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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).

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.—

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.

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.

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).

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.—

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.

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.

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).

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.—

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.

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.

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).

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.—

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.

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.

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).

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.—

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.

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.

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).

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.—

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.

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.