simplicity

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simplĭcĭtas, ātis, f. [simplex].

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.—

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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• Oh, holy simplicity! (Jan Hus)

angustĭae, ārum (rare in class. Lat. in sing angustĭa, ae, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 61; cf. Charis. p. 20 P.;

but freq. in eccl. Lat.,

Vulg. Gen. 42, 21; ib. Psa. 118, 143; ib. Rom. 2, 9; ib. 2 Cor. 2, 4 al.), f. [angustus].

Lit., narrowness, straitness; a defile, strait (perhaps only in prose; syn.: fauces, angustum).

Of places:

Corinthus posita in angustiis atque in faucibus Graeciae,

Cic. Agr. 2, 32; so id. N. D. 2, 7; id. Tusc. 1, 20, 45:

itineris,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39: Italia coacta in angustias, Sall. Fragm. H. ap. Serv ad Verg. A. 3, 400 (97, II. p. 250 Gerl.):

loci,

id. C. 58, 20: quod intercidit et incuriā coloni locique angustiā. Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 61:

angustiae locorum,

Nep. Dat. 8, 4, and Vulg. 2 Macc. 12, 21:

angustiae saltibus crebris inclusae,

Liv. 28, 1:

diu in angustiis pugnatum est,

id. 34, 46:

itinerum,

Tac. A. 15, 43 fin.:

per angustias Hellesponti,

Suet. Caes. 63:

vicorum,

id. Ner. 38; so id. Aug. 45; id. Claud. 12; id. Oth. 9 al.—

Of other things:

spiritūs,

shortness of breath, Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 181:

urinae,

strangury, Plin. 21, 21, 92, § 160.—

Trop.

Of time, shortness, brevity, want, deficiency:

in his vel asperitatibus rerum vel angustiis temporis,

Cic. de Or. 1. 1:

edidi quae potui, non ut volui, sed ut me temporis angustiae coëgerunt,

id. ib. 3, 61; id. Verr. 2, 1, 56; Cic. Fil. ad Tir. Fam. 16, 21, 7:

in angustiā temporum,

Vulg. Dan. 9, 25.—

Of money or other possessions, scarcity, want:

aerarii,

Cic. Agr. 2, 14:

pecuniae publicae,

id. Fam. 12, 30:

rei frumentariae,

Caes. B. C. 2, 17:

fortunae,

Tac. A. 2, 38:

stipendii,

id. ib. 1, 35:

ad eas rei familiaris angustias decidit,

Suet. Claud. 9.— Sometimes absol., want, indigence, poverty:

ex meis angustiis illius sustento tenuitatem,

Cic. Fil. ad Tir. Fam. 16, 21, 4:

paternae,

Tac. A. 1, 75.—

Of external circumstances, condition, etc., difficulty, distress, perplexity, straits:

in summas angustias adduci,

Cic. Quint. 5; so id. Fin. 2, 9, 28:

cum in his angustiis res esset,

Caes. B. C. 1, 54:

vereri angustias,

Cic. Planc. 22:

angustiae petitionis,

i. e. the difficulty of obtaining the consular dignity, id. Brut. 47. —So the Vulg. very freq. of external circumstances and of inward state, both in sing. and in plur.: videntes angustiam animi, Gen. 42, 21; so ib. Exod. 6, 9; ib. Rom. 2, 9; and ib. 2 Cor. 2, 4:

tenent me angustiae,

ib. 2 Reg. 1, 9; so ib. 2 Cor. 6, 4; 12, 10 al. —

Of mind or feeling, narrowness, contractedness:

non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui,

Cic. Pis. 11: cujus animus tantis angustiis invidiae continetur, by such meanness of envy, Auct. ad Her. 4, 43.—

Of scientific inquiries which go too deeply into details, and lay too much stress upon little things, subtile or minute verbal criticisms:

me ex campo aequitatis ad istas verborum angustias revocas,

into a dilemma of verbal subtleties, Cic. Caecin. 29:

cur eam (orationem) in tantas angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?

straits, id. Ac. 2, 35.—

Of discourse, brevity, simplicity: angustia conclusae orationis non facile se ipsa tutatur. Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20 (v. the context).—So in sing., Non. p. 73, 26.

angustĭae, ārum (rare in class. Lat. in sing angustĭa, ae, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 61; cf. Charis. p. 20 P.;

but freq. in eccl. Lat.,

Vulg. Gen. 42, 21; ib. Psa. 118, 143; ib. Rom. 2, 9; ib. 2 Cor. 2, 4 al.), f. [angustus].

Lit., narrowness, straitness; a defile, strait (perhaps only in prose; syn.: fauces, angustum).

Of places:

Corinthus posita in angustiis atque in faucibus Graeciae,

Cic. Agr. 2, 32; so id. N. D. 2, 7; id. Tusc. 1, 20, 45:

itineris,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39: Italia coacta in angustias, Sall. Fragm. H. ap. Serv ad Verg. A. 3, 400 (97, II. p. 250 Gerl.):

loci,

id. C. 58, 20: quod intercidit et incuriā coloni locique angustiā. Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 61:

angustiae locorum,

Nep. Dat. 8, 4, and Vulg. 2 Macc. 12, 21:

angustiae saltibus crebris inclusae,

Liv. 28, 1:

diu in angustiis pugnatum est,

id. 34, 46:

itinerum,

Tac. A. 15, 43 fin.:

per angustias Hellesponti,

Suet. Caes. 63:

vicorum,

id. Ner. 38; so id. Aug. 45; id. Claud. 12; id. Oth. 9 al.—

Of other things:

spiritūs,

shortness of breath, Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 181:

urinae,

strangury, Plin. 21, 21, 92, § 160.—

Trop.

Of time, shortness, brevity, want, deficiency:

in his vel asperitatibus rerum vel angustiis temporis,

Cic. de Or. 1. 1:

edidi quae potui, non ut volui, sed ut me temporis angustiae coëgerunt,

id. ib. 3, 61; id. Verr. 2, 1, 56; Cic. Fil. ad Tir. Fam. 16, 21, 7:

in angustiā temporum,

Vulg. Dan. 9, 25.—

Of money or other possessions, scarcity, want:

aerarii,

Cic. Agr. 2, 14:

pecuniae publicae,

id. Fam. 12, 30:

rei frumentariae,

Caes. B. C. 2, 17:

fortunae,

Tac. A. 2, 38:

stipendii,

id. ib. 1, 35:

ad eas rei familiaris angustias decidit,

Suet. Claud. 9.— Sometimes absol., want, indigence, poverty:

ex meis angustiis illius sustento tenuitatem,

Cic. Fil. ad Tir. Fam. 16, 21, 4:

paternae,

Tac. A. 1, 75.—

Of external circumstances, condition, etc., difficulty, distress, perplexity, straits:

in summas angustias adduci,

Cic. Quint. 5; so id. Fin. 2, 9, 28:

cum in his angustiis res esset,

Caes. B. C. 1, 54:

vereri angustias,

Cic. Planc. 22:

angustiae petitionis,

i. e. the difficulty of obtaining the consular dignity, id. Brut. 47. —So the Vulg. very freq. of external circumstances and of inward state, both in sing. and in plur.: videntes angustiam animi, Gen. 42, 21; so ib. Exod. 6, 9; ib. Rom. 2, 9; and ib. 2 Cor. 2, 4:

tenent me angustiae,

ib. 2 Reg. 1, 9; so ib. 2 Cor. 6, 4; 12, 10 al. —

Of mind or feeling, narrowness, contractedness:

non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui,

Cic. Pis. 11: cujus animus tantis angustiis invidiae continetur, by such meanness of envy, Auct. ad Her. 4, 43.—

Of scientific inquiries which go too deeply into details, and lay too much stress upon little things, subtile or minute verbal criticisms:

me ex campo aequitatis ad istas verborum angustias revocas,

into a dilemma of verbal subtleties, Cic. Caecin. 29:

cur eam (orationem) in tantas angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?

straits, id. Ac. 2, 35.—

Of discourse, brevity, simplicity: angustia conclusae orationis non facile se ipsa tutatur. Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20 (v. the context).—So in sing., Non. p. 73, 26.

antīquus, a, um, adj. [a diff. orthog. for anticus, from ante] (of that which is before in time, while anticus denotes that which is before in space; cf. Vel. Long. p. 2223 P.), that has been or has been done before, old, ancient, former (opp. novus, that has not previously existed, new; while vetus, that has existed a long time, is opp. recens, that has not been long in existence, recent; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 11, 21; Lind. ad Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 154, and id. Capt. 1, 2, 29; Doed. Syn. IV. p. 82 sq.).

Lit.:

Juppiter Alcumenam rediget in antiquam concordiam conjugis,

to her former harmony with her husband, Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 13:

hoc timet, Ne tua duritia antiqua illa etiam adaucta sit,

thy former severity, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 26; so id. Hec. 1, 2, 17; Lucr. 2, 900:

causam suscepisti antiquiorem memoriā tuā,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 9, 25:

tres epistulas tuas accepi: igitur antiquissimae cuique respondeo,

id. Att. 9, 9: antiquior dies in tuis erat adscripta litteris, quam in Caesaris, an earlier or older date, id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3; Liv. 3, 58:

Nilus antiquo sua flumina reddidit alveo,

Ov. M. 1, 423 et saep.— Hence, subst.

antīqui, ōrum, m., the ancients, esp. the ancient writers (i. e. those whose age has been long past; while veteres denotes those who have lived and acted for a long time):

antiquorum auctoritas,

Cic. Am. 4, 13; so Hor. S. 1, 4, 117; 2, 2, 89 et saep.:

quod decus antiqui summum bonum esse dixerunt,

Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55:

habemus Scaurum in antiquis,

id. Brut. 30, 116; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 78 et saep.—And so in gen.:

in antiquis est sapientia,

Vulg. Job, 12, 12:

sapientia omnium antiquorum,

ib. Eccli. 39, 1:

dictum est antiquis,

ib. Matt. 5, 21 al.:

facere in antiquum,

to restore a thing to its former condition, to place on its old footing, Liv. 33, 40 dub.—Antiquus and vetus are often conjoined: veterem atque antiquam rem ( old and antiquated) novam ad vos proferam, Plaut. Am. prol. 118; id. Mil. 3, 1, 154; id. Most. 2, 2, 45; id. Poen. 5, 2, 18; id. Pers. 1, 2, 1; id. Trin. 2, 2, 106; Plin. Ep. 3, 6:

vetera tantum et antiqua mirari,

Tac. Or. 15:

simultas vetus et antiqua,

Juv. 15, 53; so id. 6, 21 al.—

an-tīquum, i, n., antiquity, the things of olden times:

Nec quicquam antiqui Pico, nisi nomina, restat,

Ov. M. 14, 396:

novissima et antiqua,

Vulg. Psa. 138, 5:

antiqua ne intueamini,

ib. Isa. 43, 18.—

Transf.

Poet., = praeteritus, past, gone by, former:

vulnus,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 38:

vigor,

id. Tr. 5, 12, 32:

carcer,

Luc. 6, 721; Val. Fl. 2, 394.—So often in eccl. Lat.:

dies antiqui,

Vulg. Deut. 4, 32; ib. Act. 15, 7:

anni,

ib. Mal. 3, 4:

tempora,

ib. Act. 15, 21.—

In comp. and sup., that is before or first in rank or importance, more or most celebrated, famous, preferable, or better (antiquior:

melior,

Non. p. 425, 32): genere antiquior, Att. ap. Non. p. 426, 3: quanto antiquius quam etc., Lucil. ib.; Varr. ib.: quod honestius, id mihi est antiquius, Cic. Att. 7, 3:

antiquior ei fuit laus et gloria quam regnum,

id. Div. 2, 37: antiquiorem mortem turpitudine habere, Auct. ad Her. 3, 3:

neque habui quicquam antiquius quam ut, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 11, 5:

ne quid existimem antiquius,

id. Phil. 13, 3: neque prius neque antiquius quicquam habuit, quam ut, etc., Vel. 2, 52; Suet. Claud. 11:

judiciorum causam antiquissimam se habiturum dixit,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 1:

navalis apparatus ei antiquissima cura fuit,

id. Att. 10, 8; 12, 5; Liv. 1, 32; cf. id. 9, 31 al.—

With the access. idea of simplicity, purity, innocence, of the old fashion, good, simple, honest, etc. (cf. antiquitas, II. A., and our phrase the good old times):

antiquis est adulescens moribus,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 37; cf. id. Trin. 2, 2, 20:

homo antiquā virtute et fide,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 88:

homines antiqui, qui ex suā naturā ceteros fingerent,

people of the old stamp, Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 26:

vestigia antiqui officii,

id. ib. 10, 27:

vide quam sim antiquorum hominum,

id. Att. 9, 15:

vir sanctus, antiquus,

Plin. Ep. 2, 9.—

With the access. idea of veneration, honor, old, venerable, illustrious: antiquum veteres etiam pro nobili posuere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 22 Müll.:

terra antiqua potens armis,

Verg. A. 1, 531; 3, 164:

urbs,

id. ib. 11, 540:

Longior antiquis visa Maeotis hiems,

Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 2:

Sabinae,

id. Med. 11:

Amyclae,

id. M. 8, 314. —So, in eccl. Lat., after the Heb., of God:

Antiquus Dierum,

the Ancient of Days, Vulg. Dan. 7, 9; 7, 13; 7, 22.—

Sometimes = vetus, that has been in existence a long time, old: Athenae, antiquum opulentum oppidum, Enn. ap. Non. p. 470, 5:

mos,

id. ib. p. 506, 1: amnis, Att. ap. Non. p. 192, 6:

hospes,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 17 (cf. Verg. A. 3, 82: veterem Anchisen agnoscit amicum); so,

amicus,

Vulg. Eccli. 9, 14:

discipulus,

ib. Act. 21, 16:

artificium,

Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5:

genus,

Nep. Dat. 2, 2:

templa,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 104:

antiquissima scripta,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 28: saxum antiquum (i. e. which for a long time had lain in this place), ingens, etc., Verg. A. 12, 897:

ne transfer terminos antiquos,

Vulg. Prov. 22, 28 et saep.—Hence, subst.: antīquum, i, n., an old custom or habit.

In mal. part.:

antiquum hoc obtines tuum, tardus ut sis,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 102. —

In bon. part.:

O optume hospes, pol Crito antiquum obtines!

Ter. And. 4, 5, 22:

Ac tu ecastor morem antiquum atque ingenium obtines,

id. Hec. 5, 4, 20.—

Aged: antiqua erilis fida custos corporis, Enn. Medea, ap. Non. p. 39, 2 (as a transl. of the Gr. IIalaion oikôn ktêma despoinês emês): Cives antiqui, amici majorum meūm, Pac. ap. Cic. Or. 46, 155:

Butes,

Verg. A. 9, 647:

antiqui Neleïa Nestoris arva,

Ov. H. 1, 63; Dig. 50, 3, 1.—Hence, adv.: antīquē and an-tīquĭtŭs (formed from antiquus, as humanitus, divinitus, from humanus, divinus; cf. Prisc. p. 1015).

In former times, of old, anciently (only in prose; most freq. in the histt.; never in Cic.). Form antīquĭ-tŭs:

Belgas Rhenum antiquitus transductos,

Caes. B. G. 2, 4; 7, 32:

tectum antiquitus constitutum,

Nep. Att. 13, 2; Suet. Caes. 42; id. Aug. 60; 94; Vulg. Jos. 11, 10; ib. 1 Reg. 27, 8.— Sup.:

Titanas in eā antiquissime regnāsse,

Sol. 11.—

From ancient times; form antīquĭtŭs; sometimes with inde or ab... ad, Plin. Pan. 31:

cum Pythagoras acceptam sine dubio antiquitus opinionem vulgaverit,

Quint. 1, 10, 12:

jam inde antiquitus insita pertinacia,

Liv. 9, 29:

hi sunt jam inde antiquitus castellani, etc.,

id. 34, 27; Plin. Pan. 82, 7:

cum (hoc studium) antiquitus usque a Chirone ad nostra tempora apud omnes duraverit,

Quint. 1, 10, 30.—

In the old way, style, or fashion; form antīquē:

nimis antique dicere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 66.— Comp.:

simplicius et antiquius permutatione mercium uti,

in the simpler and more ancient manner, Tac. G. 5.—Esp., in the good old style, the way or fashion of former times: quanto antiquius, quam facere hoc, fecisse videatis, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 426, 3.

antīquus, a, um, adj. [a diff. orthog. for anticus, from ante] (of that which is before in time, while anticus denotes that which is before in space; cf. Vel. Long. p. 2223 P.), that has been or has been done before, old, ancient, former (opp. novus, that has not previously existed, new; while vetus, that has existed a long time, is opp. recens, that has not been long in existence, recent; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 11, 21; Lind. ad Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 154, and id. Capt. 1, 2, 29; Doed. Syn. IV. p. 82 sq.).

Lit.:

Juppiter Alcumenam rediget in antiquam concordiam conjugis,

to her former harmony with her husband, Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 13:

hoc timet, Ne tua duritia antiqua illa etiam adaucta sit,

thy former severity, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 26; so id. Hec. 1, 2, 17; Lucr. 2, 900:

causam suscepisti antiquiorem memoriā tuā,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 9, 25:

tres epistulas tuas accepi: igitur antiquissimae cuique respondeo,

id. Att. 9, 9: antiquior dies in tuis erat adscripta litteris, quam in Caesaris, an earlier or older date, id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3; Liv. 3, 58:

Nilus antiquo sua flumina reddidit alveo,

Ov. M. 1, 423 et saep.— Hence, subst.

antīqui, ōrum, m., the ancients, esp. the ancient writers (i. e. those whose age has been long past; while veteres denotes those who have lived and acted for a long time):

antiquorum auctoritas,

Cic. Am. 4, 13; so Hor. S. 1, 4, 117; 2, 2, 89 et saep.:

quod decus antiqui summum bonum esse dixerunt,

Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55:

habemus Scaurum in antiquis,

id. Brut. 30, 116; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 78 et saep.—And so in gen.:

in antiquis est sapientia,

Vulg. Job, 12, 12:

sapientia omnium antiquorum,

ib. Eccli. 39, 1:

dictum est antiquis,

ib. Matt. 5, 21 al.:

facere in antiquum,

to restore a thing to its former condition, to place on its old footing, Liv. 33, 40 dub.—Antiquus and vetus are often conjoined: veterem atque antiquam rem ( old and antiquated) novam ad vos proferam, Plaut. Am. prol. 118; id. Mil. 3, 1, 154; id. Most. 2, 2, 45; id. Poen. 5, 2, 18; id. Pers. 1, 2, 1; id. Trin. 2, 2, 106; Plin. Ep. 3, 6:

vetera tantum et antiqua mirari,

Tac. Or. 15:

simultas vetus et antiqua,

Juv. 15, 53; so id. 6, 21 al.—

an-tīquum, i, n., antiquity, the things of olden times:

Nec quicquam antiqui Pico, nisi nomina, restat,

Ov. M. 14, 396:

novissima et antiqua,

Vulg. Psa. 138, 5:

antiqua ne intueamini,

ib. Isa. 43, 18.—

Transf.

Poet., = praeteritus, past, gone by, former:

vulnus,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 38:

vigor,

id. Tr. 5, 12, 32:

carcer,

Luc. 6, 721; Val. Fl. 2, 394.—So often in eccl. Lat.:

dies antiqui,

Vulg. Deut. 4, 32; ib. Act. 15, 7:

anni,

ib. Mal. 3, 4:

tempora,

ib. Act. 15, 21.—

In comp. and sup., that is before or first in rank or importance, more or most celebrated, famous, preferable, or better (antiquior:

melior,

Non. p. 425, 32): genere antiquior, Att. ap. Non. p. 426, 3: quanto antiquius quam etc., Lucil. ib.; Varr. ib.: quod honestius, id mihi est antiquius, Cic. Att. 7, 3:

antiquior ei fuit laus et gloria quam regnum,

id. Div. 2, 37: antiquiorem mortem turpitudine habere, Auct. ad Her. 3, 3:

neque habui quicquam antiquius quam ut, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 11, 5:

ne quid existimem antiquius,

id. Phil. 13, 3: neque prius neque antiquius quicquam habuit, quam ut, etc., Vel. 2, 52; Suet. Claud. 11:

judiciorum causam antiquissimam se habiturum dixit,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 1:

navalis apparatus ei antiquissima cura fuit,

id. Att. 10, 8; 12, 5; Liv. 1, 32; cf. id. 9, 31 al.—

With the access. idea of simplicity, purity, innocence, of the old fashion, good, simple, honest, etc. (cf. antiquitas, II. A., and our phrase the good old times):

antiquis est adulescens moribus,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 37; cf. id. Trin. 2, 2, 20:

homo antiquā virtute et fide,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 88:

homines antiqui, qui ex suā naturā ceteros fingerent,

people of the old stamp, Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 26:

vestigia antiqui officii,

id. ib. 10, 27:

vide quam sim antiquorum hominum,

id. Att. 9, 15:

vir sanctus, antiquus,

Plin. Ep. 2, 9.—

With the access. idea of veneration, honor, old, venerable, illustrious: antiquum veteres etiam pro nobili posuere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 22 Müll.:

terra antiqua potens armis,

Verg. A. 1, 531; 3, 164:

urbs,

id. ib. 11, 540:

Longior antiquis visa Maeotis hiems,

Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 2:

Sabinae,

id. Med. 11:

Amyclae,

id. M. 8, 314. —So, in eccl. Lat., after the Heb., of God:

Antiquus Dierum,

the Ancient of Days, Vulg. Dan. 7, 9; 7, 13; 7, 22.—

Sometimes = vetus, that has been in existence a long time, old: Athenae, antiquum opulentum oppidum, Enn. ap. Non. p. 470, 5:

mos,

id. ib. p. 506, 1: amnis, Att. ap. Non. p. 192, 6:

hospes,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 17 (cf. Verg. A. 3, 82: veterem Anchisen agnoscit amicum); so,

amicus,

Vulg. Eccli. 9, 14:

discipulus,

ib. Act. 21, 16:

artificium,

Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5:

genus,

Nep. Dat. 2, 2:

templa,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 104:

antiquissima scripta,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 28: saxum antiquum (i. e. which for a long time had lain in this place), ingens, etc., Verg. A. 12, 897:

ne transfer terminos antiquos,

Vulg. Prov. 22, 28 et saep.—Hence, subst.: antīquum, i, n., an old custom or habit.

In mal. part.:

antiquum hoc obtines tuum, tardus ut sis,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 102. —

In bon. part.:

O optume hospes, pol Crito antiquum obtines!

Ter. And. 4, 5, 22:

Ac tu ecastor morem antiquum atque ingenium obtines,

id. Hec. 5, 4, 20.—

Aged: antiqua erilis fida custos corporis, Enn. Medea, ap. Non. p. 39, 2 (as a transl. of the Gr. IIalaion oikôn ktêma despoinês emês): Cives antiqui, amici majorum meūm, Pac. ap. Cic. Or. 46, 155:

Butes,

Verg. A. 9, 647:

antiqui Neleïa Nestoris arva,

Ov. H. 1, 63; Dig. 50, 3, 1.—Hence, adv.: antīquē and an-tīquĭtŭs (formed from antiquus, as humanitus, divinitus, from humanus, divinus; cf. Prisc. p. 1015).

In former times, of old, anciently (only in prose; most freq. in the histt.; never in Cic.). Form antīquĭ-tŭs:

Belgas Rhenum antiquitus transductos,

Caes. B. G. 2, 4; 7, 32:

tectum antiquitus constitutum,

Nep. Att. 13, 2; Suet. Caes. 42; id. Aug. 60; 94; Vulg. Jos. 11, 10; ib. 1 Reg. 27, 8.— Sup.:

Titanas in eā antiquissime regnāsse,

Sol. 11.—

From ancient times; form antīquĭtŭs; sometimes with inde or ab... ad, Plin. Pan. 31:

cum Pythagoras acceptam sine dubio antiquitus opinionem vulgaverit,

Quint. 1, 10, 12:

jam inde antiquitus insita pertinacia,

Liv. 9, 29:

hi sunt jam inde antiquitus castellani, etc.,

id. 34, 27; Plin. Pan. 82, 7:

cum (hoc studium) antiquitus usque a Chirone ad nostra tempora apud omnes duraverit,

Quint. 1, 10, 30.—

In the old way, style, or fashion; form antīquē:

nimis antique dicere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 66.— Comp.:

simplicius et antiquius permutatione mercium uti,

in the simpler and more ancient manner, Tac. G. 5.—Esp., in the good old style, the way or fashion of former times: quanto antiquius, quam facere hoc, fecisse videatis, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 426, 3.

antīquus, a, um, adj. [a diff. orthog. for anticus, from ante] (of that which is before in time, while anticus denotes that which is before in space; cf. Vel. Long. p. 2223 P.), that has been or has been done before, old, ancient, former (opp. novus, that has not previously existed, new; while vetus, that has existed a long time, is opp. recens, that has not been long in existence, recent; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 11, 21; Lind. ad Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 154, and id. Capt. 1, 2, 29; Doed. Syn. IV. p. 82 sq.).

Lit.:

Juppiter Alcumenam rediget in antiquam concordiam conjugis,

to her former harmony with her husband, Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 13:

hoc timet, Ne tua duritia antiqua illa etiam adaucta sit,

thy former severity, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 26; so id. Hec. 1, 2, 17; Lucr. 2, 900:

causam suscepisti antiquiorem memoriā tuā,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 9, 25:

tres epistulas tuas accepi: igitur antiquissimae cuique respondeo,

id. Att. 9, 9: antiquior dies in tuis erat adscripta litteris, quam in Caesaris, an earlier or older date, id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3; Liv. 3, 58:

Nilus antiquo sua flumina reddidit alveo,

Ov. M. 1, 423 et saep.— Hence, subst.

antīqui, ōrum, m., the ancients, esp. the ancient writers (i. e. those whose age has been long past; while veteres denotes those who have lived and acted for a long time):

antiquorum auctoritas,

Cic. Am. 4, 13; so Hor. S. 1, 4, 117; 2, 2, 89 et saep.:

quod decus antiqui summum bonum esse dixerunt,

Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55:

habemus Scaurum in antiquis,

id. Brut. 30, 116; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 78 et saep.—And so in gen.:

in antiquis est sapientia,

Vulg. Job, 12, 12:

sapientia omnium antiquorum,

ib. Eccli. 39, 1:

dictum est antiquis,

ib. Matt. 5, 21 al.:

facere in antiquum,

to restore a thing to its former condition, to place on its old footing, Liv. 33, 40 dub.—Antiquus and vetus are often conjoined: veterem atque antiquam rem ( old and antiquated) novam ad vos proferam, Plaut. Am. prol. 118; id. Mil. 3, 1, 154; id. Most. 2, 2, 45; id. Poen. 5, 2, 18; id. Pers. 1, 2, 1; id. Trin. 2, 2, 106; Plin. Ep. 3, 6:

vetera tantum et antiqua mirari,

Tac. Or. 15:

simultas vetus et antiqua,

Juv. 15, 53; so id. 6, 21 al.—

an-tīquum, i, n., antiquity, the things of olden times:

Nec quicquam antiqui Pico, nisi nomina, restat,

Ov. M. 14, 396:

novissima et antiqua,

Vulg. Psa. 138, 5:

antiqua ne intueamini,

ib. Isa. 43, 18.—

Transf.

Poet., = praeteritus, past, gone by, former:

vulnus,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 38:

vigor,

id. Tr. 5, 12, 32:

carcer,

Luc. 6, 721; Val. Fl. 2, 394.—So often in eccl. Lat.:

dies antiqui,

Vulg. Deut. 4, 32; ib. Act. 15, 7:

anni,

ib. Mal. 3, 4:

tempora,

ib. Act. 15, 21.—

In comp. and sup., that is before or first in rank or importance, more or most celebrated, famous, preferable, or better (antiquior:

melior,

Non. p. 425, 32): genere antiquior, Att. ap. Non. p. 426, 3: quanto antiquius quam etc., Lucil. ib.; Varr. ib.: quod honestius, id mihi est antiquius, Cic. Att. 7, 3:

antiquior ei fuit laus et gloria quam regnum,

id. Div. 2, 37: antiquiorem mortem turpitudine habere, Auct. ad Her. 3, 3:

neque habui quicquam antiquius quam ut, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 11, 5:

ne quid existimem antiquius,

id. Phil. 13, 3: neque prius neque antiquius quicquam habuit, quam ut, etc., Vel. 2, 52; Suet. Claud. 11:

judiciorum causam antiquissimam se habiturum dixit,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 1:

navalis apparatus ei antiquissima cura fuit,

id. Att. 10, 8; 12, 5; Liv. 1, 32; cf. id. 9, 31 al.—

With the access. idea of simplicity, purity, innocence, of the old fashion, good, simple, honest, etc. (cf. antiquitas, II. A., and our phrase the good old times):

antiquis est adulescens moribus,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 37; cf. id. Trin. 2, 2, 20:

homo antiquā virtute et fide,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 88:

homines antiqui, qui ex suā naturā ceteros fingerent,

people of the old stamp, Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 26:

vestigia antiqui officii,

id. ib. 10, 27:

vide quam sim antiquorum hominum,

id. Att. 9, 15:

vir sanctus, antiquus,

Plin. Ep. 2, 9.—

With the access. idea of veneration, honor, old, venerable, illustrious: antiquum veteres etiam pro nobili posuere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 22 Müll.:

terra antiqua potens armis,

Verg. A. 1, 531; 3, 164:

urbs,

id. ib. 11, 540:

Longior antiquis visa Maeotis hiems,

Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 2:

Sabinae,

id. Med. 11:

Amyclae,

id. M. 8, 314. —So, in eccl. Lat., after the Heb., of God:

Antiquus Dierum,

the Ancient of Days, Vulg. Dan. 7, 9; 7, 13; 7, 22.—

Sometimes = vetus, that has been in existence a long time, old: Athenae, antiquum opulentum oppidum, Enn. ap. Non. p. 470, 5:

mos,

id. ib. p. 506, 1: amnis, Att. ap. Non. p. 192, 6:

hospes,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 17 (cf. Verg. A. 3, 82: veterem Anchisen agnoscit amicum); so,

amicus,

Vulg. Eccli. 9, 14:

discipulus,

ib. Act. 21, 16:

artificium,

Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5:

genus,

Nep. Dat. 2, 2:

templa,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 104:

antiquissima scripta,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 28: saxum antiquum (i. e. which for a long time had lain in this place), ingens, etc., Verg. A. 12, 897:

ne transfer terminos antiquos,

Vulg. Prov. 22, 28 et saep.—Hence, subst.: antīquum, i, n., an old custom or habit.

In mal. part.:

antiquum hoc obtines tuum, tardus ut sis,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 102. —

In bon. part.:

O optume hospes, pol Crito antiquum obtines!

Ter. And. 4, 5, 22:

Ac tu ecastor morem antiquum atque ingenium obtines,

id. Hec. 5, 4, 20.—

Aged: antiqua erilis fida custos corporis, Enn. Medea, ap. Non. p. 39, 2 (as a transl. of the Gr. IIalaion oikôn ktêma despoinês emês): Cives antiqui, amici majorum meūm, Pac. ap. Cic. Or. 46, 155:

Butes,

Verg. A. 9, 647:

antiqui Neleïa Nestoris arva,

Ov. H. 1, 63; Dig. 50, 3, 1.—Hence, adv.: antīquē and an-tīquĭtŭs (formed from antiquus, as humanitus, divinitus, from humanus, divinus; cf. Prisc. p. 1015).

In former times, of old, anciently (only in prose; most freq. in the histt.; never in Cic.). Form antīquĭ-tŭs:

Belgas Rhenum antiquitus transductos,

Caes. B. G. 2, 4; 7, 32:

tectum antiquitus constitutum,

Nep. Att. 13, 2; Suet. Caes. 42; id. Aug. 60; 94; Vulg. Jos. 11, 10; ib. 1 Reg. 27, 8.— Sup.:

Titanas in eā antiquissime regnāsse,

Sol. 11.—

From ancient times; form antīquĭtŭs; sometimes with inde or ab... ad, Plin. Pan. 31:

cum Pythagoras acceptam sine dubio antiquitus opinionem vulgaverit,

Quint. 1, 10, 12:

jam inde antiquitus insita pertinacia,

Liv. 9, 29:

hi sunt jam inde antiquitus castellani, etc.,

id. 34, 27; Plin. Pan. 82, 7:

cum (hoc studium) antiquitus usque a Chirone ad nostra tempora apud omnes duraverit,

Quint. 1, 10, 30.—

In the old way, style, or fashion; form antīquē:

nimis antique dicere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 66.— Comp.:

simplicius et antiquius permutatione mercium uti,

in the simpler and more ancient manner, Tac. G. 5.—Esp., in the good old style, the way or fashion of former times: quanto antiquius, quam facere hoc, fecisse videatis, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 426, 3.

candor, ōris, m. [candeo, as algor from algeo, etc.].

A dazzling, glossy whiteness, a clear lustre, clearness, radiance, brightness, brilliancy, splendor, glitter, etc. (class.):

aetherius sol irrigat adsidue caelum candore recenti,

Lucr. 5, 283; 4, 232; cf. id. 2, 322:

solis candor illustrior est quam ullius ignis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 40:

Lacteus hic nimio fulgons candore notatur,

id. Arat. 249 (493):

splendidissimus,

id. Rep. 6, 16, 16; cf.:

candore notabilis ipso (via lactea),

Ov. M. 1, 169:

caeli,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 68:

marmoreus,

Lucr. 2, 765:

nivalis,

Verg. A. 3, 538:

equi Qui candore nives anteirent,

id. ib. 12, 84:

equi candore eximio,

Suet. Aug. 64:

niveus,

Ov. M. 3, 423; and so absol. of the snow: solis aestu candor quom liquesceret, Naev. ap. Non. p. 334, 32:

simplex lanarum,

Quint. 1, 1, 5:

candore tunicarum fulgens acies,

Liv. 10, 39, 12:

milites candidā veste et paribus candore armis insignes,

id. 9, 40, 9.—

Of resplendent beauty of person, fairness, beauty:

fusus ille et candore mixtus rubor (in Venere Coa),

Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 75; cf. Ov. M. 3, 491; 10, 594:

candor hujus te et proceritas, voltus oculique pepulerunt,

Cic. Cael. 15, 36; Tib. 3, 4, 29; Prop. 1, 20, 45; 2 (3), 25, 41; 3 (4), 24, 8 al.; Plin. 34, 18, 54, § 176:

dentium,

id. 22, 25, 65, § 134.—In plur.:

hujus corporis,

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 67:

ulnarum nivei marmoreique candores,

Arn. 4, 22; cf. id. 7, 20.—

Trop.

Of discourse.

Brilliancy, splendor:

fucatus,

Cic. Or. 23, 79.—

In opp. to an artificial manner, affectation (cf. candidus, II. B.), simplicity, naturalness:

T. Livius, in narrando mirae jucunditatis clarissimique candoris,

Quint. 10, 1, 101 Frotsch.; cf. Spald. ad 2, 5, 19.—

Of mind or character, candor, purity, integrity, sincerity, openness, frankness ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

Si vestrum merui candore favorem,

Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 53:

animi,

id. ib. 3, 6, 7; 2, 467; id. H. 4, 32; id. P. 2, 5, 5; 3, 4, 13; Phaedr. 3, prol. 63:

justus sine mendacio,

Vell. 2, 116, 5:

tua simplicitas, tua veritas, tuus candor!

Plin. Pan. 84.—

(After candeo, II.) Glow, heat (very rare):

aestivus, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olyb. 219: flammae,

Hyg. Astr. 2, 35.

grăcĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [gracilis], slenderness, thinness, leanness, meagreness.

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.—

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.

subtīlĭtas ( supt-), ātis, f. [subtilis], fineness, thinness, slenderness, minuteness (syn. tenuitas).

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. —

Trop.

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.—

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.

subtīlĭtas ( supt-), ātis, f. [subtilis], fineness, thinness, slenderness, minuteness (syn. tenuitas).

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. —

Trop.

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.—

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.