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  • 1 levitās

        levitās ātis, f    [1 levis], lightness: armorum, Cs.: sua, O.—Poet.: nimiā levitate caducus (flos), mobility, O.: libera, power to move, O. —Fig., light-mindedness, changeableness, fickleness, inconstancy, levity: Graecorum: quid est inconstantiā, mobilitate, levitate turpius?: mobilitas et levitas animi, Cs.: amatoriis levitatibus dediti, frivolities.—As subst n.: in levi habere, i. e. to regard as trifling, Ta.—Of speech, shallowness, superficiality: opinionis.
    * * *
    levity; lightness, mildness; fickleness; shallowness

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  • 2 facilitās

        facilitās ātis, f    [facilis], easiness, ease, facility, readiness: in bonis rebus: partiendi spatia, Ta.: poscendi, privilege, Ta. — Willingness, readiness, good-nature, courteousness, affability, accessibility: Patris inepta, foolish indulgence, T.: amicitia ad omnem facilitatem proclivior: in audiendo: animi: sermonis: actio facilitatem significans.
    * * *
    facility; readiness; good nature; levity; courteousness

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  • 3 lēvitās

        lēvitās ātis, f    [2 lēvis], smoothness: in tactu esse modum levitatis.—Fig., of speech, smoothness, fluency, facility: nihil levitate Aeschini cedere.
    * * *
    levity; lightness, mildness; fickleness; shallowness

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  • 4 levitas

    lightness, levity / fickleness, inconstancy / groundlesness.

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  • 5 facilitas

    făcĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [facilis], easiness, ease, facility in doing any thing.
    I.
    In gen. (mostly post-Aug.):

    haec in bonis rebus, quod alii ad alia bona sunt aptiores, facilitas nominetur, in malis proclivitas,

    inclination, disposition, Cic. Tusc. 4, 12, 28; cf.:

    aetatis illius (i. e. puerilis) facilitas,

    capability, Quint. 1, 12, 11:

    audendi facilitas,

    id. 12, 6, 7:

    pariendi,

    Plin. 21, 24, 95, § 167:

    oris,

    i. e. easy enunciation, Quint. 10, 7, 26:

    corporis,

    a tendency to blush, Sen. Ep. 11:

    soli,

    facility in working, Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 178:

    picea tonsili facilitate,

    id. 16, 10, 18, § 40:

    (smaragdi) ad crassitudinem sui facilitate translucida,

    i. e. facility in transmitting the rays of light, id. 37, 5, 16, § 63.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Of speech, facility or fluency of expression (post-Aug.):

    Fabianus disputabat expedite magis quam concitate, ut possis dicere, facilitatem esse illam, non celeritatem,

    Sen. Ep. 40:

    quae in oratore maxima sunt, ingenium, inventio, vis, facilitas,

    Quint. 10, 2, 12; 10, 5, 1; 10, 7, 20; 11, 1, 42; Suet. Gramm. 23 al.; cf. Quint. 10, cap. 7.—
    B.
    (Acc. to facilis, II. A.) Of character.
    1.
    In a good sense, willingness, readiness, good-nature, courteousness, affability (freq. in Cic.;

    syn.: lenitas, humanitas): male docet te mea facilitas multa,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 35:

    si illius comitatem et facilitatem tuae gravitati severitatique asperseris,

    Cic. Mur. 31, 66; cf. id. Lael. 18, 66:

    pro tua facilitate et humanitate,

    id. Fam. 13, 24, 2:

    facilitas in audiendo,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7, § 21; cf.:

    facilitas et lenitudo animi,

    id. Off. 1, 25, 88 Orell. N. cr.:

    facilitas indulgentiaque,

    Suet. Caes. 72:

    facilitate par infimis esse,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

    sermonis,

    id. Att. 12, 40, 2:

    magis id facilitate quam alia ulla culpa mea contigit,

    id. de Or. 2, 4, 15:

    actio facilitatem significans,

    id. ib. 2, 43, 184.—
    2.
    In a bad sense, levity, heedlessness, Suet. Claud. 29; cf.:

    fornicationis,

    Vulg. Jerem. 3, 9.

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  • 6 laev

    1.
    lĕvĭtas, ātis, f. [1. levis], lightness, as to weight.
    I.
    Lit. (rare):

    plumarum,

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

    armorum,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 34:

    nulli fruticum levitas major,

    Plin. 13, 22, 42, § 123.—
    * B.
    Transf., poet., movableness, mobility:

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

    Ov. F. 2, 673.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Light-mindedness, changeableness, fickleness, inconstancy, levity (freq. and class.):

    quid est inconstantiā, mobilitate, levitate turpius?

    Cic. Phil. 7, 3, 9:

    temere assentientium,

    id. Ac. 2, 38, 120:

    in populari ratione,

    id. Brut. 27, 103:

    mobilitas et levitas animi,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 1:

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

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

    amatoriis levitatibus dediti,

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

    manet in rebus temere congestis levitas,

    Quint. 10, 3, 17:

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

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 95.—
    B.
    In partic., of speech, shallowness, superficialness (rare):

    opinionis,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 17, 45.
    2.
    lēvĭtas ( laev-), ātis, f. [2. lēvis], smoothness.
    I.
    Lit. (class.):

    speculorum,

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

    intestinorum,

    slipperiness, lubricity, Cels. 4, 16; 2, 8.—
    II.
    Trop., of speech, smoothness, fluency, facility:

    Demosthenes nihil levitate Aeschini et splendore verborum cedit,

    Cic. Or. 31, 110:

    verborum,

    Quint. 10, 1, 52:

    effeminata,

    id. 8, 3, 6.

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  • 7 levitas

    1.
    lĕvĭtas, ātis, f. [1. levis], lightness, as to weight.
    I.
    Lit. (rare):

    plumarum,

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

    armorum,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 34:

    nulli fruticum levitas major,

    Plin. 13, 22, 42, § 123.—
    * B.
    Transf., poet., movableness, mobility:

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

    Ov. F. 2, 673.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Light-mindedness, changeableness, fickleness, inconstancy, levity (freq. and class.):

    quid est inconstantiā, mobilitate, levitate turpius?

    Cic. Phil. 7, 3, 9:

    temere assentientium,

    id. Ac. 2, 38, 120:

    in populari ratione,

    id. Brut. 27, 103:

    mobilitas et levitas animi,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 1:

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

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

    amatoriis levitatibus dediti,

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

    manet in rebus temere congestis levitas,

    Quint. 10, 3, 17:

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

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 95.—
    B.
    In partic., of speech, shallowness, superficialness (rare):

    opinionis,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 17, 45.
    2.
    lēvĭtas ( laev-), ātis, f. [2. lēvis], smoothness.
    I.
    Lit. (class.):

    speculorum,

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

    intestinorum,

    slipperiness, lubricity, Cels. 4, 16; 2, 8.—
    II.
    Trop., of speech, smoothness, fluency, facility:

    Demosthenes nihil levitate Aeschini et splendore verborum cedit,

    Cic. Or. 31, 110:

    verborum,

    Quint. 10, 1, 52:

    effeminata,

    id. 8, 3, 6.

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  • 8 nequitia

    nēquĭtĭa, ae, and nēquĭtĭes (no gen. or dat.), f. [nequam], bad quality, badness (very rare):

    aceti,

    Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 125.—
    II.
    Trop., bad moral quality, of all degrees, idleness, negligence, worthlessness, vileness (syn.: malitia, negligentia, ignavia, mollitia; class.).
    A.
    Idleness, inactivity, remissness, negligence:

    me ipsum inertiae nequitiaeque condemno,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4; 1, 11, 29:

    inertissimi homines, nescio quā singulari nequitiā praediti,

    id. Fin. 5, 20, 56.—
    B.
    Lightness, levity, inconsiderateness: omnia mala probra flagitia, quae homines faciunt, in duabus rebus sunt, malitia atque nequitia. Si nequitiam defendere vis, licet, P. African. ap. Gell. 7, 11, 9; Auct. ad Her. 3, 6, 11.—
    C.
    Prodigality, profusion:

    quod filii nequitiam videret,

    Cic. Clu. 51, 141:

    illum aut nequities... expellet,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 131.—
    D.
    Profligacy, wantonness, lewdness:

    uxor pauperis Ibyci Tandem nequitiae pone modum tuae,

    Hor. C. 3, 15, 1; 3, 4, 78; Ov. F. 1, 414; Phaedr. 3, 8, 15; in plur., Mart. 4, 42, 4.—
    E.
    Worthlessness, vileness, wickedness, villany:

    Lucurgus mihi quidem videtur posse hic ad nequitiam adducier,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 4:

    si domus haec habenda est potius, quam officina nequitiae et diversorium flagitiorum omnium,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 134; id. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 87:

    qui istius insignem nequitiam, frontis involutam integumentis, nondum cernat,

    id. Pis. 6, 12:

    maturae mala nequitiae,

    Juv. 14, 216.

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  • 9 nequities

    nēquĭtĭa, ae, and nēquĭtĭes (no gen. or dat.), f. [nequam], bad quality, badness (very rare):

    aceti,

    Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 125.—
    II.
    Trop., bad moral quality, of all degrees, idleness, negligence, worthlessness, vileness (syn.: malitia, negligentia, ignavia, mollitia; class.).
    A.
    Idleness, inactivity, remissness, negligence:

    me ipsum inertiae nequitiaeque condemno,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4; 1, 11, 29:

    inertissimi homines, nescio quā singulari nequitiā praediti,

    id. Fin. 5, 20, 56.—
    B.
    Lightness, levity, inconsiderateness: omnia mala probra flagitia, quae homines faciunt, in duabus rebus sunt, malitia atque nequitia. Si nequitiam defendere vis, licet, P. African. ap. Gell. 7, 11, 9; Auct. ad Her. 3, 6, 11.—
    C.
    Prodigality, profusion:

    quod filii nequitiam videret,

    Cic. Clu. 51, 141:

    illum aut nequities... expellet,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 131.—
    D.
    Profligacy, wantonness, lewdness:

    uxor pauperis Ibyci Tandem nequitiae pone modum tuae,

    Hor. C. 3, 15, 1; 3, 4, 78; Ov. F. 1, 414; Phaedr. 3, 8, 15; in plur., Mart. 4, 42, 4.—
    E.
    Worthlessness, vileness, wickedness, villany:

    Lucurgus mihi quidem videtur posse hic ad nequitiam adducier,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 4:

    si domus haec habenda est potius, quam officina nequitiae et diversorium flagitiorum omnium,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 134; id. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 87:

    qui istius insignem nequitiam, frontis involutam integumentis, nondum cernat,

    id. Pis. 6, 12:

    maturae mala nequitiae,

    Juv. 14, 216.

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