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  • 1 generōsus

        generōsus adj. with comp. and sup.    [genus], of noble birth, well-born, noble, eminent: stirps: sanguine Teucri Anaxarete, O.: nemo generosior est te, H.: existumo fortissimum quemque generosissimum, S.: atria, O.— Of a good kind, noble, superior, excellent: pecus, V.: generosum requiro (vinum), H.: flos, O.: Insula metallis, V.—Fig., noble-minded, magnanimous, generous: rex: generosum dicere hunc, Iu.— Noble, dignified, honorable: ortus amicitiae: virtus: forma.
    * * *
    generosa, generosum ADJ
    noble, of noble birth; of good family/stock

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  • 2 generosus

    gĕnĕrōsus a, um, adj. [genus], of good or noble birth, noble, eminent (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    generosa ac nobilis virgo (opp. mulier ignota),

    Cic. Par. 3, 1, 20:

    civili generosa ab stirpe profectus,

    id. Div. 1, 12, 20:

    generosissima femina,

    Suet. Tib. 49; cf.:

    viderat a veteris generosam sanguine Teucri Iphis Anaxareten, humili de stirpe creatus,

    Ov. M. 14, 698:

    non quia, Maecenas, nemo generosior est te... naso suspendis adunco Ignotos,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 2; cf. id. 24: quamquam ego naturam unam et communem omnium existimo, sed fortissimum quemque generosissimum, Sall. J. 85, 15:

    nominibus generosus avitis,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 1:

    Maeoniā generose domo,

    Verg. A. 10, 141:

    miles,

    i. e. the Fabii, Ov. F. 2, 199:

    o generosam stirpem!

    Cic. Brut. 58, 213:

    atria,

    Ov. F. 1, 591:

    quis enim generosum dixerit hunc?

    Juv. 8, 30:

    sapiens et nobilis et generosus,

    id. 7, 191; 8, 224.—
    B.
    Transf., of animals, plants, etc., of a good or noble species, noble, superior, excellent (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    sues,

    of a noble stock, Plin. 11, 40, 95, § 233:

    pecus,

    Verg. G. 3, 75:

    equus,

    Quint. 5, 11, 4; Symm. Ep. 4, 61:

    leones generosissimi,

    Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 47:

    testa (i. e. concha),

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 31:

    ostrea,

    Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 61:

    generosum et lene requiro (vinum),

    of a good sort, generous, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 18; cf.

    vitis,

    Col. 3, 2 fin.; 3, 2, 17:

    pruna,

    Ov. M. 13, 818; cf.:

    generosissima mala,

    Plin. 15, 17, 18, § 64:

    quod est pomum generosissimum? nonne quod optimum?

    Quint. 5, 11, 4:

    sorba,

    Plin. 15, 21, 23, § 85:

    obsonium,

    id. 15, 29, 35, § 118:

    arbor,

    Quint. 8, 3, 76:

    flos,

    Ov. F. 5, 211 al.:

    generosos palmite colles,

    id. M. 15, 710; cf.:

    insula inexhaustis Chalybum generosa metallis,

    Verg. A. 10, 174.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of persons, noble-minded, magnanimous, generous:

    cum de imperio certamen esset cum rege generoso ac potente (Pyrrho),

    Cic. Off. 3, 22, 86; cf.:

    quid homo? nonne is generosissimus qui optimus?

    Quint. 5, 11, 4:

    Alexander generosi spiritus imperator,

    Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 149:

    quis enim generosum dixerit hunc qui Indignus genere,

    Juv. 8, 30.—
    B.
    Of things, noble, dignified, honorable:

    humilis et minime generosus ortus amicitiae,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 29:

    quaedam generosa virtus,

    id. Tusc. 2, 6, 16:

    Dolabella, vir simplicitatis generosissimae,

    Vell. 2, 125 fin.:

    quo generosior celsiorque est (animus),

    Quint. 1, 2, 3; id. 2, 4, 4:

    forma magnifica et generosa quodammodo,

    Cic. Brut. 75, 261;

    quoted by Suet. paraphrastically,

    Suet. Caes. 55: quicquid est in oratione generosius, Quint. prooem. 24: tamen emerui generosos vestis honores, i. e. the dress of honor (of a mother of three children), Prop. 4, 11, 61. —Hence, * adv.: gĕnĕrōse (acc. to II.), nobly:

    generosius Perire quaerens,

    Hor. C. 1, 37, 21.

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  • 3 nobilis

    nōbĭlis, e (old collat. form gnōbĭlis: nobilem antiqui pro noto ponebant, et quidem per g litteram, ut Plautus in Pseudolo: peregrina facies videtur hominis atque ignobilis, et: oculis meis obviam ignobilis obicitur. Attius in Diomede: ergo me Argos referam, nam hic sum gnobilis. Livius in Virgo: ornamento incedunt gnobili ignobiles, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.), adj. [for gnobilis, from gnosco; Gr. gignôskô; v. nosco], that can be known or is known, knowable, known.
    I.
    In gen. (very rare):

    neque his umquam nobilis fui,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 9:

    addidit facinori fidem nobili gaudio,

    Tac. H. 3, 39.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Wellknown, famous, noted, celebrated, renowned (freq. and class.; cf.:

    clarus, insignis, inclutus, illustris): die festo celebri nobilique, Aphrodisiis,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 13:

    magnus et nobilis rhetor Isocrates,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 7:

    illustre et nobile municipium,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 40:

    oppidum clarum et nobile,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 24, §

    63: ex doctrinā nobilis et clarus,

    id. Rab. Post. 9, 23:

    gladiatorum par nobilissimum,

    id. Opt. Gen. 6, 17:

    multi in philosophiā praeclari et nobiles,

    id. de Or. 1, 11, 46:

    ut arcendis sceleribus exemplum nobile esset,

    Liv. 2, 5:

    Corinthus aere,

    Ov. M. 6, 416:

    puerosque Ledae, Hunc equis, illum superare pugnis Nobilem,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 25:

    palma nobilis,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 5:

    nobilis e tectis fundere gaesa rotis,

    Prop. 4 (5), 10, 42:

    tamquam Feceris ipse aliquid propter quod nobilis esses,

    Juv. 8, 41: aquae salubritate et medendis corporibus nobiles. Vell. 2, 25, 4:

    vitulis marinis ad multa nobile fel,

    Plin. 11, 37, 75, § 195:

    emplastra nobilia ad extrahendum fel,

    Cels. 5, 19:

    Cicero vir nobilissimae novitatis,

    Vell. 2, 34, 3.—In a bad sense, notorious:

    innocentes qui se scelere fieri nolunt nobiles,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 5:

    mea (amica) est potens, procax, magnifica, sumtuosa, nobilis,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 15:

    ille nobilis taurus, quem Phalaris habuisse dicitur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 73; Liv. 39, 9, 5.—
    B.
    High-born, of noble birth, noble, i. e. sprung from a family (either patrician or plebeian) many members of which had filled curule offices, and consequently possessing the jus imaginum (opp. homo novus or ignobilis; cf.:

    generosus, amplus): non facit nobilem atrium plenum fumosis imaginibus,

    Sen. Ep. 44, 5:

    quanta sit in invidiā apud quosdam nobilis homines novorum hominum virtus et industria,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 181:

    Clodia mulier non solum nobilis sed etiam nota,

    id. Cael. 13, 31:

    nobili genere nati,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 180:

    homines apud nos noti, inter suos nobiles,

    id. Fl. 22, 52; Liv. 22, 58.—Hence, subst.: nōbĭlis, is, m., a nobleman:

    nobiles nostri,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 5; Vulg. Isa. 5, 13; id. Psa. 149, 8: Nobilissimus, most noble, under the later emperors, a title of the Cæsars and of the members of the imperial family, Cod. Th. 10, 25, 1; Dig. 40, 11, 3.—
    C.
    Of a noble kind, noble, excellent, superior:

    tres nobilissimi fundi,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 99:

    nobiliumque greges custos servabat equarum,

    Ov. M. 2, 690:

    nobilis hic (equus), quocumque venit de gramine,

    Juv. 8, 60.—Hence, adv.: nōbĭlĭter, famously, excellently, splendidly, nobly (mostly post-Aug.;

    not in Cic. or Cæs.),

    Vitr. 7 praef.:

    nobiliter caelare argentum,

    Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 91.— Comp.:

    nobilius philosophari,

    Sid. Ep. 9, 9.— Sup.:

    ab exercitu nobilissime tumulatus,

    Liv. Epit. 54.

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  • 4 nōbilis

        nōbilis e, adj. with comp. and sup.    [GNA-], that is known, well-known, famous, noted, celebrated, renowned: frater eius, T.: rhetor: oppidum: in philosophiā: famā, Cs.: nobilior vir factis quam genere, L.: Corinthus aere, O.: propter alqd, Iu.: (puer) superare pugnis, H.: e rectis fundere gaesa rotis, Pr.— Notorious: sumptuosa, nobilis, T.: taurus.— High-born, of noble birth, noble (usu. of families from which the high offices of state had been filled): homines (opp. novi homines): nobili genere nati: Carthaginiensis, L.— Noble, excellent, superior, splendid: tres nobilissimi fundi: equae, O.: nihil erat eā picturā nobilius.
    * * *
    I
    nobile, nobilior -or -us, nobilissimus -a -um ADJ
    noble, respected
    II
    nobles (pl.)

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  • 5 honestiores

    hŏnestus, a um, adj. [honos, honor, qs. furnished or clothed with honor], full of honor, honorable.
    I.
    Regarded with honor, enjoying respect or consideration, honored, distinguished, honorable, respectable, noble, = honoratus:

    qui me honore honestiorem fecit,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 32: cum honos sit praemium virtutis judicio studioque civium delatum ad aliquem;

    qui eum sententiis, qui suffragiis adeptus est, is mihi et honestus et honoratus videtur, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 81, 281:

    satis honestam honoratamque imaginem fore,

    Liv. 36, 40, 9: magnus atque honestus, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 4; cf.:

    salvi et honesti,

    id. ib. 11, 2, 2:

    honestus homo et nobilis,

    Cic. Mur. 36, 75:

    cum honesto aliquo homine,

    id. Fam. 16, 9, 4:

    amplae et honestae familiae,

    illustrious and honorable families, id. Mur. 7, 15; cf.: homines honestis parentibus ac majoribus nati, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 85:

    bonis parentibus atque honesto loco natus,

    id. Tusc. 5, 20, 58:

    cum Sabinas honesto ortas loco virgines rapi jussit,

    id. Rep. 2, 7:

    loco natus honesto,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 45, 2:

    Polla, Nursiae honesto genere orta,

    Suet. Vesp. 1:

    equite Romano in primis honesto et ornato,

    distinguished, eminent, Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 1; 13, 31, 1:

    eques Romanus,

    id. ib. 13, 62; cf.:

    erant complures honesti adulescentes, senatorum filii et ordinis equestris,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 51, 3:

    publicani, homines honestissimi atque ornatissimi,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 17:

    homo honestissimus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 6:

    milites honestissimi sui generis,

    id. B. C. 1, 20, 1:

    virginis honestae vaticinatione,

    Suet. Galb. 9 et saep.:

    quia deus auctor culpae honestior erat,

    Liv. 1, 4, 2:

    tam grave, tam firmum, tam honestum municipium,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 4, 2:

    honestissimus conventus,

    Quint. 1, 2, 9:

    ut honestiore judicio conflictere?

    more honorable, Cic. Quint. 13, 44:

    dies honestissimus nobis,

    id. Fam. 1, 2, 2:

    atque erit illa mihi mortis honesta dies,

    Prop. 3 (4), 21, 34:

    honesta paupertas,

    Vell. 129, 3:

    omnium honestarum rerum egens,

    not able to live suitably to his rank, Sall. J. 14, 17: honestis manibus omnia laetius proveniunt, i. e. of generals (cf. shortly before:

    ipsorum tunc manibus imperatorum colebantur agri),

    Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 19.—As substt.
    1.
    hŏnestĭōres, um, m., men of noble birth:

    qui hominem castraverit... sive is servus sive liber sit, capite punitur: honestiores publicatis bonis in insulam deportantur,

    Paul. Sent. 5, 23, 13; 1, 21, 4 sq.;

    opp. humiliores,

    id. ib. 5, 25, 1 sq.; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 2, 2; 8, 4, 2.—
    2.
    hŏnestum, i, n., honorable conduct, morality, virtue:

    nec honesto quicquam honestius,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 7, 25:

    rigidi servator honesti (Cato),

    Luc. 2, 389.
    II. A.
    In gen.:

    ut (civium vita) opibus firma, copiis locuples, gloria ampla, virtute honesta sit,

    Cic. Att. 8, 11, 1:

    in convivio moderato atque honesto,

    id. Mur. 6, 13:

    aequa et honesta postulatio,

    id. Rosc. Am. 2, 7:

    honestum ac probabile nomen,

    id. Caecin. 25, 71; cf.:

    ut honesta praescriptione rem turpissimam tegerent,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 4:

    causas abeundi quaerat honestas,

    Lucr. 4, 1181:

    certatio,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

    honestam rem actionemve aut non suscipere aut, etc.,

    id. ib. 13, 47:

    res, causa (opp. turpis),

    Auct. Her. 1, 3, 5; cf.:

    honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile,

    id. 3, 2, 3:

    hominum honestissimorum testimoniis non credere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 128; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

    homines honestissimi,

    id. ib. 17, 49:

    quod omnium sit votum parentum, ut honestiores quam sint ipsi, liberos habeant,

    Quint. 1, 1, 82:

    soror,

    virtuous, chaste, Hor. S. 2, 3, 58:

    vita honestissima,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 48; so in sup.:

    labor,

    Quint. 12, 7, 10:

    praecepta,

    id. 12, 2, 27:

    testimonia,

    id. 5, 11, 37:

    vitae instituta sic distant, ut Cretes et Aetoli latrocinari honestum putent,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 9:

    honestum quibusdam rapto vivere,

    Quint. 3, 7, 24:

    honestius est de amicorum pecunia laborare quam de sua,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 2:

    ut neque rectum neque honestum sit, nec fieri possit, ut, etc.,

    id. Lael. 21, 76:

    honestum et rectum,

    id. ib. 22, 82:

    honestum id intellegimus, quod tale est, ut, detracta omni utilitate, sine ullis praemiis fructibusve per se ipsum possit jure laudari,

    id. Fin. 2, 14, 45; cf. id. Inv. 2, 53, 159; id. Leg. 1, 18, 48:

    si maritus uxorem suam in adulterio deprehensam occidit... non inique aliquid ejus honestissimo calori permittitur, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 4, 10, 1: mores honestos tradere,

    Juv. 6, 239.—As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., honesty, integrity, virtue (cf.:

    honor, virtus, etc.): quandoquidem honestum aut ipsa virtus est aut res gesta virtute,

    id. Fin. 5, 23, 66; cf.:

    sive honestum solum bonum est, ut Stoicis placet, sive quod honestum est, id ita summum bonum est, ut, etc.,

    id. Off. 3, 3, 13; 1, 4, 14:

    formam quidem ipsam et tamquam faciem honesti vides,

    id. ib. 1, 5, 14:

    omnis honesti justique disciplina,

    Quint. 12, 2, 1:

    honesti praesens imago,

    id. 12, 1, 28:

    quo (honesto) detracto quid poterit beatum intellegi?

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45:

    de honesto ac bono,

    Quint. 2, 2, 5:

    honesta ac turpia,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44; 1, 17, 46:

    honestis similia sunt quaedam non honesta,

    id. Ac. 2, 16, 50:

    in eodem pectore nullum est honestorum turpiumque consortium,

    Quint. 12, 1, 4:

    de honestis, justis, utilibus quaestiones,

    id. 3, 6, 41.—Prov.:

    honesta mors turpi vita potior,

    Tac. Agr. 33:

    imponit finem sapiens et rebus honestis,

    Juv. 6, 444:

    honestus rumor alterum est patrimonium,

    Pub. Syr. 217 Rib.—
    B.
    In partic., of personal appearance, noble, fine, handsome, beautiful (mostly poet.):

    ille erat honesta facie et liberali,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 15; 2, 1, 24; cf.: ita me di ament, honestus est. id. ib. 3, 2, 21:

    erat forma praeter ceteras honesta,

    id. And. 1, 1, 96:

    facies,

    Suet. Tib. 68:

    caput,

    Verg. A. 10, 133; id. G. 2, 392:

    asini,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 2:

    (equi),

    Verg. G. 3, 81:

    ager honestior,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 2:

    tunc ora rigantur honestis Imbribus (i. e. lacrimis),

    Stat. Th. 2, 234.—As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., beauty:

    nec, si quid honesti est, jactat habetque palam, quaerit, quo turpia celet, = si quid pulchri habent,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 84.—Hence, adv.: hŏ-nestē.
    1.
    (Acc. to I.) Honorably, nobly (very rare):

    honeste natus,

    of noble birth, Suet. Aug. 43.—Far more freq. and class.,
    2.
    (Acc. to II.) Decently, becomingly, properly, creditably, virtuously:

    neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 69; id. Rud. 2, 3, 77:

    sic volo Te ferre (aquam) honeste, ut ego fero,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 7:

    unde Mundior exiret vix libertinus honeste,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 12:

    ut videamur vestiti esse honeste,

    Varr. L. L. 8, § 31 Müll.:

    (Lucretia) tum quoque jam moriens, ne non procumbat honeste, Respicit,

    Ov. F. 2, 833:

    (Caesar) sinum ad ima crura deduxit, quo honestius caderet,

    Suet. Caes. 82; Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 26:

    valde se honeste gerunt,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13:

    honestius hic, quam Q. Pompeius,

    id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

    quae in nostris rebus non satis honeste, in amicorum fiunt honestissime,

    id. Lael. 16, 57:

    aliquid recte honesteque dicere,

    id. Rep. 1, 2:

    beate et honeste vivere,

    id. ib. 4, 3:

    honeste vivere (opp. turpiter),

    Quint. 5, 10, 24:

    facere ac dicere (opp. turpiter),

    id. 11, 1, 14; 10, 5, 13:

    tam jejuna fames, cum possit honestius tremere, etc.,

    Juv. 5, 10. iste quidem veteres inter ponetur honeste, fairly, properly, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 43:

    fastigium nunc honeste vergit in tectum inferioris porticus,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, 14.

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  • 6 honestum

    hŏnestus, a um, adj. [honos, honor, qs. furnished or clothed with honor], full of honor, honorable.
    I.
    Regarded with honor, enjoying respect or consideration, honored, distinguished, honorable, respectable, noble, = honoratus:

    qui me honore honestiorem fecit,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 32: cum honos sit praemium virtutis judicio studioque civium delatum ad aliquem;

    qui eum sententiis, qui suffragiis adeptus est, is mihi et honestus et honoratus videtur, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 81, 281:

    satis honestam honoratamque imaginem fore,

    Liv. 36, 40, 9: magnus atque honestus, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 4; cf.:

    salvi et honesti,

    id. ib. 11, 2, 2:

    honestus homo et nobilis,

    Cic. Mur. 36, 75:

    cum honesto aliquo homine,

    id. Fam. 16, 9, 4:

    amplae et honestae familiae,

    illustrious and honorable families, id. Mur. 7, 15; cf.: homines honestis parentibus ac majoribus nati, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 85:

    bonis parentibus atque honesto loco natus,

    id. Tusc. 5, 20, 58:

    cum Sabinas honesto ortas loco virgines rapi jussit,

    id. Rep. 2, 7:

    loco natus honesto,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 45, 2:

    Polla, Nursiae honesto genere orta,

    Suet. Vesp. 1:

    equite Romano in primis honesto et ornato,

    distinguished, eminent, Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 1; 13, 31, 1:

    eques Romanus,

    id. ib. 13, 62; cf.:

    erant complures honesti adulescentes, senatorum filii et ordinis equestris,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 51, 3:

    publicani, homines honestissimi atque ornatissimi,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 17:

    homo honestissimus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 6:

    milites honestissimi sui generis,

    id. B. C. 1, 20, 1:

    virginis honestae vaticinatione,

    Suet. Galb. 9 et saep.:

    quia deus auctor culpae honestior erat,

    Liv. 1, 4, 2:

    tam grave, tam firmum, tam honestum municipium,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 4, 2:

    honestissimus conventus,

    Quint. 1, 2, 9:

    ut honestiore judicio conflictere?

    more honorable, Cic. Quint. 13, 44:

    dies honestissimus nobis,

    id. Fam. 1, 2, 2:

    atque erit illa mihi mortis honesta dies,

    Prop. 3 (4), 21, 34:

    honesta paupertas,

    Vell. 129, 3:

    omnium honestarum rerum egens,

    not able to live suitably to his rank, Sall. J. 14, 17: honestis manibus omnia laetius proveniunt, i. e. of generals (cf. shortly before:

    ipsorum tunc manibus imperatorum colebantur agri),

    Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 19.—As substt.
    1.
    hŏnestĭōres, um, m., men of noble birth:

    qui hominem castraverit... sive is servus sive liber sit, capite punitur: honestiores publicatis bonis in insulam deportantur,

    Paul. Sent. 5, 23, 13; 1, 21, 4 sq.;

    opp. humiliores,

    id. ib. 5, 25, 1 sq.; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 2, 2; 8, 4, 2.—
    2.
    hŏnestum, i, n., honorable conduct, morality, virtue:

    nec honesto quicquam honestius,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 7, 25:

    rigidi servator honesti (Cato),

    Luc. 2, 389.
    II. A.
    In gen.:

    ut (civium vita) opibus firma, copiis locuples, gloria ampla, virtute honesta sit,

    Cic. Att. 8, 11, 1:

    in convivio moderato atque honesto,

    id. Mur. 6, 13:

    aequa et honesta postulatio,

    id. Rosc. Am. 2, 7:

    honestum ac probabile nomen,

    id. Caecin. 25, 71; cf.:

    ut honesta praescriptione rem turpissimam tegerent,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 4:

    causas abeundi quaerat honestas,

    Lucr. 4, 1181:

    certatio,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

    honestam rem actionemve aut non suscipere aut, etc.,

    id. ib. 13, 47:

    res, causa (opp. turpis),

    Auct. Her. 1, 3, 5; cf.:

    honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile,

    id. 3, 2, 3:

    hominum honestissimorum testimoniis non credere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 128; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

    homines honestissimi,

    id. ib. 17, 49:

    quod omnium sit votum parentum, ut honestiores quam sint ipsi, liberos habeant,

    Quint. 1, 1, 82:

    soror,

    virtuous, chaste, Hor. S. 2, 3, 58:

    vita honestissima,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 48; so in sup.:

    labor,

    Quint. 12, 7, 10:

    praecepta,

    id. 12, 2, 27:

    testimonia,

    id. 5, 11, 37:

    vitae instituta sic distant, ut Cretes et Aetoli latrocinari honestum putent,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 9:

    honestum quibusdam rapto vivere,

    Quint. 3, 7, 24:

    honestius est de amicorum pecunia laborare quam de sua,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 2:

    ut neque rectum neque honestum sit, nec fieri possit, ut, etc.,

    id. Lael. 21, 76:

    honestum et rectum,

    id. ib. 22, 82:

    honestum id intellegimus, quod tale est, ut, detracta omni utilitate, sine ullis praemiis fructibusve per se ipsum possit jure laudari,

    id. Fin. 2, 14, 45; cf. id. Inv. 2, 53, 159; id. Leg. 1, 18, 48:

    si maritus uxorem suam in adulterio deprehensam occidit... non inique aliquid ejus honestissimo calori permittitur, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 4, 10, 1: mores honestos tradere,

    Juv. 6, 239.—As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., honesty, integrity, virtue (cf.:

    honor, virtus, etc.): quandoquidem honestum aut ipsa virtus est aut res gesta virtute,

    id. Fin. 5, 23, 66; cf.:

    sive honestum solum bonum est, ut Stoicis placet, sive quod honestum est, id ita summum bonum est, ut, etc.,

    id. Off. 3, 3, 13; 1, 4, 14:

    formam quidem ipsam et tamquam faciem honesti vides,

    id. ib. 1, 5, 14:

    omnis honesti justique disciplina,

    Quint. 12, 2, 1:

    honesti praesens imago,

    id. 12, 1, 28:

    quo (honesto) detracto quid poterit beatum intellegi?

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45:

    de honesto ac bono,

    Quint. 2, 2, 5:

    honesta ac turpia,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44; 1, 17, 46:

    honestis similia sunt quaedam non honesta,

    id. Ac. 2, 16, 50:

    in eodem pectore nullum est honestorum turpiumque consortium,

    Quint. 12, 1, 4:

    de honestis, justis, utilibus quaestiones,

    id. 3, 6, 41.—Prov.:

    honesta mors turpi vita potior,

    Tac. Agr. 33:

    imponit finem sapiens et rebus honestis,

    Juv. 6, 444:

    honestus rumor alterum est patrimonium,

    Pub. Syr. 217 Rib.—
    B.
    In partic., of personal appearance, noble, fine, handsome, beautiful (mostly poet.):

    ille erat honesta facie et liberali,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 15; 2, 1, 24; cf.: ita me di ament, honestus est. id. ib. 3, 2, 21:

    erat forma praeter ceteras honesta,

    id. And. 1, 1, 96:

    facies,

    Suet. Tib. 68:

    caput,

    Verg. A. 10, 133; id. G. 2, 392:

    asini,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 2:

    (equi),

    Verg. G. 3, 81:

    ager honestior,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 2:

    tunc ora rigantur honestis Imbribus (i. e. lacrimis),

    Stat. Th. 2, 234.—As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., beauty:

    nec, si quid honesti est, jactat habetque palam, quaerit, quo turpia celet, = si quid pulchri habent,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 84.—Hence, adv.: hŏ-nestē.
    1.
    (Acc. to I.) Honorably, nobly (very rare):

    honeste natus,

    of noble birth, Suet. Aug. 43.—Far more freq. and class.,
    2.
    (Acc. to II.) Decently, becomingly, properly, creditably, virtuously:

    neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 69; id. Rud. 2, 3, 77:

    sic volo Te ferre (aquam) honeste, ut ego fero,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 7:

    unde Mundior exiret vix libertinus honeste,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 12:

    ut videamur vestiti esse honeste,

    Varr. L. L. 8, § 31 Müll.:

    (Lucretia) tum quoque jam moriens, ne non procumbat honeste, Respicit,

    Ov. F. 2, 833:

    (Caesar) sinum ad ima crura deduxit, quo honestius caderet,

    Suet. Caes. 82; Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 26:

    valde se honeste gerunt,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13:

    honestius hic, quam Q. Pompeius,

    id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

    quae in nostris rebus non satis honeste, in amicorum fiunt honestissime,

    id. Lael. 16, 57:

    aliquid recte honesteque dicere,

    id. Rep. 1, 2:

    beate et honeste vivere,

    id. ib. 4, 3:

    honeste vivere (opp. turpiter),

    Quint. 5, 10, 24:

    facere ac dicere (opp. turpiter),

    id. 11, 1, 14; 10, 5, 13:

    tam jejuna fames, cum possit honestius tremere, etc.,

    Juv. 5, 10. iste quidem veteres inter ponetur honeste, fairly, properly, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 43:

    fastigium nunc honeste vergit in tectum inferioris porticus,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, 14.

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  • 7 honestus

    hŏnestus, a um, adj. [honos, honor, qs. furnished or clothed with honor], full of honor, honorable.
    I.
    Regarded with honor, enjoying respect or consideration, honored, distinguished, honorable, respectable, noble, = honoratus:

    qui me honore honestiorem fecit,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 32: cum honos sit praemium virtutis judicio studioque civium delatum ad aliquem;

    qui eum sententiis, qui suffragiis adeptus est, is mihi et honestus et honoratus videtur, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 81, 281:

    satis honestam honoratamque imaginem fore,

    Liv. 36, 40, 9: magnus atque honestus, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 4; cf.:

    salvi et honesti,

    id. ib. 11, 2, 2:

    honestus homo et nobilis,

    Cic. Mur. 36, 75:

    cum honesto aliquo homine,

    id. Fam. 16, 9, 4:

    amplae et honestae familiae,

    illustrious and honorable families, id. Mur. 7, 15; cf.: homines honestis parentibus ac majoribus nati, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 85:

    bonis parentibus atque honesto loco natus,

    id. Tusc. 5, 20, 58:

    cum Sabinas honesto ortas loco virgines rapi jussit,

    id. Rep. 2, 7:

    loco natus honesto,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 45, 2:

    Polla, Nursiae honesto genere orta,

    Suet. Vesp. 1:

    equite Romano in primis honesto et ornato,

    distinguished, eminent, Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 1; 13, 31, 1:

    eques Romanus,

    id. ib. 13, 62; cf.:

    erant complures honesti adulescentes, senatorum filii et ordinis equestris,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 51, 3:

    publicani, homines honestissimi atque ornatissimi,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 17:

    homo honestissimus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 6:

    milites honestissimi sui generis,

    id. B. C. 1, 20, 1:

    virginis honestae vaticinatione,

    Suet. Galb. 9 et saep.:

    quia deus auctor culpae honestior erat,

    Liv. 1, 4, 2:

    tam grave, tam firmum, tam honestum municipium,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 4, 2:

    honestissimus conventus,

    Quint. 1, 2, 9:

    ut honestiore judicio conflictere?

    more honorable, Cic. Quint. 13, 44:

    dies honestissimus nobis,

    id. Fam. 1, 2, 2:

    atque erit illa mihi mortis honesta dies,

    Prop. 3 (4), 21, 34:

    honesta paupertas,

    Vell. 129, 3:

    omnium honestarum rerum egens,

    not able to live suitably to his rank, Sall. J. 14, 17: honestis manibus omnia laetius proveniunt, i. e. of generals (cf. shortly before:

    ipsorum tunc manibus imperatorum colebantur agri),

    Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 19.—As substt.
    1.
    hŏnestĭōres, um, m., men of noble birth:

    qui hominem castraverit... sive is servus sive liber sit, capite punitur: honestiores publicatis bonis in insulam deportantur,

    Paul. Sent. 5, 23, 13; 1, 21, 4 sq.;

    opp. humiliores,

    id. ib. 5, 25, 1 sq.; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 2, 2; 8, 4, 2.—
    2.
    hŏnestum, i, n., honorable conduct, morality, virtue:

    nec honesto quicquam honestius,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 7, 25:

    rigidi servator honesti (Cato),

    Luc. 2, 389.
    II. A.
    In gen.:

    ut (civium vita) opibus firma, copiis locuples, gloria ampla, virtute honesta sit,

    Cic. Att. 8, 11, 1:

    in convivio moderato atque honesto,

    id. Mur. 6, 13:

    aequa et honesta postulatio,

    id. Rosc. Am. 2, 7:

    honestum ac probabile nomen,

    id. Caecin. 25, 71; cf.:

    ut honesta praescriptione rem turpissimam tegerent,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 4:

    causas abeundi quaerat honestas,

    Lucr. 4, 1181:

    certatio,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

    honestam rem actionemve aut non suscipere aut, etc.,

    id. ib. 13, 47:

    res, causa (opp. turpis),

    Auct. Her. 1, 3, 5; cf.:

    honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile,

    id. 3, 2, 3:

    hominum honestissimorum testimoniis non credere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 128; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

    homines honestissimi,

    id. ib. 17, 49:

    quod omnium sit votum parentum, ut honestiores quam sint ipsi, liberos habeant,

    Quint. 1, 1, 82:

    soror,

    virtuous, chaste, Hor. S. 2, 3, 58:

    vita honestissima,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 48; so in sup.:

    labor,

    Quint. 12, 7, 10:

    praecepta,

    id. 12, 2, 27:

    testimonia,

    id. 5, 11, 37:

    vitae instituta sic distant, ut Cretes et Aetoli latrocinari honestum putent,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 9:

    honestum quibusdam rapto vivere,

    Quint. 3, 7, 24:

    honestius est de amicorum pecunia laborare quam de sua,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 2:

    ut neque rectum neque honestum sit, nec fieri possit, ut, etc.,

    id. Lael. 21, 76:

    honestum et rectum,

    id. ib. 22, 82:

    honestum id intellegimus, quod tale est, ut, detracta omni utilitate, sine ullis praemiis fructibusve per se ipsum possit jure laudari,

    id. Fin. 2, 14, 45; cf. id. Inv. 2, 53, 159; id. Leg. 1, 18, 48:

    si maritus uxorem suam in adulterio deprehensam occidit... non inique aliquid ejus honestissimo calori permittitur, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 4, 10, 1: mores honestos tradere,

    Juv. 6, 239.—As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., honesty, integrity, virtue (cf.:

    honor, virtus, etc.): quandoquidem honestum aut ipsa virtus est aut res gesta virtute,

    id. Fin. 5, 23, 66; cf.:

    sive honestum solum bonum est, ut Stoicis placet, sive quod honestum est, id ita summum bonum est, ut, etc.,

    id. Off. 3, 3, 13; 1, 4, 14:

    formam quidem ipsam et tamquam faciem honesti vides,

    id. ib. 1, 5, 14:

    omnis honesti justique disciplina,

    Quint. 12, 2, 1:

    honesti praesens imago,

    id. 12, 1, 28:

    quo (honesto) detracto quid poterit beatum intellegi?

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45:

    de honesto ac bono,

    Quint. 2, 2, 5:

    honesta ac turpia,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44; 1, 17, 46:

    honestis similia sunt quaedam non honesta,

    id. Ac. 2, 16, 50:

    in eodem pectore nullum est honestorum turpiumque consortium,

    Quint. 12, 1, 4:

    de honestis, justis, utilibus quaestiones,

    id. 3, 6, 41.—Prov.:

    honesta mors turpi vita potior,

    Tac. Agr. 33:

    imponit finem sapiens et rebus honestis,

    Juv. 6, 444:

    honestus rumor alterum est patrimonium,

    Pub. Syr. 217 Rib.—
    B.
    In partic., of personal appearance, noble, fine, handsome, beautiful (mostly poet.):

    ille erat honesta facie et liberali,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 15; 2, 1, 24; cf.: ita me di ament, honestus est. id. ib. 3, 2, 21:

    erat forma praeter ceteras honesta,

    id. And. 1, 1, 96:

    facies,

    Suet. Tib. 68:

    caput,

    Verg. A. 10, 133; id. G. 2, 392:

    asini,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 2:

    (equi),

    Verg. G. 3, 81:

    ager honestior,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 2:

    tunc ora rigantur honestis Imbribus (i. e. lacrimis),

    Stat. Th. 2, 234.—As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., beauty:

    nec, si quid honesti est, jactat habetque palam, quaerit, quo turpia celet, = si quid pulchri habent,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 84.—Hence, adv.: hŏ-nestē.
    1.
    (Acc. to I.) Honorably, nobly (very rare):

    honeste natus,

    of noble birth, Suet. Aug. 43.—Far more freq. and class.,
    2.
    (Acc. to II.) Decently, becomingly, properly, creditably, virtuously:

    neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 69; id. Rud. 2, 3, 77:

    sic volo Te ferre (aquam) honeste, ut ego fero,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 7:

    unde Mundior exiret vix libertinus honeste,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 12:

    ut videamur vestiti esse honeste,

    Varr. L. L. 8, § 31 Müll.:

    (Lucretia) tum quoque jam moriens, ne non procumbat honeste, Respicit,

    Ov. F. 2, 833:

    (Caesar) sinum ad ima crura deduxit, quo honestius caderet,

    Suet. Caes. 82; Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 26:

    valde se honeste gerunt,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13:

    honestius hic, quam Q. Pompeius,

    id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

    quae in nostris rebus non satis honeste, in amicorum fiunt honestissime,

    id. Lael. 16, 57:

    aliquid recte honesteque dicere,

    id. Rep. 1, 2:

    beate et honeste vivere,

    id. ib. 4, 3:

    honeste vivere (opp. turpiter),

    Quint. 5, 10, 24:

    facere ac dicere (opp. turpiter),

    id. 11, 1, 14; 10, 5, 13:

    tam jejuna fames, cum possit honestius tremere, etc.,

    Juv. 5, 10. iste quidem veteres inter ponetur honeste, fairly, properly, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 43:

    fastigium nunc honeste vergit in tectum inferioris porticus,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, 14.

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  • 8 nōbilitās

        nōbilitās ātis, f    [nobilis], celebrity, fame, renown: nobilitatem despicere: repentini, L.: eum nobilitate praecurrere, N.— High birth, noble origin, nobility: sua: nobilitate sui municipi facile primus.— The nobility, nobles, aristocracy: nobilitatis fautor: omnis noster nobilitas interiit, Cs.: nobilitas rem p. deseruerat, L.: superbia commune, nobilitatis malum, S.— Nobleness, excellence, superiority: florere nobilitate discipulorum: eloquio tantum nobilitatis inest, O.: nobilitas sola est virtus, Iu.: nobilitate ingenitā, Ta.
    * * *
    nobility/noble class; (noble) birth/descent; fame/excellence; the nobles; rank

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  • 9 patricius

        patricius adj.    [pater], of fatherly dignity, of senatorial rank, of the patricians, patrician, noble: gens, S.: nisi qui patricius sit.—As subst m. and f a patrician, nobleman, noble lady, C., L.— Plur, the patricians, nobility: patres ab honore, patriciique progenies eorum appellati, L.: exire e patriciis, to be adopted into a plebeian family.
    * * *
    patricia, patricium ADJ
    patrician, noble

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  • 10 lavo

    lăvo, lāvi, lautum, lăvātum and lōtum (in class. prose, perf. lāvi; sup. always lavātum; perf. part. lautus; the other forms of the first conj. Also, pres. lavĕre; second pers. lavis, ante-class. and poet.; cf. Diom. 1, p. 377; v. Neue, Formenl. second ed. 2, p. 420), 1 and 3, v. a. and n. [Gr. lu- in luthron; strengthened in louô, loutron; cf. loWetron; Lat. luo (pol-luo, etc.), diluvium, lutus], to wash, bathe, lave.
    I.
    Lit.:

    si inquinata erit lavito,

    Cato, R. R. 65: puerum, Enn. ap. Non. 504, 17; Plaut. Truc. 5, 10:

    manus lavite,

    Titin. ib. 22:

    manus lava,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 246: cum jam manus pransores lavarent, Veran. ap. Macrob. S. 3, 6, 14.—Mid.: cum soceris generi non lavantur, do not bathe themselves or bathe, id. Off. 1, 35, 129:

    lavantur in fluminibus,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 1:

    cur te lautum voluit occidere?

    Cic. Deiot. 7, 20:

    lautis manibus,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 282:

    lotis pedibus,

    Plin. 24, 11, 62, § 103:

    vestimenta lota,

    Petr. 30 fin.:

    qui it lavatum in balineas,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 51; so,

    eo lavatum,

    id. Aul. 3, 6, 43; id. Stich. 4, 1, 62; Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 44; 52; id. Heaut. 4, 1, 42:

    (venias) vasa lautum, non ad cenam dico,

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 15.—
    (β).
    Neutr.:

    pisces ego credo, qui usque dum vivunt, lavant, Minus diu lavere, quam haec lavat Phronesium,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 3, 1 sqq.:

    illa si jam laverit, mihi nuncia,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 5:

    lavanti regi dicitur nuntiatum, hostes adesse,

    Liv. 44, 6.—
    B.
    Transf., to wet, moisten, bedew:

    eas (tabellas) lacrimis lavis,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 8:

    si... neque quicquam captumst piscium, salsi lautique pure domum redimus clanculum,

    soaked, id. Rud. 2, 1, 12; Lucr. 5, 950:

    lacrimis vultum lavere profusis,

    Ov. M. 9, 680; Luc. 6, 709;

    esp. of bloodshed: lavit ater corpora sanguis,

    Verg. G. 3, 221:

    lavit improba teter Ora cruor,

    id. A. 10, 727:

    sanguine largo Colla,

    id. ib. 12, 722:

    arma cerebro,

    Val. Fl. 4, 153:

    his (rivis) nunc illa viridia, nunc haec, interdum simul omnia lavantur,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 40; cf.

    of rivers: flavus quam Tiberis lavat,

    Hor. C. 2, 3, 18; id. Epod. 16, 28;

    of the ocean: quas Oceani refluum mare lavit arenas,

    Ov. M. 7, 267.—
    II.
    Trop., to wash away:

    venias nunc precibus lautum peccatum tuum,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 80:

    dulci Mala vino lavere,

    Hor. C. 3, 12, 2.—Hence, lautus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Lit., washed, bathed, laved (very rare): nam itast ingenium muliebre;

    bene quom lauta tersa ornata fictast, infectast tamen,

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 4: in double meaning with C., v. infra: lautam vis an nondum lauta quae sit? Pa. Siccam, at sucidam, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 192 Lorenz ad loc.—
    B.
    Hence, transf., neat, elegant, splendid, sumptuous, luxurious: tute tibi puer es;

    lautus luces cereum,

    i. e. in a fine dress, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 9:

    nihil apud hunc lautum, nihil elegans, nihil exquisitum,

    Cic. Pis. 27, 67:

    lauta supellex,

    id. de Or. 1, 36, 165: lautum victum et elegantem colere, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 337, 27:

    magnificum et lautum,

    id. Fam. 9, 16, 8:

    lautiora opera,

    Plin. 16, 15, 26, § 67:

    lauto cenare paratu,

    Juv. 14, 13:

    epulae lautiores,

    Stat. S. 1, 6, 32:

    lautissima vina,

    Plin. 14, 13, 15, § 92:

    lautissima cena,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 17:

    praetor,

    Juv. 14, 257:

    lautum et copiosum patrimonium,

    rich, splendid, noble, Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 38:

    in civitate Halaesina tam lauta, tamque nobili,

    wealthy, id. Fam. 13, 32, 1:

    valde jam lautus es, qui gravere litteras ad me dare,

    you are now very grand, id. ib. 7, 14, 1:

    homines lauti et urbani,

    noble, distinguished, id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 17:

    libertis minus lautis servisque nihil defuit: nam lautiores eleganter accepti,

    id. Att. 13, 52, 2:

    certumque fit... cocos tum panem lautioribus coquere solitos,

    for the rich, Plin. 18, 11, 28, § 108: orborum lautissimus. Juv. 3, 221.—
    (β).
    With inf.:

    rhombos libertis ponere lautus,

    splendid, Pers. 6, 23.—
    C.
    Trop., noble, glorious, etc.: beneficentiae et liberalitatis est ratio duplex: nam aut opera benigne fit indigentibus, aut pecunia: facilior est haec posterior, locupleti praesertim: sed illa lautior ac splendidior, nobler, [p. 1045] more glorious, Cic. Off. 2, 15, 52:

    lautum negotium,

    honorable, id. Att. 6, 1, 13:

    omnium hortensiorum lautissima cura asparagis,

    the most diligent, the nicest, Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 145:

    lautus habetur,

    a gentleman, Juv. 11, 1; 1, 67.—Hence, adv.: lautē, neatly, elegantly, splendidly, sumptuously.
    1.
    Lit.:

    laute exornatus,

    Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 10:

    facete, lepide, laute,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 37:

    vivere,

    Nep. Chabr. 3:

    res domesticas lautius tueri,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 2:

    lautius accipi,

    Suet. Calig. 55.—
    2.
    Trop., excellently, beautifully, finely:

    loquitur laute,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 25:

    militem laute ludificari,

    id. ib. 4, 4, 25:

    munus administrasti tuum,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 2.— Comp.:

    si quis existat, qui putet nos lautius fecisse, quam orationis severitas exigat,

    that I have made more use of ornament, Plin. Ep. 2, 5.— Sup.: hodie me ante omnes comicos stultos senes Versaris atque emunxeris lautissime, Poët. ap. Cic. Lael. 26, 99.

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  • 11 Liberalis

    1.
    lībĕrālis, e, adj. [1. liber], of or belonging to freedom, relating to the freeborn condition of a man.
    I.
    Lit.: liberalis causa or liberale judicium, a suit concerning a person's freedom, v. Dig. 40, 12, 1 sqq.; Paul. Sent. 5, 1, 1 sqq.:

    si quisquam hanc liberali caussa manu adsereret,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 4; cf.

    5, 2, 68: manu eas adserat liberali causa,

    id. Poen. 4, 2, 84:

    nam ego liberali illam assero causa manu,

    I formally assert that she is freeborn, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 40:

    judicium,

    Quint. 6, 3, 32:

    liberale conjugium,

    a marriage between persons of free condition, Ter. And. 3, 3, 29.—Pleon.:

    ego te hoc triduom numquam sinam in domo esse, quin ego te liberalem liberem,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 53.—
    II.
    Transf., befitting a freeman, gentlemanly, noble, noble-minded, honorable, ingenuous, gracious, kind (syn.: generosus, ingenuus).
    A.
    In gen.:

    ingenium,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 59; id. Ep. 1, 1, 41:

    artes liberales,

    befitting a freeman, Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 35; cf.: liberalia studia accipimus, quae Graeci eleutheria mathêmata appellant;

    rhetores continebuntur, grammatici, geometrae,

    Dig. 50, 13, 1:

    hae artes, quibus liberales doctrinae atque ingenuae continerentur, geometria, musica, litterarum cognitio et poëtarum, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127; cf.:

    omnis liberalis et digna homine nobili doctrina,

    id. Ac. 2, 1, 1:

    de artificiis et quaestibus, qui liberales habendi, qui sordidi sint,

    id. Off. 1, 42, 150:

    liberalissima studia,

    id. Arch. 3, 4; id. Cael. 21 52; id. Rep. 1, 5, 9:

    spes liberalioris fortunae,

    of a higher, more respectable station, Liv. 22, 26:

    responsum,

    kind, gracious, Cic. Att. 3, 15, 4; so, liberalibus verbis permulceri, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 871 P.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Bountiful, generous, munificent, liberal (syn. munificus):

    liberales (sunt), qui suis facultatibus aut captos a praedonibus redimunt, aut aes alienum suscipiunt amicorum, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 2, 16, 56:

    benefici liberalesque,

    id. Lael. 9, 31; cf.:

    liberalissimi et beneficentissimi,

    id. ib. 14, 51:

    liberalissimus munificentissimusque,

    id. Rosc. Com. 8, 22:

    virtus munifica et liberalis,

    id. Rep. 3, 8, 12:

    largus, beneficus, liberalis,

    id. Deiot. 9, 26.—
    * (β).
    With gen.:

    laudis avidi, pecuniae liberales erant,

    Sall. C. 7, 6.—
    (γ).
    With in and acc.:

    in omne genus hominum liberalissimus,

    Suet. Vesp. 7. —
    b.
    Of things, plentiful, copious, abundant:

    largum et liberale viaticum,

    Cic. Fl. 6, 14:

    potio,

    Cels. 3, 6:

    liberalius alimentum,

    id. 8, 10, 7.—
    2.
    Noble, engaging, beautiful (ante-class.):

    illarum altera pulcer est et liberalis,

    Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 60:

    lepidā et liberali formast,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 20; id. Ep. 5, 1, 41; id. Pers. 1, 3, 50:

    species,

    id. ib. 4, 3, 76; cf.: liberales dicuntur non solum benigni, sed etiam ingenuae formae homines, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.—Hence, adv.: lībĕrālĭter, in a manner befitting a freeman, nobly, ingenuously, kindly, courteously, graciously.
    1.
    In gen.:

    homo liberaliter educatus,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57:

    eruditi,

    id. Tusc. 2, 2, 6:

    vivere,

    id. Lael. 23, 86:

    servire,

    i. e. properly, Ter. And. 1, 1, 11:

    respondere,

    kindly, courteously, Caes. B. G. 4, 18:

    oratione aliquem prosequi,

    id. ib. 2, 5.—
    2.
    In partic., bountifully, profusely, generously, liberally:

    benigne ac liberaliter,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 196:

    large et liberaliter,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 88, §

    204: instructus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 61.— Comp.:

    vivo paulo liberalius,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 3:

    nec potui accipi liberalius,

    id. Att. 16, 6, 1:

    ille (sal) in cibis paulo liberalius aspersus,

    Quint. 6, 3, 19:

    ubi liberalius malos odimus,

    more abundantly, more heartily, Plin. Pan. 68, 7.— Sup.:

    dotem largiri liberalissime,

    App. M. 10, p. 250, 13:

    liberalissime polliceri,

    Cic. Att. 5, 13, 2.
    2.
    Lībĕrālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Liber or Bacchus: ludi, a festival in honor of Bacchus, = Liberalia (v. infra), Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.—Hence, subst.: Lībĕrālĭa, ĭum, n., a festival in honor of Liber, celebrated on the 17 th of March, the day on which youths received the manly toga, Ov. F. 3, 713:

    Liberalium dies, a pontificibus agonium martiale appellatur,

    Macr. S. 1, 4, § 15:

    sacra,

    id. ib. 1, 18, § 22; Calend. Maff. ap. Inscr. Orell. II. p. 411:

    Liberalia tu accusas,

    Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1:

    Liberalibus litteras accepi tuas,

    id. Fam. 12, 25, 1.—Called also: ludi Liberales: Liberalia Liberi festa, quae apud Graecos dicuntur Dionusia. Libera lingua loquemur ludis Liberalibus, Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.; Com. Rel. v. 113 Rib.

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  • 12 liberalis

    1.
    lībĕrālis, e, adj. [1. liber], of or belonging to freedom, relating to the freeborn condition of a man.
    I.
    Lit.: liberalis causa or liberale judicium, a suit concerning a person's freedom, v. Dig. 40, 12, 1 sqq.; Paul. Sent. 5, 1, 1 sqq.:

    si quisquam hanc liberali caussa manu adsereret,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 4; cf.

    5, 2, 68: manu eas adserat liberali causa,

    id. Poen. 4, 2, 84:

    nam ego liberali illam assero causa manu,

    I formally assert that she is freeborn, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 40:

    judicium,

    Quint. 6, 3, 32:

    liberale conjugium,

    a marriage between persons of free condition, Ter. And. 3, 3, 29.—Pleon.:

    ego te hoc triduom numquam sinam in domo esse, quin ego te liberalem liberem,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 53.—
    II.
    Transf., befitting a freeman, gentlemanly, noble, noble-minded, honorable, ingenuous, gracious, kind (syn.: generosus, ingenuus).
    A.
    In gen.:

    ingenium,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 59; id. Ep. 1, 1, 41:

    artes liberales,

    befitting a freeman, Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 35; cf.: liberalia studia accipimus, quae Graeci eleutheria mathêmata appellant;

    rhetores continebuntur, grammatici, geometrae,

    Dig. 50, 13, 1:

    hae artes, quibus liberales doctrinae atque ingenuae continerentur, geometria, musica, litterarum cognitio et poëtarum, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127; cf.:

    omnis liberalis et digna homine nobili doctrina,

    id. Ac. 2, 1, 1:

    de artificiis et quaestibus, qui liberales habendi, qui sordidi sint,

    id. Off. 1, 42, 150:

    liberalissima studia,

    id. Arch. 3, 4; id. Cael. 21 52; id. Rep. 1, 5, 9:

    spes liberalioris fortunae,

    of a higher, more respectable station, Liv. 22, 26:

    responsum,

    kind, gracious, Cic. Att. 3, 15, 4; so, liberalibus verbis permulceri, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 871 P.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Bountiful, generous, munificent, liberal (syn. munificus):

    liberales (sunt), qui suis facultatibus aut captos a praedonibus redimunt, aut aes alienum suscipiunt amicorum, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 2, 16, 56:

    benefici liberalesque,

    id. Lael. 9, 31; cf.:

    liberalissimi et beneficentissimi,

    id. ib. 14, 51:

    liberalissimus munificentissimusque,

    id. Rosc. Com. 8, 22:

    virtus munifica et liberalis,

    id. Rep. 3, 8, 12:

    largus, beneficus, liberalis,

    id. Deiot. 9, 26.—
    * (β).
    With gen.:

    laudis avidi, pecuniae liberales erant,

    Sall. C. 7, 6.—
    (γ).
    With in and acc.:

    in omne genus hominum liberalissimus,

    Suet. Vesp. 7. —
    b.
    Of things, plentiful, copious, abundant:

    largum et liberale viaticum,

    Cic. Fl. 6, 14:

    potio,

    Cels. 3, 6:

    liberalius alimentum,

    id. 8, 10, 7.—
    2.
    Noble, engaging, beautiful (ante-class.):

    illarum altera pulcer est et liberalis,

    Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 60:

    lepidā et liberali formast,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 20; id. Ep. 5, 1, 41; id. Pers. 1, 3, 50:

    species,

    id. ib. 4, 3, 76; cf.: liberales dicuntur non solum benigni, sed etiam ingenuae formae homines, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.—Hence, adv.: lībĕrālĭter, in a manner befitting a freeman, nobly, ingenuously, kindly, courteously, graciously.
    1.
    In gen.:

    homo liberaliter educatus,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57:

    eruditi,

    id. Tusc. 2, 2, 6:

    vivere,

    id. Lael. 23, 86:

    servire,

    i. e. properly, Ter. And. 1, 1, 11:

    respondere,

    kindly, courteously, Caes. B. G. 4, 18:

    oratione aliquem prosequi,

    id. ib. 2, 5.—
    2.
    In partic., bountifully, profusely, generously, liberally:

    benigne ac liberaliter,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 196:

    large et liberaliter,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 88, §

    204: instructus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 61.— Comp.:

    vivo paulo liberalius,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 3:

    nec potui accipi liberalius,

    id. Att. 16, 6, 1:

    ille (sal) in cibis paulo liberalius aspersus,

    Quint. 6, 3, 19:

    ubi liberalius malos odimus,

    more abundantly, more heartily, Plin. Pan. 68, 7.— Sup.:

    dotem largiri liberalissime,

    App. M. 10, p. 250, 13:

    liberalissime polliceri,

    Cic. Att. 5, 13, 2.
    2.
    Lībĕrālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Liber or Bacchus: ludi, a festival in honor of Bacchus, = Liberalia (v. infra), Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.—Hence, subst.: Lībĕrālĭa, ĭum, n., a festival in honor of Liber, celebrated on the 17 th of March, the day on which youths received the manly toga, Ov. F. 3, 713:

    Liberalium dies, a pontificibus agonium martiale appellatur,

    Macr. S. 1, 4, § 15:

    sacra,

    id. ib. 1, 18, § 22; Calend. Maff. ap. Inscr. Orell. II. p. 411:

    Liberalia tu accusas,

    Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1:

    Liberalibus litteras accepi tuas,

    id. Fam. 12, 25, 1.—Called also: ludi Liberales: Liberalia Liberi festa, quae apud Graecos dicuntur Dionusia. Libera lingua loquemur ludis Liberalibus, Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.; Com. Rel. v. 113 Rib.

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  • 13 liberaliter

    1.
    lībĕrālis, e, adj. [1. liber], of or belonging to freedom, relating to the freeborn condition of a man.
    I.
    Lit.: liberalis causa or liberale judicium, a suit concerning a person's freedom, v. Dig. 40, 12, 1 sqq.; Paul. Sent. 5, 1, 1 sqq.:

    si quisquam hanc liberali caussa manu adsereret,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 4; cf.

    5, 2, 68: manu eas adserat liberali causa,

    id. Poen. 4, 2, 84:

    nam ego liberali illam assero causa manu,

    I formally assert that she is freeborn, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 40:

    judicium,

    Quint. 6, 3, 32:

    liberale conjugium,

    a marriage between persons of free condition, Ter. And. 3, 3, 29.—Pleon.:

    ego te hoc triduom numquam sinam in domo esse, quin ego te liberalem liberem,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 53.—
    II.
    Transf., befitting a freeman, gentlemanly, noble, noble-minded, honorable, ingenuous, gracious, kind (syn.: generosus, ingenuus).
    A.
    In gen.:

    ingenium,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 59; id. Ep. 1, 1, 41:

    artes liberales,

    befitting a freeman, Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 35; cf.: liberalia studia accipimus, quae Graeci eleutheria mathêmata appellant;

    rhetores continebuntur, grammatici, geometrae,

    Dig. 50, 13, 1:

    hae artes, quibus liberales doctrinae atque ingenuae continerentur, geometria, musica, litterarum cognitio et poëtarum, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127; cf.:

    omnis liberalis et digna homine nobili doctrina,

    id. Ac. 2, 1, 1:

    de artificiis et quaestibus, qui liberales habendi, qui sordidi sint,

    id. Off. 1, 42, 150:

    liberalissima studia,

    id. Arch. 3, 4; id. Cael. 21 52; id. Rep. 1, 5, 9:

    spes liberalioris fortunae,

    of a higher, more respectable station, Liv. 22, 26:

    responsum,

    kind, gracious, Cic. Att. 3, 15, 4; so, liberalibus verbis permulceri, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 871 P.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Bountiful, generous, munificent, liberal (syn. munificus):

    liberales (sunt), qui suis facultatibus aut captos a praedonibus redimunt, aut aes alienum suscipiunt amicorum, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 2, 16, 56:

    benefici liberalesque,

    id. Lael. 9, 31; cf.:

    liberalissimi et beneficentissimi,

    id. ib. 14, 51:

    liberalissimus munificentissimusque,

    id. Rosc. Com. 8, 22:

    virtus munifica et liberalis,

    id. Rep. 3, 8, 12:

    largus, beneficus, liberalis,

    id. Deiot. 9, 26.—
    * (β).
    With gen.:

    laudis avidi, pecuniae liberales erant,

    Sall. C. 7, 6.—
    (γ).
    With in and acc.:

    in omne genus hominum liberalissimus,

    Suet. Vesp. 7. —
    b.
    Of things, plentiful, copious, abundant:

    largum et liberale viaticum,

    Cic. Fl. 6, 14:

    potio,

    Cels. 3, 6:

    liberalius alimentum,

    id. 8, 10, 7.—
    2.
    Noble, engaging, beautiful (ante-class.):

    illarum altera pulcer est et liberalis,

    Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 60:

    lepidā et liberali formast,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 20; id. Ep. 5, 1, 41; id. Pers. 1, 3, 50:

    species,

    id. ib. 4, 3, 76; cf.: liberales dicuntur non solum benigni, sed etiam ingenuae formae homines, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.—Hence, adv.: lībĕrālĭter, in a manner befitting a freeman, nobly, ingenuously, kindly, courteously, graciously.
    1.
    In gen.:

    homo liberaliter educatus,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57:

    eruditi,

    id. Tusc. 2, 2, 6:

    vivere,

    id. Lael. 23, 86:

    servire,

    i. e. properly, Ter. And. 1, 1, 11:

    respondere,

    kindly, courteously, Caes. B. G. 4, 18:

    oratione aliquem prosequi,

    id. ib. 2, 5.—
    2.
    In partic., bountifully, profusely, generously, liberally:

    benigne ac liberaliter,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 196:

    large et liberaliter,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 88, §

    204: instructus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 61.— Comp.:

    vivo paulo liberalius,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 3:

    nec potui accipi liberalius,

    id. Att. 16, 6, 1:

    ille (sal) in cibis paulo liberalius aspersus,

    Quint. 6, 3, 19:

    ubi liberalius malos odimus,

    more abundantly, more heartily, Plin. Pan. 68, 7.— Sup.:

    dotem largiri liberalissime,

    App. M. 10, p. 250, 13:

    liberalissime polliceri,

    Cic. Att. 5, 13, 2.
    2.
    Lībĕrālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Liber or Bacchus: ludi, a festival in honor of Bacchus, = Liberalia (v. infra), Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.—Hence, subst.: Lībĕrālĭa, ĭum, n., a festival in honor of Liber, celebrated on the 17 th of March, the day on which youths received the manly toga, Ov. F. 3, 713:

    Liberalium dies, a pontificibus agonium martiale appellatur,

    Macr. S. 1, 4, § 15:

    sacra,

    id. ib. 1, 18, § 22; Calend. Maff. ap. Inscr. Orell. II. p. 411:

    Liberalia tu accusas,

    Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1:

    Liberalibus litteras accepi tuas,

    id. Fam. 12, 25, 1.—Called also: ludi Liberales: Liberalia Liberi festa, quae apud Graecos dicuntur Dionusia. Libera lingua loquemur ludis Liberalibus, Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.; Com. Rel. v. 113 Rib.

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  • 14 decōrus

        decōrus adj.    [decor], becoming, fitting, seemly, proper, suitable, decorous: color deo: virginitati, L.: ad ornatum: decorus est senis sermo: silentium, H.: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, H.: decorum erat ipsis capessere pugnam, L.— Ornamented, adorned, fine, beautiful, handsome: aedes, H.: galeae ensesque, V.: arma, S.: palaestra, noble, skilful, H.: ductores ostro, V.: Medi pharetrā, H.: dea formā, O.
    * * *
    decora -um, decorior -or -us, decorissimus -a -um ADJ
    beautiful/good looking/handsome/comely; adorned; graceful/elegant (non-visual); honorable, noble; glorious, decorated; decorous, proper, decent, fitting

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  • 15 ērēctus

        ērēctus adj. with comp.    [P. of erigo], set up, upright, elevated, lofty: (homines) erectos constituit: voltus, O.: prorae, Cs.—Fig., elevated, lofty, noble: celsus et erectus: ingenium, Ta.: si quis est paulo erectior.— Haughty, arrogant, lofty: vagantur erecti toto foro: erecto incessu, Ta.— Intent, attentive, eager, aroused, on the alert: animis: ad libertatem recuperandam: plebs expectatione, L.— Animated, encouraged, resolute: alacri animo et erecto: multo sum erectior.
    * * *
    erecta -um, erectior -or -us, erectissimus -a -um ADJ
    upright, erect; perpendicular; confident/bold/assured; noble; attentive/alert

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  • 16 excelsus

        excelsus adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of excello], elevated, lofty, high: locus, T.: mons, Cs.: vertex montis, V.: signum: in excelsiore loco: cornu excelsius, Cs.: mons excelsissimus, Cs.—As subst n., a height: simulacrum in excelso conlocare: ab excelso, O.—Fig., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble: te natura excelsum genuit: animus: gloria, Ta.: orator quodam modo excelsior: excelsissima sedes dignitatis.—As subst n., an elevated station: in excelso aetatem agere, S.: excelsa sperare, L.
    * * *
    I
    excelsa -um, excelsior -or -us, excelsissimus -a -um ADJ
    lofty/high; tall; exalted; elevated; noble; of high position/rank/reputation
    II
    excelsa, excelsum ADJ
    high pitched (sound/note)

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  • 17 genus

        genus eris, n    [GEN-], a race, stock, family, birth, descent, origin: haec Indigna genere nostro, T.: nobili genere nati: amplissimo genere natus, Cs.: generis socia, sister, O.: genere primus: patricium, L.: genus unde Atii duxere, V.: fortuna non mutat genus, H.: plebei generis, L.— Adverb. acc.: Qui genus (estis)? Of what race? V.— Birth, noble birth, high descent: propter genus rem p. tenere: Et genus et virtus, nisi cum re, vilior algā est, H.: iactare genus, H.: Cui genus et nomen fuissent, V.: generis praemium, L.— A race, line, descendants, posterity: liberorum ex te, Enn. ap. C.: Tantali, H.: neglectum, i. e. the Romans, H.— A descendant, child, son, offspring: deorum, V.: audex Iapeti, Prometheus, H.: ab alto Demissum Aeneā, i. e. Octavianus, H.— A race, stock, class, sort, species, genus, kind, rank, order, division: humanum: hominum, S.: omnes mortales omnium generum: inter id genus, plebeians, L.: Romanum: Macedonum, L.: qui (conventus) ex variis generibus constaret, Cs.: iudicum genus et forma: inritabile vatum, H.: hominum virile, sex: Femineum, sex, V.: <*>onsulare, rank: militare, order, L.: eorum hominum... genera sunt duo, Cs.—Of animals, a kind, class, sort, species: altivolantum, birds, Enn. ap. C.: piscium, H.: malefici generis animalia, S.: Diversum confusa genus panthera camelo, H.: varia genera bestiarum.— Of things, a kind, sort, description, class, order, character, division: omnia in suo quaeque genere: naves omni genere armorum ornatissimae, Cs.: cibi, Cs.: omne commeatūs, L.: triplex rerum p.: dulce orationis: dicendi: praeda omnis generis, L.: poenae novom, S.: leti, O.: Aesopi, manner, Ph.: genera civitatum: machinae omnium generum, S.: nugae Hoc genus (i. e. huius generis), H.: aliquid id genus scribere: quod genus virtus est: te cottidie in omni genere desiderem, in every way: domus in omni genere diligens: in aliquo genere, in any respect whatever.—In philosophy, a general term, logical genus: formae dicendi specie dispares, genere laudabiles.
    * * *
    birth/descent/origin; race/family/house/stock/ancestry; offspring/descent; noble birth; kind/sort/variety; class/rank; mode/method/style/fashion/way

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  • 18 grandis

        grandis e, adj. with comp.    [2 GAR-].—Of things, full-grown, large, great, full, abundant: tumulus, Cs.: vas: fetūs grandiores edere: ilex, S.: grandiores libri: litterae: cothurni, H.: pecunia, a large sum: faenus: aes alienum, S.: pondus argenti: elementa, massive, O.—Of persons, grown up, large, big, tall: virgo, T.: puer.— Advanced in years, aged, old: homo grandior, T.: grandiorem aetatem ad consulatum constituere: non admodum grandis natu: tam grandis natu: iam grandior aevo genitor, O.—Fig., large, great, strong, powerful, weighty, severe: dicam tibi inpin gam grandem, T.: de rebus grandioribus dicere: supercilium, lofty, Iu.: ingenium, O.: praemia meritorum, H.: carmen, Iu.: alumnus, noble, H.— Plur n. as subst: metit Orcus Grandia cum parvis, H.: nec Conamur tenues grandia, H.—Of style, great, lofty, dignified, noble: genus dicendi grandius: rerum gestarum pronuntiator: causidicus: oratores verbis.
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    grandis, grande ADJ
    full-grown, grown up; large, great, grand, tall, lofty; powerful; aged, old

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  • 19 honestus

        honestus adj. with comp. and sup.    [honos], regarded with honor, respected, honored, of high birth, distinguished, honorable, respectable, noble: is mihi videtur, etc.: imago, L.: cum honesto aliquo homine: loco natus honesto, of good family, Cs.: eques in primis, eminent: milites honestissimi sui generis, Cs.: quia deus auctor culpae honestior erat, L.: dies honestissimus nobis: omnium honestarum rerum egens, befitting his rank, S.—As subst m.: turpis honesto (confusus), H.— Noble, fine, handsome, beautiful: facies, T.: formā praeter ceteras, T.: caput, V.—Fig., deserving honor, honorable, respectable, creditable, worthy, decent, proper, becoming: ut (civium vita) virtute honesta sit: postulatio: praescriptio, Cs.: certatio: homines honestissimi: censor, conscientious, H.: soror, chaste, H.: mors, Ta.: honestius est laborare, quam, etc.: neque quicquam nisi honestum postulare: feminis lugere honestum est, Ta.: mores honestos tradere, Iu.
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    honesta -um, honestior -or -us, honestissimus -a -um ADJ
    distinguished, reputable, respected, honorable, upright, honest; worthy

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  • 20 ingenuus

        ingenuus adj.    [1 in + GEN-], native, indigenous: tophus, Iu.— Natural: color, Pr.—Free-born, of free parents: mulieres: duobus ingenuis ortus, L.: parentes, H.— Subst: quid est turpius ingenuo, quam, etc.: ingenuam nactus es (sc. uxorem), T.—Like a freeman, noble, upright, frank, candid, open, ingenuous: nihil apparet in eo ingenuum: vita: Ingenui voltūs puer, Iu.: aperte odisse magis ingenui est, quam, etc.: ingenuum volpes imitata leonem, H.: vires, tender, O.
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    ingenua, ingenuum ADJ
    natural, indigenous; free-born; noble, generous, frank

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  • Noble — may refer to: Nobility, a hereditary caste Noble gas, chemical elements in group 18 (old style Group 0) of the periodic table Noble metal, metals that are resistant to corrosion or oxidation Noble polyhedron, polyhedra which are isohedral (face… …   Wikipedia

  • Noble — ist der Name mehrerer Orte in den Vereinigten Staaten: Noble (Georgia) Noble (Illinois) Noble (Iowa) Noble (Kentucky) Noble (Louisiana) Noble (Missouri) Noble (Ohio) Noble (Oklahoma) Noble (Pennsylvania) Noble (Texas) Noble (Washington) Noble… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Noble — Noble, IL U.S. village in Illinois Population (2000): 746 Housing Units (2000): 363 Land area (2000): 1.023734 sq. miles (2.651458 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.004787 sq. miles (0.012397 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.028521 sq. miles (2.663855 sq …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • noble — adjetivo,sustantivo masculino y femenino 1. Que posee un título de nobleza o que pertenece a una familia que lo tiene por herencia: Estoy leyendo un libro sobre las relaciones entre los nobles y la monarquía en el sigloXV. adjetivo 1. (antepuesto …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • noble — (Del lat. nobĭlis). 1. adj. Preclaro, ilustre, generoso. 2. Principal en cualquier línea; excelente o aventajado en ella. 3. Dicho de una persona o de sus parientes: Que por su ilustre nacimiento o por concesión del soberano posee algún título… …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • noble — ► ADJECTIVE (nobler, noblest) 1) belonging to the aristocracy. 2) having fine personal qualities or high moral principles. 3) imposing; magnificent. ► NOUN 1) (especially in former times) a person of noble rank or birth. 2) …   English terms dictionary

  • Noble, IL — U.S. village in Illinois Population (2000): 746 Housing Units (2000): 363 Land area (2000): 1.023734 sq. miles (2.651458 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.004787 sq. miles (0.012397 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.028521 sq. miles (2.663855 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

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