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  • 1 simplicitas

    simplĭcĭtas, ātis, f. [simplex].
    I.
    In gen., simpleness, simplicity (not freq. till after the Aug. period, esp. in the signif. II.; not found in Cic.; cf.:

    candor, sinceritas): sunt solida primordia simplicitate,

    Lucr. 1, 609 sq.; so id. 1, 574; 2, 157:

    indigesta (ligni),

    i. e. plainness, straightness of grain, Plin. 13, 15, 30, § 97.—
    II.
    In partic., in a moral sense, plainness, frankness, openness, artlessness, innocence, honesty, candor, simplicity, directness, ingenuousness, naturalness, etc.:

    juvenis incauti,

    Liv. 40, 23:

    puerilis,

    id. 40, 8; Vell. 2, 10, 3; 2, 43, 3 al.; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 70; Ov. H. 2, 64; id. Am. 2, 4, 18:

    sermo antiquae simplicitatis,

    Liv. 40, 47:

    vir simplicitatis generosissimae,

    of the noblest honesty, candor, Vell. 2, 125 fin.:

    prudens,

    Mart. 10, 47, 7:

    Romana,

    id. 11, 21, 10:

    callidissima simplicitatis imitatio,

    Quint. 4, 2, 57:

    rarissima,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 242 al.:

    vitii,

    Quint. 11, 1, 21; 9, 4, 20.

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  • 2 subtīlitās

        subtīlitās ātis, f    [subtilis], keenness, acuteness, penetration, definiteness, exactness, subtlety: sententiarum: Attica: militaribus ingeniis subtilitatem deesse, Ta.—Of style, plainness, simplicity, directness, absence of ornament: subtilitatem Lysias, vim Demosthenes habuit.
    * * *
    fineness of texture/logic/detail; slenderness/exactness/acuteness; sharpness

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  • 3 tenuitās

        tenuitās ātis, f    [tenuis], thinness, slenderness, fineness, smallness, tenuity: tanta ut fugiat aciem: tenuitas ipsa, slimness: crurum, Ph.— Smallness, insignificance, poverty, indigence, scarcity: hominis earum rerum, quas terra procreet.—Fig., of language, simplicity, plainness: rerum et verborum.

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  • 4 adtenuatio

    diminution, act of lessening, attenuation; plainness (of style)

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  • 5 attenuatio

    diminution, act of lessening, attenuation; plainness (of style)

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  • 6 gracilitas

    grăcĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [gracilis], slenderness, thinness, leanness, meagreness.
    I.
    Lit. (class.;

    syn.: macies, subtilitas): erat eo tempore in nobis summa gracilitas et infirmitas corporis,

    Cic. Brut. 91, 313:

    cervicis et crurum,

    Suet. Calig. 50:

    crurum,

    id. ib. 3; id. Dom. 18:

    digitalis (vitis),

    Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 40; cf.:

    papyrum in gracilitatem fastigatum,

    id. 13, 11, 22, § 71.— Plur.:

    habet certos sui studiosos (Lysias), qui non tam habitus corporis opimos, quam gracilitates consectentur,

    Cic. Brut. 16, 64.—
    II.
    Trop., of style, simplicity, plainness, want of ornament (post-Aug.):

    quid Periclea? similemne credimus Lysiacae gracilitati?

    Quint. 12, 10, 24; cf.:

    exempla in Latina lingua M. Varro esse dicit ubertatis Pacuvium, gracilitatis Lucilium, mediocritatis Terentium,

    Gell. 7, 14, 6 (v. the whole 14th chap.):

    pressa illa narrationis,

    Quint. 4, 3, 2; 1, 9, 2.

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  • 7 planitas

    plānĭtas, ātis, f. [planus], plainness; trop., distinctness, perspicuity:

    sententiarum,

    Tac. Or. 23 fin. (al. plenitas, sanitas, gravitas).

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  • 8 subtilitas

    subtīlĭtas ( supt-), ātis, f. [subtilis], fineness, thinness, slenderness, minuteness (syn. tenuitas).
    I.
    Lit. (mostly post-Aug.;

    not in Cic.): linearum,

    Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 82:

    ferramentorum,

    the keen edge, sharpness, id. 28, 9, 41, § 148:

    inenarrabilis florum,

    id. 21, 1, 1, § 1:

    muliebris,

    Vitr. 4, 1 med.:

    immensa animalium,

    Plin. 11, prooem. 1, §

    1: caelandi fingendique ac tingendi,

    id. 35, prooem. §

    1: umoris,

    id. 2, 65, 65, § 163. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., keenness, acuteness, penetration, definiteness, exactness, subtlety, etc. (class.;

    syn.: acumen, sollertia): sententiarum,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 1:

    disputandi,

    id. Tusc. 3, 23, 56:

    ea subtilitas, quam Atticam appellant,

    id. Brut. 17, 67:

    subtilitas sermonis,

    id. Rep. 1, 10, 16:

    credunt plerique militaribus ingeniis subtilitatem deesse,

    Tac. Agr. 9:

    ingens,

    Petr. 31:

    tanta,

    id. 38; Sen. Ep. 113, 1:

    Aristoteles, vir immensae subtilitatis,

    Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 335; cf.:

    litterarum,

    id. 2, 108, 112, § 247:

    geometrica,

    id. 2, 65, 65, § 164:

    perversa grammaticorum,

    id. 35, 3, 4, § 13:

    subtilitas parcimoniae compendia invenit,

    id. 17, 22, 35, § 171:

    picturae summa suptilitas,

    id. 35, 9, 36, § 67:

    inutilis,

    Sen. Ep. 65, 16:

    quaedam inutilia et inefficacia ipsa subtilitas reddit,

    id. ib. 82, 24: nimia, id. ib 88, 43.—
    B.
    In partic., in rhet., plainness, simplicity, absence of ornament:

    orationis subtilitas imitabilis quidem illa videtur esse existimanti, sed nihil est experienti minus,

    Cic. Or. 23, 76; id. Brut. 84, 291:

    suavitatem Isocrates, subtilitatem Lysias, vim Demosthenes habuit,

    id. de Or. 3, 7, 28:

    subtilitas et elegantia scriptorum,

    id. Fam. 4, 4, 1.

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  • 9 suptilitas

    subtīlĭtas ( supt-), ātis, f. [subtilis], fineness, thinness, slenderness, minuteness (syn. tenuitas).
    I.
    Lit. (mostly post-Aug.;

    not in Cic.): linearum,

    Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 82:

    ferramentorum,

    the keen edge, sharpness, id. 28, 9, 41, § 148:

    inenarrabilis florum,

    id. 21, 1, 1, § 1:

    muliebris,

    Vitr. 4, 1 med.:

    immensa animalium,

    Plin. 11, prooem. 1, §

    1: caelandi fingendique ac tingendi,

    id. 35, prooem. §

    1: umoris,

    id. 2, 65, 65, § 163. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., keenness, acuteness, penetration, definiteness, exactness, subtlety, etc. (class.;

    syn.: acumen, sollertia): sententiarum,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 1:

    disputandi,

    id. Tusc. 3, 23, 56:

    ea subtilitas, quam Atticam appellant,

    id. Brut. 17, 67:

    subtilitas sermonis,

    id. Rep. 1, 10, 16:

    credunt plerique militaribus ingeniis subtilitatem deesse,

    Tac. Agr. 9:

    ingens,

    Petr. 31:

    tanta,

    id. 38; Sen. Ep. 113, 1:

    Aristoteles, vir immensae subtilitatis,

    Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 335; cf.:

    litterarum,

    id. 2, 108, 112, § 247:

    geometrica,

    id. 2, 65, 65, § 164:

    perversa grammaticorum,

    id. 35, 3, 4, § 13:

    subtilitas parcimoniae compendia invenit,

    id. 17, 22, 35, § 171:

    picturae summa suptilitas,

    id. 35, 9, 36, § 67:

    inutilis,

    Sen. Ep. 65, 16:

    quaedam inutilia et inefficacia ipsa subtilitas reddit,

    id. ib. 82, 24: nimia, id. ib 88, 43.—
    B.
    In partic., in rhet., plainness, simplicity, absence of ornament:

    orationis subtilitas imitabilis quidem illa videtur esse existimanti, sed nihil est experienti minus,

    Cic. Or. 23, 76; id. Brut. 84, 291:

    suavitatem Isocrates, subtilitatem Lysias, vim Demosthenes habuit,

    id. de Or. 3, 7, 28:

    subtilitas et elegantia scriptorum,

    id. Fam. 4, 4, 1.

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