, honorable, glorious, illustrious, etc.:

    praetor interea, ne pulchrum se ac beatum putaret,

    that he might not think too highly of himself, Cic. Mur. 12, 26:

    res publica paulatim immutata ex pulcherrimā pessima ac flagitiosissima facta est,

    Sall. C. 5, 9; Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:

    pulcherrimum exemplum,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

    maximum et pulcherrimum facinus,

    Sall. C. 20, 3:

    fasces,

    Lucr. 5, 1234:

    pulcherrima consilia,

    Verg. A. 5, 728:

    nascetur pulchrā Trojanus origine Caesar,

    id. ib. 1, 286:

    poëmata,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 6:

    divitiae,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 95:

    dies,

    favorable, fortunate, id. C. 1, 36, 10:

    o Sol pulcher, o laudande,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 47;

    4, 4, 39: pulcherrimus exitus,

    Flor. 2, 2, 14:

    viae ejus viae pulchrae,

    Vulg. Prov. 3, 17:

    pulchrum sub pectore vulnus,

    honorable, Sil. 5, 594:

    quae majori parti pulcherrima videntur, ea maxime exoptant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118.— Poet., with gen.: pulcherrimus irae, glorious on account of (just) wrath, Sil. 11, 365.—Pulchrum (est), with a subj. -clause, it is beautiful, grand, glorious, etc.:

    cui pulchrum fuit in medios dormire dies,

    to whom it seemed a fine thing, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 30:

    pulchrumque mori succurrit in armis,

    Verg. A. 2, 317:

    pulchrius hac fuerat, Troja, perire tibi,

    Prop. 2, 2, 44 (2, 3, 34): pulchrum putare, ducere, to think or consider beautiful:

    pati pulchrum Romanumque putant,

    Luc. 9, 391:

    turpe ducet cedere pari, pulchrum superasse majores,

    Quint. 1, 2, 22. —As a translation of the Gr. ho kalos (a complimentary formula), handsome, lovely, noble: propino hoc pulchro Critiae, Kritiai tôi kalôi, Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96.—Hence, adv.: pulchrē ( - crē), beautifully, excellently, finely, nobly, very, etc.:

    subigere aliquid,

    Cato, R. R. 74:

    aedes probae pulchreque aedificatae,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 61:

    oppidum pulchre munitum,

    id. Pers. 4, 4, 6:

    vendere,

    i. e. at a high price, id. ib. 4, 4, 31;

    38: conciliare,

    at a low price, id. Ep. 3, 4, 36:

    victitare,

    id. Most. 1, 1, 51:

    admonere,

    id. Mil. 2, 6, 56:

    pulchre dictum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26:

    pulchre et oratorie dicere,

    Cic. Or. 68, 227:

    pulchre asseverat,

    bravely, cunningly, id. Clu. 26, 73:

    proxima hostia litatur saepe pulcherrime,

    very favorably, id. Div. 2, 15, 36: ferre fortunam secundam pulcherrime, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 6:

    intellegere,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

    Caesar ait se non posse galeam cognoscere, hominem pulchre posse,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 2:

    peristi pulchre,

    you have done for yourself finely, utterly, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 50; so,

    occidi,

    id. Curc. 1, 3, 58.—Pulchre est mihi, I am well, it goes well with me, Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 114; Hor. S. 2, 8, 19; Cat. 23, 5.—Pulchre esse, to live well, enjoy one's self, be happy, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 21:

    neque ligna ego praehiberi vidi pulcrius,

    in greater abundance, id. Aul. 3, 1, 5:

    pulchre, as an exclamation of applause (like recte, probe, etc.),

    excellently! bravo! well done! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 4; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 92; Hor. A. P. 428.
    2.
    Pulcher ( - cer), chri, m., and Pul-chra ( - cra), ae, f., a Roman surname of the Claudii (Clodii), Liv. 38, 35; Val. Max. 3, 5, 3; Tac. A. 4, 52.—Pulchri promontorium, a promontory in Northern Africa, north-east of Carthage, now Cap Bono, Liv. 29, 27, 12.

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  • 16 Pulcher

    1.
    pulcher, chra, chrum, and less correctly pulcer, cra, crum, adj. [for pol-cer, root pol-ire, akin with parēre, apparēre, prop. bright, shining; hence], beautiful, beauteous, fair, handsome, in shape and appearance (syn.: speciosus, venustus, formosus).
    I.
    Lit.: homo, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 40 Vahl.):

    o puerum pulchrum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 74:

    pulcher ac decens,

    Suet. Dom. 18:

    virgo pulchra!

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 54:

    pulchra juvenis,

    Phaedr. 2, 2, 5:

    quo pulchrior alter Non fuit Aeneadūm,

    Verg. A. 9, 179:

    formā pulcherrima,

    id. ib. 1, 496; cf.: Venus quem pulcherrima dium Fari donavit, Enn. ap. Prob. ap. Verg. E. 6, 31 (Ann. v. 18 Vahl.):

    O matre pulchrā filia pulchrior,

    Hor. C. 1, 16, 1;

    as an epithet of Apollo,

    Verg. A. 3, 119 Serv.:

    satus Hercule pulchro Pulcher Aventinus,

    id. ib. 7, 656:

    pulcher bos appellatur ad eximiam pinguedinem perductus,

    Fest. p. 238 Müll.:

    pulchro corpore creti,

    Lucr. 5, 1116:

    o faciem pulchram!

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 5:

    fuit vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,

    Suet. Ner. 51:

    color,

    Lucr. 4, 1133 and 1094:

    mulier pulchra nimis,

    Vulg. Gen. 12, 14:

    tunicae,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 33:

    testudo,

    Verg. G. 2, 463:

    recessus,

    Ov. M. 14, 261:

    horti,

    id. P. 1, 8, 37:

    fluvius,

    Verg. G. 2, 137; Val. Fl. 5, 486:

    quid potest esse aspectu pulchrius?

    Cic. Sen. 15, 53:

    urbs pulcherrima,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117; Liv. 7, 30, 16:

    pulcherrimorum agrorum judex,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 16, 43:

    acetum acerrimum et pulcherrimum,

    Cato, R. R. 104:

    panis longe pulcherrimus,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 89:

    pulcherrima opera,

    Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69.— Subst.: pulchrum, i, n., beauty:

    quid habet pulchri constructus acervus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 44.—
    II.
    Trop., in a spiritual or moral sense, beautiful, fine, excellent, noble, honorable, glorious, illustrious, etc.:

    praetor interea, ne pulchrum se ac beatum putaret,

    that he might not think too highly of himself, Cic. Mur. 12, 26:

    res publica paulatim immutata ex pulcherrimā pessima ac flagitiosissima facta est,

    Sall. C. 5, 9; Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:

    pulcherrimum exemplum,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

    maximum et pulcherrimum facinus,

    Sall. C. 20, 3:

    fasces,

    Lucr. 5, 1234:

    pulcherrima consilia,

    Verg. A. 5, 728:

    nascetur pulchrā Trojanus origine Caesar,

    id. ib. 1, 286:

    poëmata,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 6:

    divitiae,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 95:

    dies,

    favorable, fortunate, id. C. 1, 36, 10:

    o Sol pulcher, o laudande,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 47;

    4, 4, 39: pulcherrimus exitus,

    Flor. 2, 2, 14:

    viae ejus viae pulchrae,

    Vulg. Prov. 3, 17:

    pulchrum sub pectore vulnus,

    honorable, Sil. 5, 594:

    quae majori parti pulcherrima videntur, ea maxime exoptant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118.— Poet., with gen.: pulcherrimus irae, glorious on account of (just) wrath, Sil. 11, 365.—Pulchrum (est), with a subj. -clause, it is beautiful, grand, glorious, etc.:

    cui pulchrum fuit in medios dormire dies,

    to whom it seemed a fine thing, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 30:

    pulchrumque mori succurrit in armis,

    Verg. A. 2, 317:

    pulchrius hac fuerat, Troja, perire tibi,

    Prop. 2, 2, 44 (2, 3, 34): pulchrum putare, ducere, to think or consider beautiful:

    pati pulchrum Romanumque putant,

    Luc. 9, 391:

    turpe ducet cedere pari, pulchrum superasse majores,

    Quint. 1, 2, 22. —As a translation of the Gr. ho kalos (a complimentary formula), handsome, lovely, noble: propino hoc pulchro Critiae, Kritiai tôi kalôi, Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96.—Hence, adv.: pulchrē ( - crē), beautifully, excellently, finely, nobly, very, etc.:

    subigere aliquid,

    Cato, R. R. 74:

    aedes probae pulchreque aedificatae,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 61:

    oppidum pulchre munitum,

    id. Pers. 4, 4, 6:

    vendere,

    i. e. at a high price, id. ib. 4, 4, 31;

    38: conciliare,

    at a low price, id. Ep. 3, 4, 36:

    victitare,

    id. Most. 1, 1, 51:

    admonere,

    id. Mil. 2, 6, 56:

    pulchre dictum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26:

    pulchre et oratorie dicere,

    Cic. Or. 68, 227:

    pulchre asseverat,

    bravely, cunningly, id. Clu. 26, 73:

    proxima hostia litatur saepe pulcherrime,

    very favorably, id. Div. 2, 15, 36: ferre fortunam secundam pulcherrime, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 6:

    intellegere,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

    Caesar ait se non posse galeam cognoscere, hominem pulchre posse,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 2:

    peristi pulchre,

    you have done for yourself finely, utterly, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 50; so,

    occidi,

    id. Curc. 1, 3, 58.—Pulchre est mihi, I am well, it goes well with me, Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 114; Hor. S. 2, 8, 19; Cat. 23, 5.—Pulchre esse, to live well, enjoy one's self, be happy, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 21:

    neque ligna ego praehiberi vidi pulcrius,

    in greater abundance, id. Aul. 3, 1, 5:

    pulchre, as an exclamation of applause (like recte, probe, etc.),

    excellently! bravo! well done! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 4; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 92; Hor. A. P. 428.
    2.
    Pulcher ( - cer), chri, m., and Pul-chra ( - cra), ae, f., a Roman surname of the Claudii (Clodii), Liv. 38, 35; Val. Max. 3, 5, 3; Tac. A. 4, 52.—Pulchri promontorium, a promontory in Northern Africa, north-east of Carthage, now Cap Bono, Liv. 29, 27, 12.

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  • 17 pulcher

    1.
    pulcher, chra, chrum, and less correctly pulcer, cra, crum, adj. [for pol-cer, root pol-ire, akin with parēre, apparēre, prop. bright, shining; hence], beautiful, beauteous, fair, handsome, in shape and appearance (syn.: speciosus, venustus, formosus).
    I.
    Lit.: homo, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 40 Vahl.):

    o puerum pulchrum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 74:

    pulcher ac decens,

    Suet. Dom. 18:

    virgo pulchra!

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 54:

    pulchra juvenis,

    Phaedr. 2, 2, 5:

    quo pulchrior alter Non fuit Aeneadūm,

    Verg. A. 9, 179:

    formā pulcherrima,

    id. ib. 1, 496; cf.: Venus quem pulcherrima dium Fari donavit, Enn. ap. Prob. ap. Verg. E. 6, 31 (Ann. v. 18 Vahl.):

    O matre pulchrā filia pulchrior,

    Hor. C. 1, 16, 1;

    as an epithet of Apollo,

    Verg. A. 3, 119 Serv.:

    satus Hercule pulchro Pulcher Aventinus,

    id. ib. 7, 656:

    pulcher bos appellatur ad eximiam pinguedinem perductus,

    Fest. p. 238 Müll.:

    pulchro corpore creti,

    Lucr. 5, 1116:

    o faciem pulchram!

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 5:

    fuit vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,

    Suet. Ner. 51:

    color,

    Lucr. 4, 1133 and 1094:

    mulier pulchra nimis,

    Vulg. Gen. 12, 14:

    tunicae,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 33:

    testudo,

    Verg. G. 2, 463:

    recessus,

    Ov. M. 14, 261:

    horti,

    id. P. 1, 8, 37:

    fluvius,

    Verg. G. 2, 137; Val. Fl. 5, 486:

    quid potest esse aspectu pulchrius?

    Cic. Sen. 15, 53:

    urbs pulcherrima,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117; Liv. 7, 30, 16:

    pulcherrimorum agrorum judex,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 16, 43:

    acetum acerrimum et pulcherrimum,

    Cato, R. R. 104:

    panis longe pulcherrimus,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 89:

    pulcherrima opera,

    Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69.— Subst.: pulchrum, i, n., beauty:

    quid habet pulchri constructus acervus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 44.—
    II.
    Trop., in a spiritual or moral sense, beautiful, fine, excellent, noble, honorable, glorious, illustrious, etc.:

    praetor interea, ne pulchrum se ac beatum putaret,

    that he might not think too highly of himself, Cic. Mur. 12, 26:

    res publica paulatim immutata ex pulcherrimā pessima ac flagitiosissima facta est,

    Sall. C. 5, 9; Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:

    pulcherrimum exemplum,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

    maximum et pulcherrimum facinus,

    Sall. C. 20, 3:

    fasces,

    Lucr. 5, 1234:

    pulcherrima consilia,

    Verg. A. 5, 728:

    nascetur pulchrā Trojanus origine Caesar,

    id. ib. 1, 286:

    poëmata,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 6:

    divitiae,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 95:

    dies,

    favorable, fortunate, id. C. 1, 36, 10:

    o Sol pulcher, o laudande,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 47;

    4, 4, 39: pulcherrimus exitus,

    Flor. 2, 2, 14:

    viae ejus viae pulchrae,

    Vulg. Prov. 3, 17:

    pulchrum sub pectore vulnus,

    honorable, Sil. 5, 594:

    quae majori parti pulcherrima videntur, ea maxime exoptant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118.— Poet., with gen.: pulcherrimus irae, glorious on account of (just) wrath, Sil. 11, 365.—Pulchrum (est), with a subj. -clause, it is beautiful, grand, glorious, etc.:

    cui pulchrum fuit in medios dormire dies,

    to whom it seemed a fine thing, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 30:

    pulchrumque mori succurrit in armis,

    Verg. A. 2, 317:

    pulchrius hac fuerat, Troja, perire tibi,

    Prop. 2, 2, 44 (2, 3, 34): pulchrum putare, ducere, to think or consider beautiful:

    pati pulchrum Romanumque putant,

    Luc. 9, 391:

    turpe ducet cedere pari, pulchrum superasse majores,

    Quint. 1, 2, 22. —As a translation of the Gr. ho kalos (a complimentary formula), handsome, lovely, noble: propino hoc pulchro Critiae, Kritiai tôi kalôi, Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96.—Hence, adv.: pulchrē ( - crē), beautifully, excellently, finely, nobly, very, etc.:

    subigere aliquid,

    Cato, R. R. 74:

    aedes probae pulchreque aedificatae,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 61:

    oppidum pulchre munitum,

    id. Pers. 4, 4, 6:

    vendere,

    i. e. at a high price, id. ib. 4, 4, 31;

    38: conciliare,

    at a low price, id. Ep. 3, 4, 36:

    victitare,

    id. Most. 1, 1, 51:

    admonere,

    id. Mil. 2, 6, 56:

    pulchre dictum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26:

    pulchre et oratorie dicere,

    Cic. Or. 68, 227:

    pulchre asseverat,

    bravely, cunningly, id. Clu. 26, 73:

    proxima hostia litatur saepe pulcherrime,

    very favorably, id. Div. 2, 15, 36: ferre fortunam secundam pulcherrime, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 6:

    intellegere,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

    Caesar ait se non posse galeam cognoscere, hominem pulchre posse,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 2:

    peristi pulchre,

    you have done for yourself finely, utterly, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 50; so,

    occidi,

    id. Curc. 1, 3, 58.—Pulchre est mihi, I am well, it goes well with me, Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 114; Hor. S. 2, 8, 19; Cat. 23, 5.—Pulchre esse, to live well, enjoy one's self, be happy, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 21:

    neque ligna ego praehiberi vidi pulcrius,

    in greater abundance, id. Aul. 3, 1, 5:

    pulchre, as an exclamation of applause (like recte, probe, etc.),

    excellently! bravo! well done! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 4; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 92; Hor. A. P. 428.
    2.
    Pulcher ( - cer), chri, m., and Pul-chra ( - cra), ae, f., a Roman surname of the Claudii (Clodii), Liv. 38, 35; Val. Max. 3, 5, 3; Tac. A. 4, 52.—Pulchri promontorium, a promontory in Northern Africa, north-east of Carthage, now Cap Bono, Liv. 29, 27, 12.

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  • 18 Pulchra

    1.
    pulcher, chra, chrum, and less correctly pulcer, cra, crum, adj. [for pol-cer, root pol-ire, akin with parēre, apparēre, prop. bright, shining; hence], beautiful, beauteous, fair, handsome, in shape and appearance (syn.: speciosus, venustus, formosus).
    I.
    Lit.: homo, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 40 Vahl.):

    o puerum pulchrum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 74:

    pulcher ac decens,

    Suet. Dom. 18:

    virgo pulchra!

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 54:

    pulchra juvenis,

    Phaedr. 2, 2, 5:

    quo pulchrior alter Non fuit Aeneadūm,

    Verg. A. 9, 179:

    formā pulcherrima,

    id. ib. 1, 496; cf.: Venus quem pulcherrima dium Fari donavit, Enn. ap. Prob. ap. Verg. E. 6, 31 (Ann. v. 18 Vahl.):

    O matre pulchrā filia pulchrior,

    Hor. C. 1, 16, 1;

    as an epithet of Apollo,

    Verg. A. 3, 119 Serv.:

    satus Hercule pulchro Pulcher Aventinus,

    id. ib. 7, 656:

    pulcher bos appellatur ad eximiam pinguedinem perductus,

    Fest. p. 238 Müll.:

    pulchro corpore creti,

    Lucr. 5, 1116:

    o faciem pulchram!

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 5:

    fuit vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,

    Suet. Ner. 51:

    color,

    Lucr. 4, 1133 and 1094:

    mulier pulchra nimis,

    Vulg. Gen. 12, 14:

    tunicae,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 33:

    testudo,

    Verg. G. 2, 463:

    recessus,

    Ov. M. 14, 261:

    horti,

    id. P. 1, 8, 37:

    fluvius,

    Verg. G. 2, 137; Val. Fl. 5, 486:

    quid potest esse aspectu pulchrius?

    Cic. Sen. 15, 53:

    urbs pulcherrima,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117; Liv. 7, 30, 16:

    pulcherrimorum agrorum judex,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 16, 43:

    acetum acerrimum et pulcherrimum,

    Cato, R. R. 104:

    panis longe pulcherrimus,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 89:

    pulcherrima opera,

    Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69.— Subst.: pulchrum, i, n., beauty:

    quid habet pulchri constructus acervus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 44.—
    II.
    Trop., in a spiritual or moral sense, beautiful, fine, excellent, noble, honorable, glorious, illustrious, etc.:

    praetor interea, ne pulchrum se ac beatum putaret,

    that he might not think too highly of himself, Cic. Mur. 12, 26:

    res publica paulatim immutata ex pulcherrimā pessima ac flagitiosissima facta est,

    Sall. C. 5, 9; Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:

    pulcherrimum exemplum,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

    maximum et pulcherrimum facinus,

    Sall. C. 20, 3:

    fasces,

    Lucr. 5, 1234:

    pulcherrima consilia,

    Verg. A. 5, 728:

    nascetur pulchrā Trojanus origine Caesar,

    id. ib. 1, 286:

    poëmata,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 6:

    divitiae,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 95:

    dies,

    favorable, fortunate, id. C. 1, 36, 10:

    o Sol pulcher, o laudande,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 47;

    4, 4, 39: pulcherrimus exitus,

    Flor. 2, 2, 14:

    viae ejus viae pulchrae,

    Vulg. Prov. 3, 17:

    pulchrum sub pectore vulnus,

    honorable, Sil. 5, 594:

    quae majori parti pulcherrima videntur, ea maxime exoptant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118.— Poet., with gen.: pulcherrimus irae, glorious on account of (just) wrath, Sil. 11, 365.—Pulchrum (est), with a subj. -clause, it is beautiful, grand, glorious, etc.:

    cui pulchrum fuit in medios dormire dies,

    to whom it seemed a fine thing, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 30:

    pulchrumque mori succurrit in armis,

    Verg. A. 2, 317:

    pulchrius hac fuerat, Troja, perire tibi,

    Prop. 2, 2, 44 (2, 3, 34): pulchrum putare, ducere, to think or consider beautiful:

    pati pulchrum Romanumque putant,

    Luc. 9, 391:

    turpe ducet cedere pari, pulchrum superasse majores,

    Quint. 1, 2, 22. —As a translation of the Gr. ho kalos (a complimentary formula), handsome, lovely, noble: propino hoc pulchro Critiae, Kritiai tôi kalôi, Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96.—Hence, adv.: pulchrē ( - crē), beautifully, excellently, finely, nobly, very, etc.:

    subigere aliquid,

    Cato, R. R. 74:

    aedes probae pulchreque aedificatae,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 61:

    oppidum pulchre munitum,

    id. Pers. 4, 4, 6:

    vendere,

    i. e. at a high price, id. ib. 4, 4, 31;

    38: conciliare,

    at a low price, id. Ep. 3, 4, 36:

    victitare,

    id. Most. 1, 1, 51:

    admonere,

    id. Mil. 2, 6, 56:

    pulchre dictum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26:

    pulchre et oratorie dicere,

    Cic. Or. 68, 227:

    pulchre asseverat,

    bravely, cunningly, id. Clu. 26, 73:

    proxima hostia litatur saepe pulcherrime,

    very favorably, id. Div. 2, 15, 36: ferre fortunam secundam pulcherrime, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 6:

    intellegere,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

    Caesar ait se non posse galeam cognoscere, hominem pulchre posse,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 2:

    peristi pulchre,

    you have done for yourself finely, utterly, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 50; so,

    occidi,

    id. Curc. 1, 3, 58.—Pulchre est mihi, I am well, it goes well with me, Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 114; Hor. S. 2, 8, 19; Cat. 23, 5.—Pulchre esse, to live well, enjoy one's self, be happy, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 21:

    neque ligna ego praehiberi vidi pulcrius,

    in greater abundance, id. Aul. 3, 1, 5:

    pulchre, as an exclamation of applause (like recte, probe, etc.),

    excellently! bravo! well done! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 4; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 92; Hor. A. P. 428.
    2.
    Pulcher ( - cer), chri, m., and Pul-chra ( - cra), ae, f., a Roman surname of the Claudii (Clodii), Liv. 38, 35; Val. Max. 3, 5, 3; Tac. A. 4, 52.—Pulchri promontorium, a promontory in Northern Africa, north-east of Carthage, now Cap Bono, Liv. 29, 27, 12.

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  • 19 pulchrum

    1.
    pulcher, chra, chrum, and less correctly pulcer, cra, crum, adj. [for pol-cer, root pol-ire, akin with parēre, apparēre, prop. bright, shining; hence], beautiful, beauteous, fair, handsome, in shape and appearance (syn.: speciosus, venustus, formosus).
    I.
    Lit.: homo, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 40 Vahl.):

    o puerum pulchrum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 74:

    pulcher ac decens,

    Suet. Dom. 18:

    virgo pulchra!

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 54:

    pulchra juvenis,

    Phaedr. 2, 2, 5:

    quo pulchrior alter Non fuit Aeneadūm,

    Verg. A. 9, 179:

    formā pulcherrima,

    id. ib. 1, 496; cf.: Venus quem pulcherrima dium Fari donavit, Enn. ap. Prob. ap. Verg. E. 6, 31 (Ann. v. 18 Vahl.):

    O matre pulchrā filia pulchrior,

    Hor. C. 1, 16, 1;

    as an epithet of Apollo,

    Verg. A. 3, 119 Serv.:

    satus Hercule pulchro Pulcher Aventinus,

    id. ib. 7, 656:

    pulcher bos appellatur ad eximiam pinguedinem perductus,

    Fest. p. 238 Müll.:

    pulchro corpore creti,

    Lucr. 5, 1116:

    o faciem pulchram!

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 5:

    fuit vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,

    Suet. Ner. 51:

    color,

    Lucr. 4, 1133 and 1094:

    mulier pulchra nimis,

    Vulg. Gen. 12, 14:

    tunicae,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 33:

    testudo,

    Verg. G. 2, 463:

    recessus,

    Ov. M. 14, 261:

    horti,

    id. P. 1, 8, 37:

    fluvius,

    Verg. G. 2, 137; Val. Fl. 5, 486:

    quid potest esse aspectu pulchrius?

    Cic. Sen. 15, 53:

    urbs pulcherrima,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117; Liv. 7, 30, 16:

    pulcherrimorum agrorum judex,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 16, 43:

    acetum acerrimum et pulcherrimum,

    Cato, R. R. 104:

    panis longe pulcherrimus,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 89:

    pulcherrima opera,

    Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69.— Subst.: pulchrum, i, n., beauty:

    quid habet pulchri constructus acervus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 44.—
    II.
    Trop., in a spiritual or moral sense, beautiful, fine, excellent, noble, honorable, glorious, illustrious, etc.:

    praetor interea, ne pulchrum se ac beatum putaret,

    that he might not think too highly of himself, Cic. Mur. 12, 26:

    res publica paulatim immutata ex pulcherrimā pessima ac flagitiosissima facta est,

    Sall. C. 5, 9; Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:

    pulcherrimum exemplum,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

    maximum et pulcherrimum facinus,

    Sall. C. 20, 3:

    fasces,

    Lucr. 5, 1234:

    pulcherrima consilia,

    Verg. A. 5, 728:

    nascetur pulchrā Trojanus origine Caesar,

    id. ib. 1, 286:

    poëmata,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 6:

    divitiae,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 95:

    dies,

    favorable, fortunate, id. C. 1, 36, 10:

    o Sol pulcher, o laudande,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 47;

    4, 4, 39: pulcherrimus exitus,

    Flor. 2, 2, 14:

    viae ejus viae pulchrae,

    Vulg. Prov. 3, 17:

    pulchrum sub pectore vulnus,

    honorable, Sil. 5, 594:

    quae majori parti pulcherrima videntur, ea maxime exoptant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118.— Poet., with gen.: pulcherrimus irae, glorious on account of (just) wrath, Sil. 11, 365.—Pulchrum (est), with a subj. -clause, it is beautiful, grand, glorious, etc.:

    cui pulchrum fuit in medios dormire dies,

    to whom it seemed a fine thing, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 30:

    pulchrumque mori succurrit in armis,

    Verg. A. 2, 317:

    pulchrius hac fuerat, Troja, perire tibi,

    Prop. 2, 2, 44 (2, 3, 34): pulchrum putare, ducere, to think or consider beautiful:

    pati pulchrum Romanumque putant,

    Luc. 9, 391:

    turpe ducet cedere pari, pulchrum superasse majores,

    Quint. 1, 2, 22. —As a translation of the Gr. ho kalos (a complimentary formula), handsome, lovely, noble: propino hoc pulchro Critiae, Kritiai tôi kalôi, Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96.—Hence, adv.: pulchrē ( - crē), beautifully, excellently, finely, nobly, very, etc.:

    subigere aliquid,

    Cato, R. R. 74:

    aedes probae pulchreque aedificatae,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 61:

    oppidum pulchre munitum,

    id. Pers. 4, 4, 6:

    vendere,

    i. e. at a high price, id. ib. 4, 4, 31;

    38: conciliare,

    at a low price, id. Ep. 3, 4, 36:

    victitare,

    id. Most. 1, 1, 51:

    admonere,

    id. Mil. 2, 6, 56:

    pulchre dictum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26:

    pulchre et oratorie dicere,

    Cic. Or. 68, 227:

    pulchre asseverat,

    bravely, cunningly, id. Clu. 26, 73:

    proxima hostia litatur saepe pulcherrime,

    very favorably, id. Div. 2, 15, 36: ferre fortunam secundam pulcherrime, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 6:

    intellegere,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

    Caesar ait se non posse galeam cognoscere, hominem pulchre posse,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 2:

    peristi pulchre,

    you have done for yourself finely, utterly, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 50; so,

    occidi,

    id. Curc. 1, 3, 58.—Pulchre est mihi, I am well, it goes well with me, Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 114; Hor. S. 2, 8, 19; Cat. 23, 5.—Pulchre esse, to live well, enjoy one's self, be happy, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 21:

    neque ligna ego praehiberi vidi pulcrius,

    in greater abundance, id. Aul. 3, 1, 5:

    pulchre, as an exclamation of applause (like recte, probe, etc.),

    excellently! bravo! well done! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 4; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 92; Hor. A. P. 428.
    2.
    Pulcher ( - cer), chri, m., and Pul-chra ( - cra), ae, f., a Roman surname of the Claudii (Clodii), Liv. 38, 35; Val. Max. 3, 5, 3; Tac. A. 4, 52.—Pulchri promontorium, a promontory in Northern Africa, north-east of Carthage, now Cap Bono, Liv. 29, 27, 12.

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  • 20 Pulcra

    1.
    pulcher, chra, chrum, and less correctly pulcer, cra, crum, adj. [for pol-cer, root pol-ire, akin with parēre, apparēre, prop. bright, shining; hence], beautiful, beauteous, fair, handsome, in shape and appearance (syn.: speciosus, venustus, formosus).
    I.
    Lit.: homo, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 40 Vahl.):

    o puerum pulchrum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 74:

    pulcher ac decens,

    Suet. Dom. 18:

    virgo pulchra!

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 54:

    pulchra juvenis,

    Phaedr. 2, 2, 5:

    quo pulchrior alter Non fuit Aeneadūm,

    Verg. A. 9, 179:

    formā pulcherrima,

    id. ib. 1, 496; cf.: Venus quem pulcherrima dium Fari donavit, Enn. ap. Prob. ap. Verg. E. 6, 31 (Ann. v. 18 Vahl.):

    O matre pulchrā filia pulchrior,

    Hor. C. 1, 16, 1;

    as an epithet of Apollo,

    Verg. A. 3, 119 Serv.:

    satus Hercule pulchro Pulcher Aventinus,

    id. ib. 7, 656:

    pulcher bos appellatur ad eximiam pinguedinem perductus,

    Fest. p. 238 Müll.:

    pulchro corpore creti,

    Lucr. 5, 1116:

    o faciem pulchram!

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 5:

    fuit vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,

    Suet. Ner. 51:

    color,

    Lucr. 4, 1133 and 1094:

    mulier pulchra nimis,

    Vulg. Gen. 12, 14:

    tunicae,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 33:

    testudo,

    Verg. G. 2, 463:

    recessus,

    Ov. M. 14, 261:

    horti,

    id. P. 1, 8, 37:

    fluvius,

    Verg. G. 2, 137; Val. Fl. 5, 486:

    quid potest esse aspectu pulchrius?

    Cic. Sen. 15, 53:

    urbs pulcherrima,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117; Liv. 7, 30, 16:

    pulcherrimorum agrorum judex,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 16, 43:

    acetum acerrimum et pulcherrimum,

    Cato, R. R. 104:

    panis longe pulcherrimus,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 89:

    pulcherrima opera,

    Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69.— Subst.: pulchrum, i, n., beauty:

    quid habet pulchri constructus acervus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 44.—
    II.
    Trop., in a spiritual or moral sense, beautiful, fine, excellent, noble, honorable, glorious, illustrious, etc.:

    praetor interea, ne pulchrum se ac beatum putaret,

    that he might not think too highly of himself, Cic. Mur. 12, 26:

    res publica paulatim immutata ex pulcherrimā pessima ac flagitiosissima facta est,

    Sall. C. 5, 9; Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:

    pulcherrimum exemplum,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

    maximum et pulcherrimum facinus,

    Sall. C. 20, 3:

    fasces,

    Lucr. 5, 1234:

    pulcherrima consilia,

    Verg. A. 5, 728:

    nascetur pulchrā Trojanus origine Caesar,

    id. ib. 1, 286:

    poëmata,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 6:

    divitiae,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 95:

    dies,

    favorable, fortunate, id. C. 1, 36, 10:

    o Sol pulcher, o laudande,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 47;

    4, 4, 39: pulcherrimus exitus,

    Flor. 2, 2, 14:

    viae ejus viae pulchrae,

    Vulg. Prov. 3, 17:

    pulchrum sub pectore vulnus,

    honorable, Sil. 5, 594:

    quae majori parti pulcherrima videntur, ea maxime exoptant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118.— Poet., with gen.: pulcherrimus irae, glorious on account of (just) wrath, Sil. 11, 365.—Pulchrum (est), with a subj. -clause, it is beautiful, grand, glorious, etc.:

    cui pulchrum fuit in medios dormire dies,

    to whom it seemed a fine thing, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 30:

    pulchrumque mori succurrit in armis,

    Verg. A. 2, 317:

    pulchrius hac fuerat, Troja, perire tibi,

    Prop. 2, 2, 44 (2, 3, 34): pulchrum putare, ducere, to think or consider beautiful:

    pati pulchrum Romanumque putant,

    Luc. 9, 391:

    turpe ducet cedere pari, pulchrum superasse majores,

    Quint. 1, 2, 22. —As a translation of the Gr. ho kalos (a complimentary formula), handsome, lovely, noble: propino hoc pulchro Critiae, Kritiai tôi kalôi, Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96.—Hence, adv.: pulchrē ( - crē), beautifully, excellently, finely, nobly, very, etc.:

    subigere aliquid,

    Cato, R. R. 74:

    aedes probae pulchreque aedificatae,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 61:

    oppidum pulchre munitum,

    id. Pers. 4, 4, 6:

    vendere,

    i. e. at a high price, id. ib. 4, 4, 31;

    38: conciliare,

    at a low price, id. Ep. 3, 4, 36:

    victitare,

    id. Most. 1, 1, 51:

    admonere,

    id. Mil. 2, 6, 56:

    pulchre dictum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26:

    pulchre et oratorie dicere,

    Cic. Or. 68, 227:

    pulchre asseverat,

    bravely, cunningly, id. Clu. 26, 73:

    proxima hostia litatur saepe pulcherrime,

    very favorably, id. Div. 2, 15, 36: ferre fortunam secundam pulcherrime, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 6:

    intellegere,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

    Caesar ait se non posse galeam cognoscere, hominem pulchre posse,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 2:

    peristi pulchre,

    you have done for yourself finely, utterly, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 50; so,

    occidi,

    id. Curc. 1, 3, 58.—Pulchre est mihi, I am well, it goes well with me, Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 114; Hor. S. 2, 8, 19; Cat. 23, 5.—Pulchre esse, to live well, enjoy one's self, be happy, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 21:

    neque ligna ego praehiberi vidi pulcrius,

    in greater abundance, id. Aul. 3, 1, 5:

    pulchre, as an exclamation of applause (like recte, probe, etc.),

    excellently! bravo! well done! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 4; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 92; Hor. A. P. 428.
    2.
    Pulcher ( - cer), chri, m., and Pul-chra ( - cra), ae, f., a Roman surname of the Claudii (Clodii), Liv. 38, 35; Val. Max. 3, 5, 3; Tac. A. 4, 52.—Pulchri promontorium, a promontory in Northern Africa, north-east of Carthage, now Cap Bono, Liv. 29, 27, 12.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Pulcra

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