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devoted to the city

  • 1 urbanus

    urbānus, a, um, adj. [urbs], of or belonging to the city or town, city-, town- (opp. rusticus; cf.: urbicus, oppidanus).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Adj.:

    nostri majores non sine causā praeponebant rusticos Romanos urbanis,

    Varr. R. R. 2, praef. §

    1: rustica et urbana vita,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 1:

    vita (opp. rustica),

    Quint. 2, 4, 24; cf. Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 17:

    urbani assidui cives, quos scurras vocant,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 165:

    scurra,

    id. Most. 1, 1, 14:

    leges,

    id. Rud. 4, 3, 85:

    tribus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 38:

    praetor,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 20:

    plebes,

    Sall. C. 37, 4:

    servitia,

    id. ib. 24, 4:

    exercitus,

    Liv. 27, 3, 9:

    administratio rei publicae (opp. provincialis),

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 15, § 43:

    res,

    Plaut. Cas. 1, 13; Caes. B. G. 7, 6:

    motus,

    id. ib. 7, 1:

    luxus,

    Tac. A. 2, 44: praedia, land and houses, all land covered by buildings (v. praedium), Dig. 50, 16, 198; 8, 1, 1; cf. ib. 8, tit. 2:

    fundus,

    Cato, R. R. 8, 2:

    rus,

    Just. 31, 2:

    cohortes,

    Dig. 25, 1, 8, § 9.—
    2.
    Subst.: urbā-nus, i, m., an inhabitant of a city, a city man, citizen:

    urbani fiunt rustici,

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 15 sq.:

    omnes urbani, rustici,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 23, 77:

    sermo omnis non modo urbanorum, sed etiam rusticorum,

    id. Or. 24, 81:

    otiosi,

    Liv. 5, 20, 6:

    obrepere urbanis,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 20, 2.—
    B.
    Esp., devoted to the city, fond of city life:

    diligere secessum, quem tu nimis urbanus es, nisi concupiscis,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 29.—
    II.
    Transf., in the city fashion, in the city style, citizenlike, both in a good and a bad sense.
    A.
    In a good sense.
    1.
    Polished, refined, cultivated, courteous, affable, urbane (syn.:

    comis, humanus): hominem non solum sapientem, verum etiam, ut nunc loquimur urbanum,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 3; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 34 sq.; so Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 17.—
    b.
    Transf., of plants, improved, cultivated, ornamental: sunt arborum quaedam urbaniores, quas his placet nominibus distinguere. Hae mites, quae fructu atque aliqua dote umbrarumve officio humaniusjuvant, non improbe dicantur urbanae. Plin. 16, 19, 32, § 78:

    acanthi topiariae et urbanae herbae,

    id. 22, 22, 34, § 76.—
    2.
    Of speech.
    a.
    In gen., refined, polished, elegant. nice, choice:

    in vocibus nostrorum oratorum recinit quiddam et resonat urbanius,

    Cic. Brut. 46, 171:

    genus dicendi,

    Quint. 2, 8, 4:

    os facile, explanatum, jucundum, urbanum, id est, in quo nulla neque rusticitas neque peregrinitas resonet,

    id. 11, 3, 30:

    distinctior et urbanior et altior Cicero,

    Tac. Or. 18.—
    b.
    In [p. 1935] partic., of wit, witty, humorous, facetious: urbanus homo erit, cujus multa bene dicta responsaque erunt: et qui in sermonibus, circulis, conviviis, item in contionibus, omni denique loco ridicule commodeque dicet, Domit. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 105:

    dictum per se urbanum,

    id. 6, 3, 54:

    circumfertur Marcii Philippi velut urbanissimum factum atque dictum,

    Col. 8, 16, 3:

    qui est in isto genere urbanissimus,

    Cic. Cael. 15, 36:

    Romani veteres atque urbani sales,

    id. Fam. 9, 15, 2:

    homines lauti et urbani,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 17:

    hic tibi comis et urbanus liberque videtur,

    witty, clever, Hor. S. 1, 4, 90:

    urbanus coepit haberi,

    id. Ep. 1, 15, 27:

    in senatu dicax et urbanus et bellus,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 25, 3:

    urbanos qui illa censuerunt dicam an miseros? Dicerem urbanos, si senatum deceret urbanitas,

    id. ib. 8, 6, 3.—
    B.
    In a bad sense, bold, forward, impudent:

    frontis ad urbanae descendi praemia,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 11:

    audacia,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8.— Adv.: urbānē (acc. to II. A.).
    1.
    Courteously, civilly, affably, politely, urbanely:

    severe et graviter et prisce agere, an remisse ac leniter et urbane,

    Cic. Cael. 14, 33:

    urbanius agere,

    id. ib. 15, 36: urbanissime et prudentissime adjuvit, Treb. Gallien. 14.—More freq.,
    2.
    Of speech, wittily, acutely, elegantly, happily:

    aliquem facete et urbane ridere,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 39:

    bene et urbane dicere,

    Quint. 6, 3, 42; 5, 7, 26; 6, 1, 46 al.:

    interrogare,

    id. 11, 3, 126:

    emendare,

    id. 8, 3, 54:

    urbanius elabi,

    id. 2, 11, 2:

    urbanissime respondere,

    Gell. 15, 5, 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > urbanus

  • 2 rēgia

        rēgia ae, f    [regius], a royal palace, castle, fortress, residence, court: in regiā rex productus, etc.: in vestibulo regiae, L.: regiam occupare, H. —Esp., the castle of Numa, a building on the Via Sacra, devoted to the use of the priests: me ad regiam paene confecit: antiqui regia parva Numae, O.—In a camp, the royal tent: in vestibulo regiae, L.: armatus exercitus regiam obsedit, Cu.— The court, royal family, king and courtiers: tulit et Romana regia sceleris tragici exemplum, L.— A royal city, residence, capital: Croesi Sardes, H.: non haec dotalis regia Amatae, i. e. Laurentum, V.
    * * *
    palace, court; residence

    Latin-English dictionary > rēgia

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