mansŭētūdo

mansŭētūdo, ĭnis, f. [id.], tameness.

Lit. (post-class.):

elephanti,

Just. 15, 4, 19.—

Trop.

In gen., mildness, gentleness, clemency (class.):

uti clementiā ac mansuetudine in aliquem,

Caes. B. G. 2, 14:

imperii,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 114:

morum,

id. Off. 2, 9, 32:

alterum genus orationis lenitatis et mansuetudinis,

id. de Or. 2, 49, 200:

animorum,

id. Off. 2, 4, 15:

hostes,

Tac. A. 2, 72.—

In partic., in the times of the emperors, a complimentary title used in addressing them: mansuetudo tua, your clemency or your grace, Eutr. praef. ad Valent. Imp.

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clēmentĭa, ae, f. [1. clemens].

A calm, tranquil state of the elements, calmness, mildness, tranquillity (like clemens in this signif. mostly post-Aug.):

clementia ventorum, tranquillitas maris,

App. de Deo Socr. p. 52, 1:

soli caelique,

Flor. 3, 3, 18; cf.:

emollit gentes clementia caeli,

Luc. 8, 366:

aestatis,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 5:

hiemis,

Col. 5, 5, 6:

nascentis anni,

id. 11, 3, 9:

diei,

id. 9, 13, 4:

Nili,

Stat. Th. 3, 527.—

(Acc. to clemens, II. B.) Indulgent, forbearing conduct towards the errors and faults of others, moderation, mildness, humanity, forbearance, benignity, clemency, mercy (the class. signif.; very freq., esp. in prose;

syn.: benignitas, comitas, lenitas, mansuetudo, etc.): clementia (est), per quam animi temere in odium alicujus concitati invectio comitate retinetur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 164:

clementia est temperantia animi in potestate ulciscendi, vel lenitas... in constituendis poenis,

Sen. Clem. 2, 3: facilitas et clementia, * Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 7; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88:

illam clementiam mansuetudinemque nostri imperii tantam in crudelitatem inhumanitatemque esse conversam,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 115; id. Deiot. 15, 43; id. Lig. 3, 10:

lenitas et clementia,

id. Att. 14, 19, 2:

clementia et probitas vestra,

Sall. H. 1, 41, 1 Dietsch; Liv. 3, 58, 4; Ov. M. 8, 57; Quint. 9, 2, 28; Tac. H. 3, 19:

juris,

Quint. 7, 4, 18 Spald., and antith. to jus asperius, id. 9, 2, 90;

opp. severitatem,

Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 4:

elephanti contra minus validos,

Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23:

leonis in supplices,

id. 8, 16, 19, § 48;

and as an attribute of princes,

id. 8, 7, 7, § 48; Vop. Aur. 44; whence a title of the emperors, v. IV.—Less freq.,

Kindness, sympathy:

satrapes violare clementiam quam regis opes minui maluit,

Nep. Alcib. 10, 3.—

Clementia, personified as a deily, the goddess of grace, Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 14; Stat. Th. 12, 482 sq.; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 6 sq.—

A title of the emperor:

Clementia tua,

Your Grace, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 65; Spart. ap. Geta, I. init.

cōmĭtas, ātis, f. [comis], courteousness, kindness, obligingness, friendliness, affability, gentleness (syn.: benignitas, facilitas, humanitas; opp. gravitas and severitas; in good prose;

esp. freq. in Cic.): si illius (sc. Catonis) comitatem et facilitatem tuae gravitati severitatique asperseris,

Cic. Mur. 31, 66; id. Or. 10, 34; id. Off. 2, 14, 48; id. de Or. 2, 43, 189:

Crassus in summā comitate habebat etiam severitatis satis, Scaevolae multā in severitate non deerat tamen comitas,

id. Brut. 40, 148; cf. id. Sen. 4, 10:

in socios, mansuetudo in hostes,

Tac. A. 2, 72; Suet. Aug. 53; 74; 98; Tac. Agr. 16; Plin. Ep. 8, 21, 1:

comitas affabilitasque sermonis,

Cic. Off. 2, 14, 48 al. —

Too great liberality, prodigality, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 52; 2, 2, 75; id. Rud. prol. 38; Suet. Oth. 3.

con-verto ( - vorto), ti, sum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to turn or whirl round, to wheel about, to cause to turn, to turn back, reverse; and with the designation of the terminus in quem, to turn or direct somewhere, to direct to or towards, to move or turn to, etc. (very freq. in all perr. and species of composition).

Lit.

In gen.

With a simple acc.:

caelos omnes,

Lucr. 2, 1097; cf.:

in infimo orbe luna convertitur,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17; id. Ac. 2, 39, 123; cf.:

minore sonitu quam putaram, orbis hic in re publicā est conversus,

id. Att. 2, 9, 1:

manum,

Quint. 11, 3, 100:

reddita inclusarum ex speluncā boum vox Herculem convertit,

Liv. 1, 7, 7:

ter se convertit,

Ov. M. 7, 189:

crines calamistro,

i. e. to curl, Petr. 102, 15 et saep.—

With the designation of the terminus in quem.

By in:

equos frenis in hostes,

Lucr. 5, 1317:

naves in eam partem,

Caes. B. G. 3, 15:

ferrum in me,

Verg. A. 9, 427:

omnium ora atque oculos in aliquem,

Cic. Cat. 4, 1, 1 (cf. under B. 1.):

iter in provinciam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 56:

se in Phrygiam,

Nep. Ages. 3, 2 et saep.—Medial:

in fugam nemo convortitur,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 83 Fleck.—

By ad:

ad hunc se confestim a Pulfione omnis multitudo convertit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 10:

eam materiam ad hostem,

id. ib. 3, 29:

colla ad freta,

Ov. M. 15, 516:

tum bis ad occasum, bis se convertit ad ortum,

id. ib. 14, 386:

nos ad judicem,

Quint. 11, 3, 157 et saep.—

By contra:

tigna contra vim atque impetum fluminis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 5.—

By sub:

cursum sub terras,

Lucr. 5, 654.—

By the dat.:

majus lumen in diem nobis luna,

Lucr. 5, 706.—Medial:

Zephyro convertitur ales Itque super Libyen,

Luc. 9, 689.—

By local adv.:

aspectum facile quo vellent,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142.—

By the acc. alone:

se domum,

Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 22.—

In partic.

Milit. t. t.: convertere signa, aciem, etc., to wheel about, change the direction of a march:

conversa signa in hostes inferre,

Caes. B. G. 2, 26:

Romani conversa signa bipartito intulerunt,

id. ib. 1, 25:

reliquos sese convertere cogunt,

to retreat, id. B. C. 1, 46:

cum conversis signis retro in urbem rediretur,

Liv. 8, 11, 4; cf.:

convertunt inde signa,

id. 3, 54, 10 Drak. ad loc. (where Weissenb. ex conj., convellunt):

aciem,

id. 42, 57, 12; so,

aciem in fugam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 52. —

Rhet. t. t., of words, to transpose, interchange:

non modo mutare quaedam verba, sed extendere, corripere, convertere, dividere cogitur (poësis),

Quint. 10, 1, 29.—

Trop.

In gen.:

ut ab eo quod agitur avertat animos, ut saepe in hilaritatem risumve convertat,

Cic. Or. 40, 138; so,

risum in judicem,

id. de Or. 2, 60, 245:

omnem orationem transduxi et converti in increpandam Caepionis fugam,

id. ib. 2, 48, 199:

rationem in fraudem malitiamque,

to employ, id. N. D. 3, 31, 78; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 39, 114 and 115:

beneficium in injuriam,

Sen. Ben. 2, 13, 1 et saep.:

animos imperitorum ad deorum cultum a vitae pravitate,

Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 77; cf. Liv. 24, 4, 4 and 9: qui eas copias, quas diu simulatione rei publicae comparabant, subito ad patriae periculum converterunt, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, a, 5 fin.:

facultatem dicendi ad hominum perniciem,

Quint. 2, 20, 2 et saep.:

ingenium et studium ad causas agendas,

Tac. Or. 14 et saep.:

se aliquando ad timorem, numquam ad sanitatem,

Cic. Sull. 5, 17; id. Fam. 3, 10, 10:

se ad philosophos,

id. Fin. 5, 3, 7; cf. id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 5 et saep.:

quocumque te animo et cogitatione converteris,

Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 6:

aculeum testimonii sui,

id. Fl. 34, 86:

argumentum,

Gell. 5, 10, 3.—Of turning to the political support of any one:

tota civitas se ad eos convertisse videretur,

Nep. Att. 8, 1; cf. Cic. Rep. 6, 12, 12; Sen. Clem. 1, 4, 3; cf.:

fama hujus rei convertit ad Masinissam Numidas,

Liv. 29, 30, 7.— Pass. in mid. sense:

cuncta ad victoris opes conversa,

Tac. H. 3, 44.—In eccl. Lat., to convert to Christianity, etc.:

aliquem ad fidem Christi,

Hier. in Philem. 5, 10 sq. —Esp. freq. of turning or arresting the attention:

illud intellego, omnium ora in me convorsa esse,

Sall. J. 85, 5:

converterat Cn. Pompeii persona totum in se terrarum orbem,

Vell. 2, 31, 1:

proximas (provincias) in se,

Suet. Vesp. 4 al.: nihil opus est, ad continendas custodias plures commilitones converti, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 20 (31), 1:

omnium oculos ad se,

Nep. Alcib. 3, 5.—And with inanimate things as subjects:

cum aliqua iis ampla et honesta res objecta totos ad se convertit et rapit,

Cic. Off. 2, 10, 37.—Since the Aug. per. also freq. with a simple acc.:

sive elephas albus volgi converteret ora,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 196; Suet. Calig. 35; cf. Liv. 26, 29, 2:

animos,

id. 29, 26, 5:

homines quaqua iret,

Suet. Tit. 5.—

Pregn., to change the nature of a thing; i. e. to change, alter, transform, turn.

With a simple acc.:

omnes Res ita convortant formas mutentque colores,

Lucr. 2, 1005; cf. id. 1, 678:

omnia,

id. 4, 441:

tellus induit ignotas hominum conversa figuras,

Ov. M. 1, 88:

humanam vicem (venena),

Hor. Epod. 5, 88:

rem,

Cic. Att. 8, 13, 2:

rem publicam,

to bring into disorder, id. Fl. 38, 94:

hunc ordinem,

Quint. 7, 2, 15:

animum avaritiā,

Sall. J. 29, 1:

vitae viam,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 26:

studia,

id. A. P. 166 et saep.:

conversi animum vultumque,

Tac. H. 1, 85: castra castris, to change camp with camp (i. e. to establish new camps by constantly removing), Caes. B. C. 1, 81.—

In gram.: casus conversi, = casus obliqui,

the cases which undergo a change of form, Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64.—

With ad:

nisi si id putas, non posse jam ad salutem convorti hoc malum,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 48:

poena omnis oculorum ad caecitatem mentis est conversa,

Cic. Dom. 40, 105:

mater magna, cujus ludi violati, polluti, paene ad caedem et ad funus civitatis conversi sunt,

id. Har. Resp. 11, 24:

quod ad perniciem suam fuerat cogitatum, id ad salutem convertit,

Nep. Dat. 6, 8.—

With in:

si antequam tumor discutiatur in suppurationem convertitur,

Col. 6, 17, 6:

jam ego me convortam in hirudinem,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 4:

deum sese in hominem,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 40:

Hecubam in canem,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63:

terras in freti formam,

Ov. M. 11, 209:

deum (sc. Jovem) in pretium (i. e. aurum),

Hor. C. 3, 16, 8:

vim morbi in quartanam,

Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 1 et saep.:

crimen in laudem,

id. Fl. 29, 70:

amicitiae se in graves inimicitias,

id. Lael. 21, 78; Quint. 12, 1, 2 et saep.—

Of written works, to translate:

converti ex Atticis duorum eloquentissimorum nobilissimas orationes... nec converti ut interpres, sed ut orator, etc.,

Cic. Opt. Gen. 5, 14:

orationes e Graeco,

id. ib. 6, 18:

aliqua de Graecis,

id. Fin. 1, 2, 6:

librum in Latinum,

id. Off. 2, 24, 87; id. Tusc. 3, 14, 29; cf. id. Fin. 1, 2, 5; id. N. D. 2, 41, 104.—

Neutr., to relurn (rare).

Lit.:

inde (imago) retro rursum redit et convertit eodem,

Lucr. 4, 334 (Lachm. conj. convertitur):

clam cum paucis ad pedites convortit,

Sall. J. 101, 6:

in regnum suum,

id. ib. 20, 4:

convortit Varro,

Sil. 9, 645:

ad me,

Gell. 1, 26, 3.—

Trop.

To return, turn:

in amicitiam atque in gratiam,

Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 18:

ad sapientiora,

Tac. A. 3, 55.—

To change, turn:

hoc vitium huic uni in bonum convertebat,

Cic. Brut. 38, 141; id. de Or. 3, 29, 114; id. Fat. 7, 14; cf. id. ib. 9, 17:

regium imperium in superbiam dominationemque,

Sall. C. 6, 7 Kritz:

ne ista vobis mansuetudo et misericordia... in miseriam convortet,

id. ib. 52, 27:

ad aliquem, of political support,

Cic. Planc. 20, 50; Tac. A. 12, 18.

con-verto ( - vorto), ti, sum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to turn or whirl round, to wheel about, to cause to turn, to turn back, reverse; and with the designation of the terminus in quem, to turn or direct somewhere, to direct to or towards, to move or turn to, etc. (very freq. in all perr. and species of composition).

Lit.

In gen.

With a simple acc.:

caelos omnes,

Lucr. 2, 1097; cf.:

in infimo orbe luna convertitur,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17; id. Ac. 2, 39, 123; cf.:

minore sonitu quam putaram, orbis hic in re publicā est conversus,

id. Att. 2, 9, 1:

manum,

Quint. 11, 3, 100:

reddita inclusarum ex speluncā boum vox Herculem convertit,

Liv. 1, 7, 7:

ter se convertit,

Ov. M. 7, 189:

crines calamistro,

i. e. to curl, Petr. 102, 15 et saep.—

With the designation of the terminus in quem.

By in:

equos frenis in hostes,

Lucr. 5, 1317:

naves in eam partem,

Caes. B. G. 3, 15:

ferrum in me,

Verg. A. 9, 427:

omnium ora atque oculos in aliquem,

Cic. Cat. 4, 1, 1 (cf. under B. 1.):

iter in provinciam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 56:

se in Phrygiam,

Nep. Ages. 3, 2 et saep.—Medial:

in fugam nemo convortitur,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 83 Fleck.—

By ad:

ad hunc se confestim a Pulfione omnis multitudo convertit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 10:

eam materiam ad hostem,

id. ib. 3, 29:

colla ad freta,

Ov. M. 15, 516:

tum bis ad occasum, bis se convertit ad ortum,

id. ib. 14, 386:

nos ad judicem,

Quint. 11, 3, 157 et saep.—

By contra:

tigna contra vim atque impetum fluminis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 5.—

By sub:

cursum sub terras,

Lucr. 5, 654.—

By the dat.:

majus lumen in diem nobis luna,

Lucr. 5, 706.—Medial:

Zephyro convertitur ales Itque super Libyen,

Luc. 9, 689.—

By local adv.:

aspectum facile quo vellent,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142.—

By the acc. alone:

se domum,

Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 22.—

In partic.

Milit. t. t.: convertere signa, aciem, etc., to wheel about, change the direction of a march:

conversa signa in hostes inferre,

Caes. B. G. 2, 26:

Romani conversa signa bipartito intulerunt,

id. ib. 1, 25:

reliquos sese convertere cogunt,

to retreat, id. B. C. 1, 46:

cum conversis signis retro in urbem rediretur,

Liv. 8, 11, 4; cf.:

convertunt inde signa,

id. 3, 54, 10 Drak. ad loc. (where Weissenb. ex conj., convellunt):

aciem,

id. 42, 57, 12; so,

aciem in fugam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 52. —

Rhet. t. t., of words, to transpose, interchange:

non modo mutare quaedam verba, sed extendere, corripere, convertere, dividere cogitur (poësis),

Quint. 10, 1, 29.—

Trop.

In gen.:

ut ab eo quod agitur avertat animos, ut saepe in hilaritatem risumve convertat,

Cic. Or. 40, 138; so,

risum in judicem,

id. de Or. 2, 60, 245:

omnem orationem transduxi et converti in increpandam Caepionis fugam,

id. ib. 2, 48, 199:

rationem in fraudem malitiamque,

to employ, id. N. D. 3, 31, 78; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 39, 114 and 115:

beneficium in injuriam,

Sen. Ben. 2, 13, 1 et saep.:

animos imperitorum ad deorum cultum a vitae pravitate,

Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 77; cf. Liv. 24, 4, 4 and 9: qui eas copias, quas diu simulatione rei publicae comparabant, subito ad patriae periculum converterunt, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, a, 5 fin.:

facultatem dicendi ad hominum perniciem,

Quint. 2, 20, 2 et saep.:

ingenium et studium ad causas agendas,

Tac. Or. 14 et saep.:

se aliquando ad timorem, numquam ad sanitatem,

Cic. Sull. 5, 17; id. Fam. 3, 10, 10:

se ad philosophos,

id. Fin. 5, 3, 7; cf. id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 5 et saep.:

quocumque te animo et cogitatione converteris,

Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 6:

aculeum testimonii sui,

id. Fl. 34, 86:

argumentum,

Gell. 5, 10, 3.—Of turning to the political support of any one:

tota civitas se ad eos convertisse videretur,

Nep. Att. 8, 1; cf. Cic. Rep. 6, 12, 12; Sen. Clem. 1, 4, 3; cf.:

fama hujus rei convertit ad Masinissam Numidas,

Liv. 29, 30, 7.— Pass. in mid. sense:

cuncta ad victoris opes conversa,

Tac. H. 3, 44.—In eccl. Lat., to convert to Christianity, etc.:

aliquem ad fidem Christi,

Hier. in Philem. 5, 10 sq. —Esp. freq. of turning or arresting the attention:

illud intellego, omnium ora in me convorsa esse,

Sall. J. 85, 5:

converterat Cn. Pompeii persona totum in se terrarum orbem,

Vell. 2, 31, 1:

proximas (provincias) in se,

Suet. Vesp. 4 al.: nihil opus est, ad continendas custodias plures commilitones converti, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 20 (31), 1:

omnium oculos ad se,

Nep. Alcib. 3, 5.—And with inanimate things as subjects:

cum aliqua iis ampla et honesta res objecta totos ad se convertit et rapit,

Cic. Off. 2, 10, 37.—Since the Aug. per. also freq. with a simple acc.:

sive elephas albus volgi converteret ora,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 196; Suet. Calig. 35; cf. Liv. 26, 29, 2:

animos,

id. 29, 26, 5:

homines quaqua iret,

Suet. Tit. 5.—

Pregn., to change the nature of a thing; i. e. to change, alter, transform, turn.

With a simple acc.:

omnes Res ita convortant formas mutentque colores,

Lucr. 2, 1005; cf. id. 1, 678:

omnia,

id. 4, 441:

tellus induit ignotas hominum conversa figuras,

Ov. M. 1, 88:

humanam vicem (venena),

Hor. Epod. 5, 88:

rem,

Cic. Att. 8, 13, 2:

rem publicam,

to bring into disorder, id. Fl. 38, 94:

hunc ordinem,

Quint. 7, 2, 15:

animum avaritiā,

Sall. J. 29, 1:

vitae viam,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 26:

studia,

id. A. P. 166 et saep.:

conversi animum vultumque,

Tac. H. 1, 85: castra castris, to change camp with camp (i. e. to establish new camps by constantly removing), Caes. B. C. 1, 81.—

In gram.: casus conversi, = casus obliqui,

the cases which undergo a change of form, Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64.—

With ad:

nisi si id putas, non posse jam ad salutem convorti hoc malum,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 48:

poena omnis oculorum ad caecitatem mentis est conversa,

Cic. Dom. 40, 105:

mater magna, cujus ludi violati, polluti, paene ad caedem et ad funus civitatis conversi sunt,

id. Har. Resp. 11, 24:

quod ad perniciem suam fuerat cogitatum, id ad salutem convertit,

Nep. Dat. 6, 8.—

With in:

si antequam tumor discutiatur in suppurationem convertitur,

Col. 6, 17, 6:

jam ego me convortam in hirudinem,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 4:

deum sese in hominem,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 40:

Hecubam in canem,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63:

terras in freti formam,

Ov. M. 11, 209:

deum (sc. Jovem) in pretium (i. e. aurum),

Hor. C. 3, 16, 8:

vim morbi in quartanam,

Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 1 et saep.:

crimen in laudem,

id. Fl. 29, 70:

amicitiae se in graves inimicitias,

id. Lael. 21, 78; Quint. 12, 1, 2 et saep.—

Of written works, to translate:

converti ex Atticis duorum eloquentissimorum nobilissimas orationes... nec converti ut interpres, sed ut orator, etc.,

Cic. Opt. Gen. 5, 14:

orationes e Graeco,

id. ib. 6, 18:

aliqua de Graecis,

id. Fin. 1, 2, 6:

librum in Latinum,

id. Off. 2, 24, 87; id. Tusc. 3, 14, 29; cf. id. Fin. 1, 2, 5; id. N. D. 2, 41, 104.—

Neutr., to relurn (rare).

Lit.:

inde (imago) retro rursum redit et convertit eodem,

Lucr. 4, 334 (Lachm. conj. convertitur):

clam cum paucis ad pedites convortit,

Sall. J. 101, 6:

in regnum suum,

id. ib. 20, 4:

convortit Varro,

Sil. 9, 645:

ad me,

Gell. 1, 26, 3.—

Trop.

To return, turn:

in amicitiam atque in gratiam,

Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 18:

ad sapientiora,

Tac. A. 3, 55.—

To change, turn:

hoc vitium huic uni in bonum convertebat,

Cic. Brut. 38, 141; id. de Or. 3, 29, 114; id. Fat. 7, 14; cf. id. ib. 9, 17:

regium imperium in superbiam dominationemque,

Sall. C. 6, 7 Kritz:

ne ista vobis mansuetudo et misericordia... in miseriam convortet,

id. ib. 52, 27:

ad aliquem, of political support,

Cic. Planc. 20, 50; Tac. A. 12, 18.

hūmānĭtas, ātis, f. [humanus], human nature, humanity, in a good sense; the qualities, feelings, and inclinations of mankind.

In gen. (for the most part only in Cic.):

magna est vis humanitatis, multum valet communio sanguinis,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 22, 63:

naturas hominum vimque omnem humanitatis penitus perspicere,

id. de Or. 1, 12, 53:

humanitatis societas,

id. Rep. 2, 26:

communis humanitatis jus,

id. Fl. 11, 24; cf.:

communis humanitatis causa,

id. Quint. 16, 51:

peterem errato veniam ex humanitate communi,

id. Sull. 23, 64:

humanitatis prima species,

id. Tusc. 4, 14, 32:

at natura certe dedit, ut humanitatis non parum haberes,

id. Rosc. Am. 16, 46:

humanitatem tuam amoremque in tuos reditus celeritas declarabit,

id. Att. 4, 15, 2:

nec potuisse (te) non commoveri (viri amicissimi morte) nec fuisse id humanitatis tuae,

id. Lael. 2, 8:

fac, id quod est humanitatis tuae, ne quid aliud cures hoc tempore, nisi ut quam commodissime convalescas,

which you owe to yourself as a man, id. Fam. 16, 11, 1:

assiduitate molestiarum sensum omnem humanitatis ex animis amittimus,

id. Rosc. Am. 53, 154 fin.; cf.:

jam ad ista obduruimus et humanitatem omnem exuimus,

id. Att. 13, 2, 1; id. Lig. 5, 14:

nisi ex ejus animo exstirpatam humanitatem arbitramur,

id. Lael. 13, 48:

age vero, quid esse potest in otio aut jucundius aut magis proprium humanitatis quam sermo facetus ac nulla in re rudis?

id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

homines quidem pereunt: ipsa humanitas, ad quam homo effingitur, permanet,

Sen. Ep. 65.—

Transf., concr., i. q. humanum genus, the human race, mankind (very rare;

mostly post-class.): ista in figura hominis feritas a communi tamquam humanitatis corpore segreganda est,

Cic. Off. 3, 6, 32:

humanitatem hoc loco dicimus omne hominum genus,

Hier. Ep. 147:

timorem omnem, quo humanitas regitur, sustulerunt,

Min. Fel. Oct. 8; App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 11; id. Trism. p. 288.

In partic.

Humane or gentle conduct towards others, humanity, philanthropy, gentleness, kindness, politeness (syn.: comitas, facilitas, mansuetudo, clementia, opp. severitas;

very freq. and class.): quemquamne existimas Catone proavo tuo commodiorem, communiorem, moderatiorem fuisse ad omnem rationem humanitatis?... Sed si illius comitatem et facilitatem tuae gravitati severitatique asperseris, etc.,

Cic. Mur. 31, 66; cf.:

pro tua facilitate et humanitate,

id. Fam. 13, 24, 2:

difficillimam illam societatem gravitatis cum humanitate,

id. Leg. 3, 1, 1:

ut summa severitas summa cum humanitate jungatur,

id. Fam. 12, 27:

ad humanitatem atque mansuetudinem revocavit animos hominum, studiis bellandi jam immanes ac feros,

id. Rep. 2, 14; cf. id. Sull. 33, 92; id. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 42; cf.

also: omnia plena clementiae, mansuetudinis, humanitatis,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8 fin.; and: pro sua clementia atque humanitate, Hirt. B. G. 8, 21, 2; Caes. B. C. 3, 20, 2:

tantaque poena (eos) afficiamus, quantam aequitas humanitasque patitur,

Cic. Off. 2, 5, 18:

singularis humanitas suavissimique mores,

id. Att. 16, 16, A, 6:

Caesaris summa erga nos humanitas,

id. Fam. 4, 13, 2; cf.:

amorem erga me, humanitatem suavitatemque desidero,

id. Att. 15, 1, A, 1:

humanitas vetat superbum esse adversus socios,

Sen. Ep. 88 med.:

humanitatis praecipua pars est, honestissimum quemque complecti, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 9, 5, 1:

illa vero vitiosissima, quae jam humanitas vocatur, invicem qualiacumque laudandi,

Quint. 2, 2, 10.—

Mental cultivation befitting a man, liberal education, good breeding, elegance of manners or language, refinement (cf. on this signif. Gell. 13, 16; syn.: doctrina, litterae, eruditio;

freq. and class.): homo non communium litterarum et politioris humanitatis expers,

Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72:

esse politum propriis humanitatis artibus,

id. Rep. 1, 17; cf.:

humanitate politiores,

id. de Or. 2, 37, 154:

in omni recto studio atque humanitate versari,

id. ib. 1, 60, 256:

sine ulla bona arte, sine humanitate, sine ingenio, sine litteris,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 98:

doctrinae studium atque humanitatis,

id. Cael. 10, 24; cf.:

propter humanitatem atque doctrinam Anco regi familiaris,

id. Rep. 2, 20:

in omni genere sermonis, in omni parte humanitatis dixerim oratorem perfectum esse debere,

id. de Or. 1, 16, 71; cf. id. ib. 1, 9, 35 (Ellendt ad loc.):

orator inops quidam humanitatis atque inurbanus,

id. ib. 2, 10, 40:

ea quae multum ab humanitate discrepant, ut si quis in foro cantet,

good manners, id. Off. 1, 40, 145:

Socratem opinor in hac ironia dissimulantiaque longe lepore et humanitate omnibus praestisse,

polished language, id. de Or. 2, 67, 270:

(epistulae) humanitatis sparsae sale,

id. Att. 1, 13, 1:

alicujus litteras aut humanitatem adamare,

id. Rosc. Am. 41, 121:

litteris, et humanitate alicujus delectari,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 4, § 8.

ĭta, adv. [pronom. stem i-; cf. is; Sanscr. itthā; Zend, itha], in the manner specified, in this manner, in this wise, in such a way, so, thus.

In gen.

Referring to what precedes, as has been said, thus, so:

des operam ut investiges sitne ita,

Cic. Att. 12, 17: vidi ego nequam homines, verum te nullum deteriorem. Phil. Ita sum, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 60:

ita aiunt,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 21; 3, 3, 18; id. Ad. 5, 5, 7:

et hercule ita fecit,

Cic. Cael. 11, 37:

factum est ita,

id. Att. 7, 8, 4:

aiunt enim te ita dictitare,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 64, § 151;

frequent in phrase: quae cum ita sint,

since what has been said is true, id. Rosc. Com. 6, 17 init.; so,

quod cum ita sit,

id. Caecin. 12, 33:

quae cum ita essent,

id. Clu. 34, 94 fin. —

To introduce the thought which follows, thus, in the following manner, as follows, in this way:

in tertio de oratore ita scriptum est, in perpetua, etc.,

Quint. 9, 1, 25:

haec ita digerunt: primum... secundum, etc.,

id. 11, 2, 20:

ita sciunt procuratores... nullius apud te auctoritatem valere plus quam meam,

Cic. Fam. 13, 42, 4; id. Tusc. 3, 18, 41:

ita constitui, fortiter esse agendum,

id. Clu. 19, 51. —

In affirmations, esp. in replies, yes, it is so, just so, true: quid istic tibi negoti est? Dav. Mihin'? Si. Ita, Ter. And. 5, 2, 8:

an laudationes? ita, inquit Antonius,

Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 44:

Davusne? ita,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 2; so in solemn affirmation: est ita: est, judices, ita, ut dicitur, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117:

et certe ita est,

id. Att. 9, 13, 2:

ita est,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 51; Ter. And. 1, 1, 27;

and in negations: non est ita,

Cic. Off. 1, 44, § 158; strengthened by other particles of affirmation: as vero, profecto, prorsus, plane;

ita vero,

Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 37:

ita profecto,

id. Am. 1, 1, 214:

non est profecto ita, judices,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 121:

ita prorsus,

id. Tusc. 2, 27, 67:

prorsus ita,

id. Leg. 3, 12, 26:

ita plane,

id. Tusc. 1, 7, 13; id. Ac. 2, 35, 113.—

In interrogations, esp.

Jeeringly, implying an affirmative, = alêthes: itane? really? truly? is it so? itane credis? Ter. And. 2, 3, 25; id. Eun. 5, 8, 28; Cic. Div. 2, 40, 83:

itane est?

id. Rosc. Am. 39, 113;

so with vero or tandem: itane vero? ego non justus?

Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; id. Verr. 2, 5, 30, § 77; id. Div. 1, 13, 23:

itane tandem?

id. Clu. 65, 182. —

Where surprise or reproach is implied: quid ita? (Gr. ti dai), why so? how is that? what do you mean? accusatis Sex. Roscium. Quid ita? Cic. Rosc. Am. 12, 34; id. N. D. 1, 35, 99; id. Off. 2, 23, 83:

quid ita passus est Eretriam capi? quid ita tot Thessaliae urbes? Quid ita, etc.,

Liv. 32, 21, 13; 27, 34, 13; Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 42.

In partic.

In comparisons, so.

To point out the resemblance, usually corresponding to ut; sometimes to quasi, quomodo, quemadmodum, quam, tamquam, veluti, qualis, etc., as, like, in the same way as:

non ita amo ut sani solent homines,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 38:

ita ut res sese habet,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 24:

ita vero, Quirites, ut precamini, eveniat,

Cic. Phil. 4, 4, 10:

omnis enim pecunia ita tractatur, ut praeda, a praefectis,

id. Fam. 2, 17, 7:

an ita tu's animata, ut qui expers matris imperiis sies?

Plaut. As. 3, 1, 2:

ut homost, ita morem geras,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 77:

ut hirundines... ita falsi amici, etc.,

Auct. Her. 4, 48, 61:

tametsi ita de meo facto loquor, quasi ego illud mea voluntate fecerim,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 29:

sed prorsus ita, quasi aut reus numquam esset futurus, aut, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 4, 22, § 49; Quint. 9, 4, 87:

me consulem ita fecistis, quomodo pauci facti sunt,

Cic. Agr. 2, 1, 3; Quint. 11, 1, 92:

quemadmodum dicimus non feci furtum, ita, non est hoc furtum,

Quint. 7, 3, 1:

non ita variant undae... quam facile mutantur amantes,

Prop. 3, 5, 11:

castra in hostico incuriose ita posita, tamquam procul abesset hostis,

Liv. 8, 38, 2:

neque enim ita se gessit tamquam rationem aliquando esset redditurus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 22, § 49:

Alexander ita cupide profectus fuerat, veluti, etc.,

Just. 12, 2, 1:

sane ita se habet sacrum, quale apud Homerum quoque est,

Quint. 1, 5, 67.—

Following or followed by ut, to denote that two things are in the same condition or category.

Ut... ita, as... so, just as... so also, alike... and, as well... as: Dolabellam ut Tarsenses, ita Laodiceni multo amentiores ultro arcessierunt, Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 10:

Hercules cum ut Eurysthei filios, ita suos configebat sagittis,

Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89; id. Leg. 2, 2, 5. —

Ut... ita, although... yet:

ut errare potuisti, sic decipi te non potuisse quis non videt?

Cic. Fam. 10, 20, 2:

haec omnia ut invitis, ita non adversantibus patriciis transacta,

Liv. 3, 55, 15; cf.;

pleraque Alpium sicut breviora ita arrectiora sunt,

id. 21, 35, 11. —

Ita ut, just as:

ita ut occoepi dicere,

Plaut. Poen. 2, 24; id. Trin. 4, 2, 52:

ita ut antea demonstravimus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 76; Cato, R. R. 144, 2.—

In oaths, emphatic wishes, solemn assertions, etc., expressed by a comparison:

ita ille faxit Juppiter,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 51: ita me di ament, non nil timeo, i.e. may they so love me as it is true that, etc., Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 1; 3, 2, 21:

ita sim felix,

Prop. 1, 7, 3:

sollicitat, ita vivam, me tua valetudo,

Cic. Fam. 16, 20, 1; Verg. A. 9, 208; so, followed by ut, with indic.:

ita mihi salvā re publicā vobiscum perfrui liceat, ut ego non moveor, etc.,

Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 11:

ita me Venus amet, ut ego te numquam sinam, etc.,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 52:

ita me amabit sancta Saturitas, itaque suo me condecoret cognomine, ut ego vidi,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 97; by ut, with subj., adding a second wish:

nam tecum esse, ita mihi omnia quae opto contingant, ut vehementer velim,

Cic. Fam. 5, 21, 1; for which the abl. absol.: ita incolumi Caesare moriar, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, B, 3; for the subj. with ita, the fut. indic.:

ita te amabit Juppiter, ut tu nescis?

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 31; id. Merc. 4, 4, 22.—

To denote a kind or quality, so, such, of this nature, of this kind:

nam ita est ingenium muliebre,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 3:

ita est amor: balista ut jacitur,

id. Trin. 3, 2, 42:

ita sunt res nostrae,

Cic. Att. 4, 1, 8:

ita sunt Persarum mores,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 2, 25:

si ita sum, non tam est admirandum regem esse me,

Cic. Sull. 7, 22; id. Dom. 27, 71:

ita inquam = hoc dico,

id. Phil. 14, 5, 12.—

To denote an expected or natural consequence, so, thus, accordingly, under these circumstances, in this manner, therefore:

ita praetorium missum,

Liv. 21, 54, 3:

ita Jovis illud sacerdotium per hanc rationem Theomnasto datur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51 fin.; esp.: ita fit, thus it comes to pass, hence it follows:

ita fit ut animus de se ipse tum judicet, cum id ipsum, quo judicatur, aegrotet,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 1; id. Off. 1, 28, 101; 1, 45, 160:

ita fit ut deus ille nusquam prorsus appareat,

id. N. D. 1, 14, 37; id. Leg. 1, 15, 42; so in an inference, therefore: et deus vester nihil agens; expers virtutis igitur;

ita ne beatus quidem,

id. N. D. 1, 40, 110; Suet. Caes. 60; so,

itaque (= et ita), crassum (caelum) Thebis, itaque pingues Thebani,

Cic. Fat. 4, 7; id. N. D. 3, 17, 44.—

Introducing a limitation or restriction, on the condition, on the assumption, in so far, to such an extent, only in so far, etc., commonly followed by ut:

et tamen ita probanda est mansuetudo, ut adhibeatur rei publicae causa severitas,

Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88:

pax ita convenerat, ut Etruscis Latinisque fluvius Albula finis esset,

Liv. 1, 3; 24, 29 fin.:

sed ante omnia ita vos irae indulgere oportet, ut potiorem irā salutem habeatis,

id. 23, 3; so with tamen:

longiorem dicturis periodum colligendus est spiritus, ita tamen ut id neque diu neque cum sono faciamus,

Quint. 11, 3, 53:

haec ita praetereamus, ut tamen intuentes ac respectantes relinquamus,

Cic. Sest. 5, 13. —

To denote degree, so, to such a degree, so very, so much:

quod quid ita placuerit iis, non video,

Quint. 9, 4, 10:

hoc tibi ita mando, ut dubitem an etiam te rogem, ut pugnes ne intercaletur,

Cic. Att. 5, 9, 2:

ita fugavit Samnites, ut, etc.,

Liv. 8, 36; esp. with adjj.:

judices ita fortes tamen fuerunt, ut... vel perire maluerint, quam,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5:

ita sordidus ut se Non umquam servo melius vestiret,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 96:

ita sunt omnia debilitata,

Cic. Fam. 2, 5, 2; so with negatives: non (haud, nec, etc.) ita, not very, not especially:

non ita magna mercede,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 3:

non ita lato interjecto mari,

id. Or. 8, 25:

non ita antiqua,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 109:

accessione utuntur non ita probabili,

id. Fin. 2, 13, 42:

haec nunc enucleare non ita necesse est,

id. Tusc. 5, 8, 23:

non ita multum provectus,

id. Phil. 1, 3, 7:

post, neque ita multo,

Nep. Cim. 3, 4; id. Pel. 2, 4; id. Phoc. 2, 5.

sĕvērĭtas, ātis, f. [1. severus], seriousness, gravity, sternness, strictness, severity, in a good and bad sense (class. and very freq.;

syn. gravitas): tristis severitas inest in vultu,

Ter. And. 5, 2, 16:

severitatem in senectute probo: acerbitatem nullo modo,

Cic. Sen. 18, 65 (opp. lepos); id. Off. 1, 37, 134:

censorum,

id. Rep. 4, 6, 15; cf. Val. Max. 2, 9.— Plur.:

censorum severitates,

Gell. 4, 20, 1:

tristitia et in omni re severitas,

Cic. Lael. 18, 66; cf.:

homo ipsā tristitiā et severitate popularis,

id. Brut. 25, 97:

si illius comitatem et facilitatem tuae gravitati severitatique asperseris,

id. Mur. 31, 66; so (opp. comitas) id. Brut. 40, 148; (opp. mansuetudo et misericordia) Sall. C. 54, 2; (opp hilaritas risusque) Cic. Brut. 93, 322:

T. Torquatus cum illam severitatem in eo filio adhibuit, quem, etc.,

id. Fin. 1, 7, 24:

evellere se aculeum severitatis vestrae,

id. Clu. 55, 152:

laetissimae vir severitatis,

Vell. 2, 127, 4:

Catoni severitas dignitatem addiderat,

Sall. C. 54, 2:

commodare magnis peccatis severitatem,

Tac. Agr. 19:

summa severitas animadversionis,

Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 7:

exempli,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 3, § 7:

judiciorum (opp. lenitas ac misericordia),

id. Sull. 33, 92:

imperii,

Caes. B. G. 7, 4; cf.: militarem disciplinam severitatemque minuere, Auct. B. Alex. 48 fin.;

65: nimia emendationis severitas,

Quint. 2, 4, 10:

disciplinae,

id. 2, 2, 4:

orationis,

Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 6:

hac severitate aurium laetor,

this severity of taste, id. ib. 3, 18, 9.—

Transf.:

etiam corruptissimo in genere magis tamen juvat quaedam ipsius viti severitas,

rudeness, crudeness, Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 21.